Trips: Spring River AR, March 2024

Spring river Feb  27-29th, March 1st  2024Attendees: Ryan Young, AL Harper, Steve Baker, DanStag and friend, Pastor John Kramer tried it out with some pretty decent success along with a great time with fellowship. This very early season trip to the Spring River in Arkansas, was intended to bridge the … Read More

Trips: Smallies on the Fly with the Berwyn Bear

I just returned from a fly-fishing trip to Northern Wisconsin with my longtime friend, the Berwyn Bear, Ron Fiala. We traveled north to fish the Menominee River, a world class smallmouth bass fishery. This was his sixth time here and my third. On past trips we have caught many smallmouth … Read More

Trips: Big River Float Trip

On 6/21/23, John Muckerman and I, Al Harper, decided to celebrate the first day of summer by floating the nearby Big River and seeing what we could catch with fly rods.  The Big originates in St. Francois county and flows north for 83 miles before emptying into the Meramec River near … Read More