Temporary Happiness

Des Plains River.   20 minutes to kill.   Bait caster.  Steel leader.  Rapala Husky Jerk (Firetiger).   High water.  Fast current.   Nothing.   […]

Fish Da Kish

     My homie DanK asked if I wanted to fish, and I said, yes. He asked where, and I said, I’m down for where […]

WCF DPR FLOATILLA

This past Labor Day weekend, I got out with a bunch of guys from a local fishing forum – WindyCityFishing.com.  I believe there were 13 […]

Poppin’ for Pike

Got our for a float with some cool dudes.  Met up at a boat launch on a Northern stretch of the Des Plains River (DPR) […]

DPR…IT’S BACK!!!

We’ve had an extremely wet June and mid July here in the Chicagoland area.  That means that one of my favorite fisheries has been blown […]

Another Happy Customer

I love seeing photos of people catching fish with the flies that I tied. Evan (you can find him on Instagram @coloradooutdoorsman) hooked up with […]

My first Northern Pike

Another installment of – bored and going through old photos. My first Northern Pike – It was Spring of who knows what year. I could […]

Winter DPR Float

I have been itching to get out on the Des Plains River (DPR) 1 last time this year, and I finally got my opportunity. After […]

Happy Customer and Catch

One of my most recent customers had an awesome outing on a river here in Illinois. He was able to hook up with about 7 […]