I met Dave Gellatly at the Great Waters Fly Fishing Show in Minneapolis back in March.  I saw a guy towing a drift boat with Wisconsin plates pull into the parking lot.  I went right over and it turns out Dave is from my old stomping grounds of Ashland right on Chequamegon Bay in Lake […] The post Lake Superior Squalls Lead Us to New Water appeared first on Jeff Currier ..read more

Bob and I rarely fish on weekends because no doubt, here in Wisconsin the waterways are for sure at their busiest.  But suddenly the days of summer are passing rapidly.  Too rapidly.  We decided to take a long haul down numerous dusty roads to a river where the mosquitos and horseflies carry you away.  There was nobody else.   Another good reason for fishing today is that the smallmouth bass fishing is presently as good as it gets.  My first summer here in WI, 2022, it was decent.  I was impressed.  Last year, as we started going to the right places, it ..read more

Bob and I planned on doing something big today but unfortunately truck trouble for Bob grounded us.  Well, not exactly grounded because Bob lives on a small lake.  Instead of not fishing, I zipped over his place around 8 AM and we launched his lake boat with my Exploder.     This was by no means a hardcore fishing plan.  Once I learned of Bobs truck trouble I shifted my focus to enjoying an afternoon Cubs game while working on some Cliff Fly Box orders.  So that too kept today light because I wanted to get home by 1 PM.   We ended up fishing for four hours an ..read more

As we took our first two sips of coffee Granny and I and gazed around the neighborhood.  It was only 6:15 AM.  The temperature was already 73° and not an ounce of wind.  It was too hard to resist a trip to our nearby lake.  The same lake we fished on the 4th of July.  In less than ten minutes we were at the boat ramp.     Just like on the 4th, I packed quick.  A 4-weight and a 5 with floating lines.  A bass popper on the 5 and a Chernobyl concoction on the 4.  We took a trip over to the nearest lily pads and soon the bass popper met up with thi ..read more

My lady and I hit the road at a reasonable time this morning.  It was just after 6.  It was about an hour drive then we dropped our blue boat down a muddy slot on absolutely gorgeous Wisconsin river.  Today’s target, muskellunge.       My shoulder doesn’t need any extra big stick chucking so I took the oars and watched Granny in action.  This river moves gently and I as able to hold the boat with ease allowing Granny to pick apart every inch of good looking water.       Unfortunately there wasn’t much happening.  Believe me, the water look ..read more

Some days there just isn’t much to write about.  Today with Josh and Tanner was that day.  It didn’t matter that we left the house at 6 AM and weren’t home until 6:30 PM.  It didn’t matter that we floated eight river miles and had two flies in the water the entire way.  The issue, once again, high off-color debris filled water.  The debris being floating weeds.   The real bummer was that last night at around 5 PM when we made our call to hit this river, the water levels were good.  But overnight thunderstorms blew it out.  I landed the one and only, an 8 ..read more

Sometimes you simply can’t divulge much.  Or don’t want to because you found something really special.  While we didn’t catch much, only two tiny smallies to be exact, Granny and I had a wonderful adventure in the drift boat the included a lake, a river, another lake then further up the river.  It was fun day of exploring for future fishing and a beautiful start to the second half of summer.   I’m offering a special on my Warmwater Fly Fishing book.  The book is normally $27 plus shipping.  The SALE is $25 including shipping.  Send me a check for $25 (P.O. Bo ..read more

We always get up early on the 4th of July.  It’s my favorite holiday of the year.  Today was no different and before we knew it Granny and I were down to our last sip of coffee.  We looked at each other like, what now?  There are no events until late afternoon.  That’s all it took.  I jumped and hooked up the boat to the Exploder and she packed snacks.  Before we knew it we were on a nearby lake that’s a mere nine minutes away.   There was nothing hardcore about this spur of the moment fishing excursion.  I had a bluegill size Chernobyl Ant on my 4 ..read more

River fishing so far this year has been a task.  Yeah, the Brule was a blast two nights ago.  What I’m referring to is chasing warmwater species.  My friends and I have nailed some nice smallmouth bass and the occasional toothy one (walleye included) but we have not had that break out day with a dozen decent smallies, a few pike and maybe a musky tossed in for good measure.  The bottom line is, it has rained so much that the rivers are running higher than high and finding fish has been no less than a test.   Bob and I hoped to see change today on a river that exactly a ..read more

The great fishing isn’t the only fun and refreshing part of our big move from Idaho to Wisconsin two years ago, it’s been the reacquaintance with old friends and the making new friends.  I have a lot of buddies to fish with.  Today, Tim Nolde treated me to a late afternoon/evening canoe trip on the famous Boise Brule River not too far from home.     I rarely mention names of fisheries.  But mentioning big names like the Snake River, Lake Superior, Henry’s Fork and today’s trip on the Brule, is no big deal.  Here in Wisconsin the Brule is perhaps its most renowned ..read more