Photo Gallery 2006
Dr. James Wise, soon to be of Duluth, dealt with tough water conditions and merciless wind, but did well pitching buggers (11 March 2006).
Opening day 2006, that is the April 1 opener. Lots of midges early, then some baetis, then the mother load: Dark hendricksons for an hour and a half. It's always refreshing to fish to indiscriminatingly feeding fish during a hatch. It was a spectacular day that was much better spent on the water than indoors at the Great Waters Expo.
Frank Roughan of Long Island, New York fishing a crystal clear spring creek on his first fly fishing outing to Minnesota (19 April 2006).
Randy Brock and I hit several Houston County streams over the course of one weekend. They were mostly in great shape and had some nice hatches, particularly Dark Hendricksons as the caddis never really materialized.
Here is the Minnesota version of the San Juan Shuffle.
Yours truly whilst fishing various spring creeks one weekend in April of 2006.
Mike Witzke of Rochester with a nice brown taken on a #16 Adams while feeding bankside (7 May 2006).
Bob Collier or Austin, MN had a phenominal day using a variety of patterns and tactics. Nary an anlger was to be found, and the Light Hendricksons came off enough to keep fish interested in taking dries and emergers.
Gary Meier (AKA The Grizzled Veteran) enjoying some evening caddis and Light Hendrickson spinner falls (4 June 2006).
Randy Brock and I doing some weekday nymphing on an area stream (14 June 2006)
(L.toR.) Bill Cavanagh of Seattle, WA; Dennis Peterson from Chicago, IL; and Paul LaPine of Laguna Beach, CA all enjoying a day in June on the water (14 June 2006).
Gary Pellom from Durham, North Carolina on his first ever spring creek outing (11 July 2006).
Rich Grossman of New Jersey nymphing for trout in southeast Minnesota (3 August 2006).
Duluth's Gary Meier (aka the Grizzled Veteran) and I hit some nice smallmouths pitching a variety of bugger and zonker patterns (6 August 2006).
Norm Zimmerman with a nice brown taken in August on a hopper pattern.
My son Brock and I looking for bugs in the Whitewater.
Dr. Mark Mannenbach of Rochester, MN enjoying some late season brown trout action.
