Fly Fishing in Minnesota...New Adventures!!!

Since we arrived in Minnesota I have been able to go on multiple fishing trips. The best fishing that I have done so far is within five minutes from my house. I have been able to catch a couple different species of sunfish and I have hooked a couple of nice pike. I was able to land one of the pike at a lake called Blackhawk Lake. When I caught the little guy I was fishing 1/0 bunny fly. The pike followed the fly right up to the fishing pier and when I saw him I decided to speed up my stripping speed. That small change triggered a strike and I nailed him. It has been awesome to have fishing (and quality fishing) close to my house like back in Colorado.

Last weekend my dad and I went over to Wisconsin to try for musky. Sadly, a drive that was only should have been an hour turned into a two and a half hour drive since we were unable find the river. We did see a lot of the country side through our drive. Once we got to the river we were able to get down to a nice deep and slow moving pool and started to fish. The fishing was slower but my dad was able to catch a small pike. We both had multiple follows from walleye and I had a fish that followed and nipped at my fly for three consecutive casts. Since they tend to follow a fly over, and over, and over again I have a feeling that it was a musky.

We have been very fortunate here as we continue to dodge the bullet with the snow. Yesterday for the first time we got a snow storm and it started to stick after only an hour or so. I have a feeling that fly fishing season is coming to a close and soon it will be time to break out the ice fishing gear. Here are a few pictures of my recent fishing adventures. Tight lines.