Previous Fishing Reports

This is the bug soup season:  Multiple hatches that can epitomize the best parts of fly-fishing.  The angler must play by the rules of the trout.  Sometimes all the trout

I try to always fish on my birthday, and by fish, I mean fish fish.  What’s the difference between that and trying to cherry-pick the evening rise?  Well…everything, really.  My

Today — an ultra-bright scorcher of a 60 degree day to my winter-weary skin — the hendricksons finally emerged in an event that was something more than a trickle.  Never

4/28 Update… Jac Ford will be at the lodge Saturday morning signing copies of his book:  The View from the Middle Seat.  We will have copies at the lodge.  If you’ve

It’s been a cold spring and the few olives we’ve seen have served to tease.  But moods have been bright.  Spring, after all, is coming.  We’ve happily mined the depths

At some point in the next week, this fishing report will be on a new website.  Same Gates Lodge, just a new website.   What a long march toward spring.  I

Still have some slots open for this Saturday’s Free Fly Tying Session, 9 am – 2 pm (or whenever you get sick of tying).   See bottom of report for details…

Today felt right in that way only March can feel right.  It’s like having a taste in a particular food that isn’t universal, like sweetbreads or tongue.  Light drizzle, persistent

A fish I didn’t catch made my day today.  It was finning in front of a log jam in about two feet of water.  If I’d had my sight-nymphing stuff

It looks like a cold weekend — which makes it an especially good weekend to tear down the fly shop and transport it to the Midwest Fly Fishing Expo.  This