IF4 – Chicago Stop

The International Fly Fishing Film Festival will be back in town in 2016, thanks to hosting sponsors a Tight Loop Magazine (+atightloop), DUN Magazine (+Jen Ripple) , and Fly […]

Big Flies Need Big Hooks

Fur + Feathers + Flash = A recipe for big fish. Materials Hook – Partridge Universal Predator X size 8/0 Bucktail – Red and Black Flashabou – Crystal […]

Winter Creek Stroll

Grabbed my 3 wt and a few flies and headed over to Poplar Creek.  The water was still slightly high from the melting snow and […]

River Falls Fly Fishing Festival

The River Falls Fly Fishing Festival   The River Falls Fly Fishing Festival aka R4F is happening in March in River Falls, Wisconsin.  It’s 2 […]

2016 Muskie Expo – Chicago

The Chicago Muskie Show.  It’s always a good time.  Last year management switched along with the venue, so, I was skeptical of going.  However this […]

Minimum Cowbell

Ah…feels good to have dug up some motivation, and with that I sat down at the vise and tied up one of my favorite streamers. […]

Fly Fishing Chicago

My buddy +Dave Kuntzelman (Urban Assault Fly Fishing and CHI-TIE) gave a very informative presentation on fly fishing opportunities around the Chicagoland area at a recent NIFTY […]

Winter: It’s Here

2016 is here…Hooray!   Winter is finally here…Boo Yah!   Justin already has cabin fever…Woohoo! Lots of time on my hands.