After more than two weeks of being off-limits due to the government shutdown, the Namekagon River is BACK IN PLAY. The Namekagon, part of the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, was closed to all use during the shutdown as were all the National Parks. We had other fishing options during the shutdown and the Chippewa…
DetailsFishing Report 9/15/13: We’re changing hats here in the Northwoods. It is time to take off the Smallmouth hat and put on the Musky hat. For the last couple of months or so, we have had good, if not great, bass fishing. Heavy rains and strange flows in the rivers have made for some challenging…
DetailsOctober 14, 2013 — Musky fishing just keeps getting better as the temperatures cool. The leaves are mostly gone near the rivers and the weeds have released their hold and the rivers are in the best shape of the season. Water flows in the rivers are above average for this time of year and we…
Details2010 Fishing Reports from Hayward Fly Fishing Company! Fishing report 5/25/10 Well, it finally got warm and so did the Namekagon. Yesterday’s water temperature North of Seeley exceeded 80 degrees and only cooled off overnight to 70. Trout fishing will be tough from here on out. Bass fishing has been very good and the conditions…
Details2010 Fishing Reports from Hayward Fly Fishing Company! Final Fishing Report 2010 Alas, the season for us has come to a close for 2010. We (Wendy, Larry, Chris, Cory and Eric) put in below the Winter Dam through the snow and ice and fished til mid afternoon. We moved 2 muskies but neither to the…
Details2011 Fishing Reports from Hayward Fly Fishing Company! Fishing Report 12/17/2011 Fall musky fishing was super! October and November produced some banner days in terms of the numbers of fished encountered and boated! It is a great time of the year to pursue muskies with big flies. 2011 yielded another season’s worth of great memories.…
Details2009 Fishing Reports from Hayward Fly Fishing Company! End of Season Report 2009 Our fly fishing season has ended for 2009, but it didn’t go quietly. November’s weather was very cooperative and we got to fish right to the end of the musky season, November 30. October’s weather was more like a normal November, but…
DetailsBig changes over the last couple of weeks–we’ve had a frost or two and some generally unstable weather. That’s the bad news. The good news is the muskies have definitely been “on the feedbag”. Depending on the stretches we fish, we are seeing a bass or two per day and several muskies per day. Water…
DetailsThis version of a fishing report is actually more of a water report. Last week we got 6 inches of rain here locally and the rivers are very swollen and out of shape. Trout fishing on the Namekagon remains good, but the water level makes for very challenging wading. Brown Drakes, March Browns, Sulphurs, and…
DetailsMay 19th put the trout on notice that Summer is just around the corner. After a few days of no rain, coupled with hot temperatures, the water temperature in the upper Namekagon reached 70+ degrees. Thankfully, we got some rain and the water temps slipped back into the 60’s. We had a BIG brown drake…
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