Pond and Lake Fishing, Seemed Simple Enough
A few days earlier I had gone for a walk with my wife around the lakes and ponds at Silver Springs State Park. There were hundreds of bass fry swimming…
Fischen Scheiße Nebenfluss
At least that's how a website translated the title into German. I have no clue if it's correct, but I like the way it sounds. The majority of the day…
And, where the hell were you going with this?
At the end of the day, the threat of severe storms for the next couple of days was looming on the horizon. A new pair of waders were sitting in…
Guiding, Fishing, Working,
Ascent into Heaven and a Walk
These things will keep you busy when you spread them out over the course of a few days. I should get in the habit of carrying a note pad or…
More Creek Hopping
Virtually overnight the plowed and planted farm fields around me had perfectly spaced ribbons of green running through them for as far as you could see. The corn had sprouted…
Creek Hopping
The past weekends rains must have been pretty localized. They had no effect on the Fox River and it continues to come down to something that can be waded, almost.…
9 Miles up a Creek
While talking to my wife about going fishing in a couple of hours, the television starts beeping and a crawl comes across the bottom. Tornado warnings are being issued and…
Fox River Plan B
Plan A on the Fox River was to wade as much of the river from Geneva to Yorkville. Over the past 15 years, I did a pretty good job of…
A Walk Along a Creek
Apparently, I went for a walk along this same creek and through these same woods on April 11, 2010. The pictures I took that day look a lot like the…