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No Name Creek
After parking at the bridge and fighting deer flies, buckthorn, stinging nettles, and summer humidity, I stepped from...
The Wild Bunch
The water is low, but the river may still hold a few surprises if I take Master Cotton’s advice and fish long and...
Night Moves
The best trout fishing occurs, as everyone knows, deep in the night. Or a week before opener. Or two miles upstream. I...
Doubleheader
For the third time in as many minutes the trout rose under the shadow cast by the low-hanging branches of a maple tree...
Headwaters
The pool is barely wider than my 9-foot fly rod. Riffles are mere trickles. The creek itself disappears just beyond the...
The Hog Farm
In bluff country one stumbles on isolated taverns sitting there for no good reason. These are typically at the...
May Days
It’s hard not to smile as I tramp through a meadow sprinkled with dandelions and buttercups. Upon my approach, a pair...
The Driftless
One day I up and moved to the Midwest’s Driftless Region, which is blue ribbon trout country. I’m not bragging. And...