Recent content by spindoctor

I am speechless and unsure what to say, except Thank you. Every fishing buddy is a valued tresure.

This is a case where pulling the curtain back from the wizzard makes his creations even more impressive and fun. Knowing Dave he will probably be working on that ripple thing and I won't be able to get him out on the streams again for the rest of this season. The lengths some folks will go to...

Is this a keeper? Anytime someone makes a post that leaves us in mystery, it is a fairly safe bet that there is something special going on, and this is no exception. As most of you have guessed the trout depicted is not real, it is a wood carving done to exact scale. In fact everything in...

Thank you, the folks on this site are so friendly. I was fishing Missouri a couple of years back. Tanny Como in Branson, is very heavily stocked with both Brown and rainbows. I had good luck using Pumpkin-Fire, and close to the dam just below the hatchery the trout came right up to my waders...

I have been spending a lot of time on the streams and not much time at the computer. The 2013 season has been very good so far, not so much for trophy-sized trout, but for good quantities of fish in the 11” to 14” size. Since the beginning of the season, I have been finding that the trout...

WOW! I now know that it is possible for an old trout bum to blush. Thanks so much! The folks on this site are always so friendly and positive that I just love to visit it. Ain’t learned to blog yet, what with the Grandchildren, making hooks and spinners, home chores and mechanics, and a whole...

For the first time since May I had a +50 fish day. For the most part the 2012 season has been just a little more than quirky. Cold spring nights followed by sunny daytime weather, kept trout activity in high gear well into June, but a long stretch of absolute dry weather married to day and...

Thanks guys, I haven't written much this season (insert excuse here), but will be getting back to it. My Bow spinners are just high precision technology married to a tried and true design, using all American made componants and blades plated with real Gold or Silver. I also custom form my own...

There’s little doubt that the summer season is regarded by most as the best time of the year to play in the water. However with jet-skis, power boats, and water skiers churning the lakes into a froth, weekend and holiday fishing can be frustrating and almost fruitless. A person could just fish...

Troutdude, It is hard to believe how ugly these fellows get, their eyes are absoultely demonic, and by the amount of bears in that area I think that sooner or later a meeting will happen. A tough life for a tough fish.

It sure was, and those few hours of fishing were just a very small part of it. (over 600 photos and vidios)

Sue and I just returned from a great Alaskan vacation in which one of the highlights was a half-day fresh water fishing outing that was guided by Cape Fox Tours out of Ketchikan. This particular trip caught my attention because along with the usual fly-fishing, included in the description was...

Trout.. You have come to the right place, Check it out, I have been making spinners with my own Barbless Hooks for more than five years now...... and all of my Bow Spinners, whether treble or single can be purchased barbed or barbless.

At first a spinner with a single hook was a bit of a challange. I tried every type and style of hook on the market, but hook-sets were only about 30% at best. I found that either the hooks were too long or had too small of eyes. So I went back to the drawing board and back to my machine shop...

The story here in Southeast Minnesota is hot weather and high water. The stream banks are a jungle of thick nettles and tall vines. Because of the wet conditions bugs are plentiful, particularly the gnats, combine these with a skeeter or two and you have a good reason to stay in the water as...