Lundvike Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 As some of you may know I am on a training course in Wisconsin for a couple of weeks and as the course doesn't run on the weekends I needed to find something to occupy my time. So today I hired a guide to fish the small spring fed creeks of SW wisconsin. These are narrow meandering limestone bottomed creeks that are supposed to be similar to chalk streams. Well it snowed about a foot here yesterday so I almost didn't go luckily i did. it was a couple degrees below freezing in the morning so we started out nymphing and were into some 8 to 12" browns almost immediately. Then at the top of a run where water from two troughs converged I hooked into this beauty great fight especially on a 3wt. After lunch it warmed up considerably and the BWO hatch was on with lots (after it gets past counting using both hands I lost track) of eager browns taking parachute adams. The biggest being a 14" brown that I caught in this pool. Truly an amazing day and if anyone is heading to this area I have a guide that I would highly recommend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reevesr1 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 My kinda training course! Now if you can only get your company to pay for the guide, that would really be a neat trick!! Thanks for the post Lundvike. Sounds like a fabulous day on a gorgeous little creek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monger Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 That looks like a great little creek. Every adventure makes you a better angler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirocco Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Nice looking spot. Glad you're having a good trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawgstoppah Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Always fun to see different waters. Wisconsin has some excellent brown trout fishing, especially in the fall when the lake fish migrate through I've heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lundvike Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 Today the president of the local trout unlimited chapter took me stealheading on the Miliwaukee and Menomonee rivers which are urban rivers flowing throught the heart of Milwaukee. This chrome bullet was caught within a block of Miller Park where the Brewers play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Cool pics! Rich Osthoff writes about that area a fair bit in his book and it's really neat to see some of that country! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birchy Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Nice job Carl! Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tako Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Beauty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyangler Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Glad you're having a good time. Those WiTU guys aren't half bad. Niiiiiiice fish! You gonna go on a week night? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lundvike Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 Glad you're having a good time. Those WiTU guys aren't half bad. Niiiiiiice fish! You gonna go on a week night? The WI TU guys have been amazing. Very willing to help me out and let me in on all of their secrets. Thank you for introducing me. We are going to try to get out Wednesday evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyangler Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 All of their secrets? So you know about the Pink Squirrel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lundvike Posted March 27, 2008 Author Share Posted March 27, 2008 All of their secrets? So you know about the Pink Squirrel? Ok that came out wrong, but they have been exceptionally welcoming and were more than willing to share their successful fishing tactics with me. Oh and I went for a nice swim in the Menomenee yesterday afternoon, water was alot deeper and muddier than sunday and I really need to get a wading staff, on a positive note I found a really deep hole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyangler Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 More than happy to provide the intro. Glad you didn't float your hat for too long in that weather! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyangler Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Uhhhhh, what'd you say you were doing on the Menomonee? http://www.cbs58.com/index.php?aid=2407 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lundvike Posted April 8, 2008 Author Share Posted April 8, 2008 Uhhhhh, what'd you say you were doing on the Menomonee? http://www.cbs58.com/index.php?aid=2407 Fishing really I was. Actually that looks like it was fairly close to where I was fishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ham Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 someone call up the wisconsin policeeeeeeeeeeee wouldnt wana run into 'ol skull basher over here on the bowwww haha im just kiddin man but thats crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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