It’s hard to plan a weekend trip fly fishing looking at the weather forecast we had for the weekend but that’s why I’m happy to live in Decorah. At a drop of the hat I can be on the water checking things out. Saturday was cold and rainy which is not the type of day you would plan to go fly fishing. The rain let up in the afternoon and the temp. hit the low 50’s so I made my way to Coldwater. The water level was good and the fish were active.
Then on Sunday I joined Greg and his son on the North Bear for their first fly fishing trip. It was a great day to be out on the stream. The sun was out all day and the temps. hit the mid 60’s. Lots of bugs in the air and the fish were feeding well. What a difference a day makes for fly fishing in Northeast Iowa.
After waiting for the tornado warnings to clear the area, Paul and I headed out for an evening fly fishing trip. We fished S. Pine for the first time since we were kids. I didn’t remember the hike in being so long, but once we got down in the valley it was quite the surprise. What a great place to see and fish. We were short on time once we finally got to the water but we
had some beautiful Brook Trout taking our caddis in no time. There have been several articles written about S. Pine lately talking about this hidden gem. If you have read these stories you may remember them talking about the long hike in. Let me tell you, it’s true. Be ready for a hike not a walk. Once Paul and I got back to the car we both agreed that it was a great trip and we would go back even though we were only on the water for about an hour. That time might have been longer had we not seen a few Morels on our way in. The Morels may have been the biggest surprise of all. We both had written off the Morel hunting for the year but as you can see we found a few.
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