On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 21:51:57 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

Wayne Knight wrote:

There's a Marriot Residence Inn on the west side of Madison that
is mere yards from Madison Outfitters, a decent enough fly shop.
Black Earth Creek is just to the west and Mt. Vernon Creek is
almost as close.

So I cast one lazy, same old, same old vote for Madison, but like
Iowans and Michiganites, I am always willing to caucus. ;-)

--
Ken Fortenberry



Madison Outfitters went belly up this December. As did Lunde's fly shop in
Mt. Horeb.
If you stay in Madison you still aren't too far from some good spring
creeks. Trout Creek in Iowa county, about 45 miles west of Madison, has
always been a good early season stream. Later on it gets too weedy to fish
well. There are a couple other streams in the same area worth fishing. BEC
has been giving up some decent hold over 'bows plus a smattering of wild
browns, but its still pretty slow. Mt. Vernon Creek is o.k. but the fish
are fussy and a person can fish all day and walk away swearing there are no
fish in the stream.

But actually a person stands a pretty good chance of catching fish that
time of year. Scuds and Pink Squirrels down deep work well as do BWOs and
Little Black stoneflies on top, if the fish are in the mood..

And remember, if there's snow *don't wear felts*!!!


g.c.