Blog: a quote from the late Tom Helgeson
A quote from the late Tom Helgeson: “If you live in the Midwest, there is more good fly fishing water within a couple hours drive time of your home than you could fish in a contemporary lifetime” We have endless warm-water fly fishing opportunities for the experienced and new fly fisher: bluegills, smallmouth, and largemouth […]
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Fly fishing in the Upper Midwest has evolved and developed in the last 40 years. In the early ’90s, a movie called “A River Runs Through It” came out. I was working at Burger Brothers, a major fishing and hunting retail store in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area and we were doing flyfishing schools each spring. […]
Winter fly fishing in the Driftless.
Winter on a Driftless trout stream can be quiet, which is why I like to be there. Not many fly fishers are out yet during the week and unfortunately, not many trout are active and willing to take a fly. It’s a great way to spend a day though. Expectations need to be adjusted; the […]
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