The Musky Box

I also wanted to do a quick post of the new and improved Musky Box.  My new fly box from Hayward Fly Shop arrived with some new flies - and along with my existing collection creates a very impressive (and expensive) arsenal.  I'm really good at buying fishing gear, now I just need to get more fish in the boat.  Pete is not going to be happy about this.  He thinks paying $30 for a fly is ridiculous.  His idea was to tie a song-bird to a treble-hook.  That advice would have been helpful had it come before the fall migration south.

That box is over 18 inches long.

Pheasant hunt 10-22-11

Matt and I took a few people pheasant hunting Saturday at Rice Creek Preserve in Little Falls, MN.  I was excited because it meant I could live-fire my newly won shotgun (Browning Silver).  Prior to that I had just been pointing in the dinning room.

The good news is the gun shot (it fired correctly).  I had taken it apart and put it back together which after my last experience can prove a little challenging.

Here is some good footage of Matt swatting a bird while we went to posting positions.

It total we "harvested" 41 birds and it was a lot of fun.  Sure it's a preserve but shooting is the fun part.

Mississippi

Bob, Mike and I fished the Mississippi from Ellison Park down to Nashua Ave Friday. A big cold front just went through that we hoped it didn't affect the fishing too badly. It was slow however, and all fish came on a Murdich minnow (green) with a sink-tip. Bob fished a deer hair popper the whole time with no takers, and all the fish we got on the Murdich minnow were slow presentations. Fish were congregated in slower, deeper water, and you could see the takes in 3-4 feet of water which was fun. We did manage some nice fish -



Forgive the glasses - they were SierraTradingPost.com closeouts.

I also showcased the boat fly patch - thanks Brian.

Lastly, when I got home I was very happy to see a refridgerator ready to go for the Wisconsin vs. Nebraska game.  Thank you dear.



That is a lot of cheese and Leinenkugels