Monday, January 30, 2012

We're Moving...

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This week the blog is moving to plain old chicagotroutbum.com . I've had the domain for years now, but the blog has outgrown the blogger...
Thursday, January 26, 2012

Late January Chrome

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Our good friend Brian was able to spend a bit of time on the Root today and was rewarded with this mid winter buck. As you can see by the bu...
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Monday, January 23, 2012

Winter Activities

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When winter rolls around many of us take up temperature specific activities like cross-country skiing and ice fishing. This winter so far ha...
Sunday, January 15, 2012

Redfish Reprieve

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Although it hadn't really felt like winter until recently, sometime during the (typically) long Chicago winter it's a nice reprieve ...
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Friday, January 13, 2012

Underwater Tarpon Angling

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Looks exhausting to me!
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Monday, January 2, 2012

The Taxonomy of Your Fly-Tying Crap - Junk Drawer Entropy

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In the middle of last summer I moved into a new apartment. Moving is great in that you get to shed a lot of garbage and streamline your life...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

The Sporting Art of Frank W. Benson

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Salmon Fisherman The American Impressionist Frank W. Benson caught my attention yesterday as I browsed through his catalog of works. Whi...
Friday, December 23, 2011

Wisconsin Tribs Still Producing Fish - Area Water Still Liquid

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Area angler John D. shared these with me last week as he hit the river in the midst of a real cold snap. Swinging flies in low water tempera...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Swinging Flies

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Fishing is a constant learning curve and adding new flies and different fishing styles only adds to the bulk of knowledge and techniques we ...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Another day another silver dollar...uh pink...whatever

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Ok, maybe today wasnt as good as yesterday but it was still awesome. I got to the creek late at about 12:00 to try to avoid crowds which wor...
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