Ryan Miloshewski

Maybe they have toilets or bury it to avoid detection..i have no idea lol

Thanks FW, now I've spent a lot of time watching these videos that last two days..😑

Oh to me it's more tongue and cheek. I don't think either is a good idea. Keep it as is.

I saw somebody comment on Facebook "if we get this into the regulations, how about we outlaw everybody 12 and over from fishing at the outlets?" Fantastic idea if I ever heard one!

Yep just me and the dog. Wanted to get away solo for a few days.

Back home and back to work after a great trip. Last photo here. Driftless Cafe is a locally sourced restaurant in the area. I had a Wisconsin beef tenderloin, mashed potatoes with local butter and cream, and locally grown kale. It was absolutely phenomenal. I would put it as a must stop if you're anywhere near Viroqua! I think the bourbon was from Kentucky, though..

That's not true. Lots of giant, bipedal ape fossils exist.

Oh yea that's a good one. I'll come right out and say it--there's something to it. I saw something in Wyoming when I was 11 and ever since it's been highly intriguing to me.

People need to come to terms that Taneycomo is Missouri's largest trout park. I love the lake to death, and I do my best to take care of any trophy fish I catch, but at the end of the day it's a stocked, non-native fishery. On top of that, it's a flood control body of water. Doesn't mean you have to treat fish poorly or the sport poorly, but it will always be a tailwater providing multiple ways to catch trout and other species.

March was fun there this year. Those warm days had the caddis going crazy and the trout acting dumb! Glad you caught some!

Probably a very high percentage. And they take pics of fish on the gravel without a net or drag a brown in October across the lake to get a pic.

Yep! I only got wet when I had to. Simms flyweights and breeze pants from FreeFly made that super easy. (Not sponsored)

I highly doubt that lol. I agree with @Quillback assessment. You HAVE to fish upstream, or walk away from the stream down a ways then work back up. They see you and book it if you fish down.

It's a crock. Those who petitioned it 100% treat fish worse than 99% of folks who fish with a jerkbait.

The weird part about these fish? They couldn't care less about tippet size. I am running 2x to the hopper and 4x to the midge. Makes me wonder why those pellet munchers in Missouri care so dang much..

Some other nice pics from today

Went back to Bohemian Valley this morning on a different stretch. It did not disappoint. Same flies, but today had many more eats on the Hippie Stomper. I found a deeper hole (probably 4 ft) with a big rock in the shade. Made a perfect drift on the first cast and landed this big boy. I didn't have a tape but roughly guessing based on my net size it was 16-17-inches. Here is what most of the access is like:

Yep! I will take a pic today but they have ladders at public access points. The DNR pays the farmers/landowners every year to lease out a certain "right of way" by the stream. One area had a sign that said "beware of goats--they can be mean." But I've had zero issues and get this--have seen ZERO other fishermen. It's quite the well-kept secret I suppose.

This was the access point. Caught one immediately and figured I'd better keep at it. Ended up walking only 2 miles on it, but there was fishable water everywhere. They really liked what they call the ice cream midge up here in size 14. Once I lost all of those I tied on a size 18 rusty midge and I think they liked it even more. This is the Hippie Stomper, which is just a hopper with hackle wrapped on a section of the foam. Easy to tie and floats great. I had countless fish try to eat it but they'd just miss it. They come at it so voraciously--like it was their last meal. I also stuck quite a few that pulled off. I did end up landing 12 on it, though! Stopped along Hwy 14 in Vernon County and saw this. Pretty cool!

Well today was the day. Hammered the fish from 11am-6pm on a Hippie Stomper and an ice cream midge (pics below). All but two of the fish were in shin deep riffles. Where you thought there should be a fish, there was. I did lose a very nice brook trout about two feet from the net. It was 14-inches I bet. Caught a ton of fish--probably in the 40+ range. Lots of small ones, but I did manage to catch quite a few in the 10-14" range. I ended up catching one I measured at 15-inches. I saw a brown that went 17-inches, too. He didn't want any part of me. Biggest brown: A few of the prettiest ones This is the type of water they really were feeding in. A lot of fish would rise on the hopper but whiff. I'd throw back in and the midge would be eaten immediately.

Oh good, just what I needed to hear!

Look at Coulee this morning....not ideal

Yea I walked 7 miles yesterday and slept so hard I didn't even know it rained..found out quickly very early hah. Oh well, had a great breakfast at the Kickapoo Corner. Lots of classic Wisconsin people in there, too. I heard "oh jeepers!" and "ohh yaaahh" a few times.

Got a couple inches of rain last night around 1:00 am and everything is blown out. Should be fishable by the evening. Good and bad thing about these little streams, I suppose. Tying up some size 16 Hippie Stompers to pass the time. Cooled down nicely, though. 72 deg now.

Enjoyed a couple Spotted Cows while under a shade tree on Elk Creek today. Slow fishing tonight. Caught three more browns. Headed up to Coon Valley area tomorrow early. Wish me luck!