Early Season Report

  Driftless Trout Report What a great year to have an extended early season!  I don’t think any of us have the right to complain about the winter thus far.  Despite a few short cold streaks, it has been downright mild.  This has presented the perfect opportunity to do some Driftless trout fishing.  Tight Lines…

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March Fishing Report!

    Here at Tight Lines, Spring is our favorite time of the year.  As the snow and ice melt away, revealing Mother Nature’s colors once again, we begin thinking of open water and hungry fish.  Ice rods and augers are put away in exchange for waders and fly rods.  It is truly the most…

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A Video Primer on Spring Steel

With such an unseasonably warm spring the steelhead are now in full swing.  This is a steelhead video primer the shop did a number of years ago to help you understand the basics of spring steelhead in the midwest.  Stop in the shop with any questions and we hope you enjoy these couple of videos.…

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A Few Great Spring Steelhead Patterns

  Spring Steelhead Patterns From The Pros Brule River X-Legs with Damian Wilmot This is a must have Brule River fly for Steelhead.  Watch Fly By Night guide Damian Wilmot tie this essential Brule nymph.  Check out all of our videos at www.tightlinesflyshop.com and take a look at Fly By Night Guide Service to book…

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Fish The Driftless With Charlie!

Charlie has a few Spring Creek guide days left in April!  Early spring can bring some of the absolute best fishing the Driftless Area has to offer!  For that reason, Charlie Piette packs his bags and spends the entire month of April guiding in Vernon County.  Due to a few cancellations this year, he has had some premium dates open up. …

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Two minutes and sixteen seconds of awesome.

I thought this was a great video to share. Enjoy! Testify is a visual poem adapted from the essay “Testament of a Fisherman” published in 1964 by Michigan author John Voelker. Over 50 years later we filmed this video on and around the author’s home waters of Marquette County on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula because we…

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