Photos of Still Life 1
Thursday, Sept 5, 2019
Another fine day in a beautiful area catching some beautiful brown trout. Nothing big but that’s ok.
This was the biggest fish I landed. I think there were two I had on briefly that may have been bigger. They hit a big barbless hopper. They were jumpers and threw the hook.
Caught one trout and lost one fishing a hopper in these riffles.
Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019
Fished the Timber-Coulee today and did ok. Maybe 10 strikes. Caught 5 little browns. They loved a nymph called an Orange Coulee Scud I bought at The Driftless Angler in June. Then a tree loved it. So after finishing fishing I went to The Driftless Angler. Very nice and helpful guy. He said “yeah tie a Chernobyl Hopper on and then tie an arms length piece of 5X tippet to the bend of the hook. Tie the Orange Coulee Scud to the tippet as a dropper. You’ll catch fish all day”. There were a lot of big hoppers about and I saw what looked like a dragonfly hatch. Don’t know if it works that way with dragonflies.
We shall see about the fishing.
Fall isn’t too far off. Very comfortable fishing in waders wearing a fly vest. Never broke a sweat. Forecast for the next 8 days looking perfect, highs in mid 70s, lows in mid 50s , and partly sunny.
Fly patterns used to have pretty dull names such as an Adams or a Light Cahill or a Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear.
Today some smart ass tiers come up with much better names such as a Chernobyl Ant or a Home Invader.
I may have mentioned this some time ago.
Tuesday September 3, 2019
No phone signal but there is a little park building about 100 yards away that has WiFi I can connect to. Haven’t seen anyone in the building.
The grill was a retirement gift from work. Works out great. No mess.
In the distance on the right is the building that has hot showers and cold toilets. In the distance on the left is my nearest neighbor’s trailer. He stopped by. He’s been coming here to fish for 20 years.
August 29, 2019
Labor Day I’ll be starting an 11 day trout fishing and relaxation trip to the Driftless Area.
I won’t be updating this blog anymore. Usually I have a weak signal. At times I spend an hour or two creating and posting. Perhaps at the end of a trip I’ll post the whole trip.
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2019
Left Cornucopia and drove mostly west to Superior Wisconsin where I had lunch with an old workmate I hadn’t seen in around 10 years and then headed home.
Monday, August 21st, 2019
Drove west along the shoreline to Cornucopia, Wisconsin where I visited a friend I went to college with from 1970 to 1972. Hadn’t seen him in 46 years.
Sunday, August 20, 2019
This morning I started driving west and northwest along the Upper Peninsula Lake Superior Shoreline passing through Munising, Marquette, Houghton, and Copper Harbor.
Found a beautiful private campground facing west on the shore of Lake Superior called Sunset Bay Campground.
Monday, August 19, 2019
The Mackinac Bridge goes from St Ignace in the Upper Peninsula south to Mackinaw City in Lower Michigan.
Got it straight, Mackinac Bridge, Mackinac Island, and Mackinaw City.
At the end of the bridge in Mackinaw City is a state park.
There are many ferries running to and from Mackinac Island from several locations. I left from Mackinaw City.
Mackinac Island Harbor 
Mackinac Island is beautiful with beautiful hotels, inns, large and small homes. No vehicles are allowed. There are thousands of bicycles and I don’t know how many carriages and horses.
It’s about a mile walk to The Grand Hotel.
From this point on and to enter is a $10 fee
The town is a beautiful tourist trap kinda like a Key West or Charleston South Carolina of the north. Shop after shop, particularly fudge shops.
When my ferry was leaving I counted 6 ferries actively entering or leaving the small harbor.
Three in one frame
Sunday, August 18, 2019
Drove from Milwaukee to my campground, Lake Michigan Campground at St. Ignace, which is on the north shore of Lake Michigan about 10 miles northwest of St. Ignace, Michigan. St. Ignace is in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Mackinaw City is Lower Michigan which I’ve seen referred to as The Mitt. The Mackinac Bridge connects the two.
Lake Michigan at my campground. Very windy.
Drove north an hour and a half to Whitefish Point. To the west of Whitefish Point is 200 miles of the main body of Lake Superior. 
To the southeast of Whitefish Point is Whitefish Bay. You can see a large freighter in the distance.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was hoping to get to and around Whitefish Point to get out of the storm and large waves of the main body of Lake Superior and make it to the relatively safe waters of Whitefish Bay.
There is a large Lighthouse, Coast Guard Station, Museum at the point. It doesn’t appear to be in use but is beautifully maintained.
