It was in-between-times in the forest this morning. Morels are about done. Ramps are about done. Oysters haven’t started in earnest. Still I can’t complain. There were a few oysters, and they were nice and fresh, and a few ramps, enough to assure a… Read More
The 27th Street Podcast is back after a brief hiatus. This episode features my conversation with Mike Chew in the Dogwood Banjo workshop in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I was in the Twin Cities to pick up Dogwood Banjos # 52, which Mike made for me. I… Read More
I was pulling into a rest stop on my recent road trip, when I heard the tell-tale swish that means a text has come in. I parked and pulled out my phone. It was Tuffy P, informing me she got us tickets to see the… Read More
We’ve been watching London Spy, the British/American production which aired as a 5-part series in early winter of 2015. It was slow, sometimes excruciatingly, it was smart, clever, fascinating, dark, and did I mention slow? I think it was an excellent bit of work, although… Read More
There was a time I could drive much longer distances than I can today. I recall the time I drove out to the Sierras for a button accordion camp (with some fly fishing along the way). That trip I drove as far as Omaha on… Read More
I fly fished a stretch of Timber Coulee in the Driftless which had a cliff along the far shore. One spot featured this spring emerging from the cliff. You can see the water dripping into the stream in the photo below.
This is not a really deep run but the trout like the deep cover. Some really good trout were rising right back into the brush.
The concentric circles are rising trout during a baetis emergence in a big pool in Timber Coulee (in the Driftless).
Here’s a little dose of Iris Dement, covering the late Merle Haggard, just because….
There are a tremendous number of fly fishing opportunities in the Driftless area. I decided to focus on the Viroqua Wisconsin area, and I ended up spending all my time on one system. I fished Rullands Coulee, Timber Coulee and Spring Coulee – and even… Read More
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