Blackberry Creek Dam Removal Update, Moving Right Along
To play catch up, you can read the past progress reports here. ____________ With the short week due to the New Year on Tuesday, it's only been three days since…
Blackberry Creek Dam Removal Update
Better Late than Never
To play catch up, you can read the past progress reports here. ____________ One of my goals for 2012 was to put up weekly updates on the removal of the…
And That’s Why I Fish
We fishermen, I think, are lucky. Our sport can take us back to the fundamentals, back to the shallow waters where we first wet our feet, back even to those…
A Walk in the Neighborhood
Living on the edge of town, on the edge of civilization by Chicago standards, I usually hop in the car and drive for 10 or so minutes to the west…
Where’d the Water Go?
Because of the drought this year, the creeks around me were lower than I had ever seen them. With an afternoon off, on a whim I decided to go wander…
Bamboo — The Last few Pictures
Got the rod out to a pond and a creek for the last couple of days I got to use it. Skunked it on the pond, but fishing was a…
Blackberry Creek Dam Removal Update
To play catch up, you can read the past progress reports here. ____________ Well, there really isn't one. As far as I can tell, nothing has been done for months.…
Speaking of Butterflies
I was out wandering the other day and stopped at a creek. The main goal was to see what kind of shape it was in after the recent rains. The…
Creek Hopping the Afternoon Away
The plan was to get out in the earlier part of the day and hit 4 creeks before the rains came at exactly 3 PM. At least that's the time…