Thursday, July 28, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011
23 Inch Brown Trout My PM Personal Best!!!!
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| Jeff Hubbard and Me |
Saturday was a great day. I spent the afternoon and evening hours floating the Pere Marquette river with my Dad and friend-guide Jeff Hubbard of Outfitters North (www.outfittersnorth.com). We were throwing big ugly bugs at the bank, raising a great number of fish as well as catching a handful of solid, healthy and wild 12-17 inch browns. That alone made Saturday a great day. However, as the day light dwindled the river decided to turn it up a notch. As we turned a corner my Dad's bug gets blasted - a deep, low pop. The sound of a big brown is unmistakable. Unfortunately, the hook didn't catch but that sound put us all on full alert. A couple bends later, Jeff tells me to hit a dark corner adjacent to a log jam. Wham! 23 inches of brown trout wallops my bug and proceeds to go nuts. After a tough, white-knuckle battle, which pushed my 4 weight to the limit, we had the beast in the net. My personal best on the PM and our Michigan family record on the dry.
Oh we caught more than just the one...
Saturday, June 25, 2011
The Life
Steelhead Dreams Part 2 - by Todd Moen from Todd Moen Creative on Vimeo.
Last Video for a while. I'm just getting lazy.
Southwest Florida Report
I was down in southwest Florida a week ago and the fishing was slow. The snook population does not seem to be back to where it once was. Further evidence that the intense freeze was devastating. Good news is that the FWC are requiring catch-and-release until 2012 for snook on Florida's west coast, which is a step in the right direction. We caught a couple, including a nice one well over 30 inches but that is all. We did get a handful of big ladyfish, which are a blast on the fly (still not even close to a snook). Also, I had an interesting encounter with a BIG bull shark on the flats. Pictures and stories to come.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Trouble in Chicago River
The Chicago river is not the cleanest river in the U.S.A. So what!? No kidding! Duh! Well, read the following:
"Although [the Chicago river] supports six million people "it is one of the only rivers in the country where undisinfected sewage is dumped directly into the river every day," says American Rivers. "Unless the Illinois Pollution Control Board requires disinfection of this wastewater, Chicago residents and visitors will face increasing health threats."
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in early May 2011 ordered the state to clean up the river."
Click here to see link to MSNBC Rivers of Controversy
I don't know how that statement sounds to you but "undisinfected sewage" sounds pretty bad to me. FYI the Chicago river connects to Lake Michigan .2 miles from Ohio street beach. For sure, there are river currents and lake currents to consider but the point is that we play where we . . . well you know. Just something to think about.
Tight lines.
"Although [the Chicago river] supports six million people "it is one of the only rivers in the country where undisinfected sewage is dumped directly into the river every day," says American Rivers. "Unless the Illinois Pollution Control Board requires disinfection of this wastewater, Chicago residents and visitors will face increasing health threats."
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in early May 2011 ordered the state to clean up the river."
Click here to see link to MSNBC Rivers of Controversy
I don't know how that statement sounds to you but "undisinfected sewage" sounds pretty bad to me. FYI the Chicago river connects to Lake Michigan .2 miles from Ohio street beach. For sure, there are river currents and lake currents to consider but the point is that we play where we . . . well you know. Just something to think about.
Tight lines.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
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