Wildwood Float Trips

Many changes are happening here at Wildwood Float Trips.  It is an exciting chapter in our lives.  Spring has sprung and I have had some very nice days on the trout streams the last couple of weeks.  Our big Spring Creek weekend begins this Thursday.  This year’s trip is completely filled and the streams look to be in great shape. 

The biggest news is that a sold sign went up on our house last week.  If all goes as planned we will be moving to a house on the banks of the Mississippi River at the end of May.  This move will be a big addition to Wildwood Float Trips.  Look for more exciting things to come from us as we settle into our new location. 

This is the last week to take advantage of our spring promotion. I have a Sage XP that isn’t getting much use. This is probably one of the best smallmouth rods ever made. It is a 9 ft 8 wt. It’s in great shape and will be a welcome addition to anyone’s collection. It’s also a great rod for Saltwater and Steelhead.

For the next week, for every trip you book, I will put your name in a hat. If you book a spot on the return leg of “The Trip from Hell,” you will get 6 chances thrown in the hat. On April 26th, I will pull a name from the hat and that person will win the XP.

I must receive an e-mail confirming the date by midnight of the 25th of April. I will ship the rod after your deposit is received for the dates you have booked.

We want to thank all our friends who were praying and encouraging us as we were in the process of trying to sell the house.  Your support did not go unnoticed.  We are blessed to have so many friends and supporters.

God Bless you all. 

Kip Vieth

Wildwood Float Trips

www.wildwoodfloattrips.com

Thanks to everyone who stopped by my booth at this years Great Waters Show. I met a lot of great people and saw a lot of old friends.

I also want to thank all the people that bought one of Grace’s pink poppers. We raised $40 for Casting for Recovery. If some of you would still like to purchase a “Popper for Recovery” feel free to contact us and we can get you some.

The winner of this years box of Smallmouth Flies was Joel Johnson from Minnetonka, MN. I hope everyone had a great time at the show and hopefully learned something about our great sport.

To kick off this season with a bang we are going to try something different. I have a Sage XP that isn’t getting much use. This is probably one of the best smallmouth rods ever made. It is a 9 ft 8 wt. It’s in great shape and will be a welcome addition to anyones collection. It’s also a great rod for Saltwater and Steelhead.

For the next three weeks, for every trip you book, I will put your name in a hat. If you book a spot on the return leg of “The Trip from Hell,” you will get 6 chances thrown in the hat. On April 26th, I will pull a name from the hat and that person will win the XP.

I must receive an e-mail confirming the date by midnight of the 25th of April. I will ship the rod after your deposit is received for the dates that have been booked.

Stayed tuned for future promotions. I’m going to try and make these as fun as I can.

Thanks for all your support and have a wonderful Easter!

God Bless,

Kip Vieth
Wildwood Float Trips
www.wildwoodfloattrips.com
612-723-7438
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The Great Waters Show is coming.  March 26th-28, 2010

I am really looking forward to the show this year.  Tom and the crew at Midwest Fly Fishing always do a stellar job with the shows. 

This year I will have a booth of my own and am blessed to be able to do two presentation.  The first one will be on metro area fly fishing opportunities.  I will be teaming up with Andy Roth, and Bill Sherck on this one.  Look for it on Saturday afternoon.

My second presentation will be on the Smallmouth Trip from Hell.  I will be joined by the famous artist and guide Bob White.  He will be my partner in crime on this years trip andI am really looking forward to working with Bob on this endeavor.  It’s my favorite trip of the year.  We present on Sunday afternoon.  Look me up at my booth and I look forward to seeing you all. 

P.S. Got out fishing last week before the melt.  What a great time I had all by myself.  Things are really looking good in the Southwest of Wisconsin, and I have even heard good reports on the tribs in Northeast Wisconsin.  Get out there, thing will only get better.  It’s almost BWO time.  I love those bugs.

See you at the show or on the stream,

Kip

2010 Smallmouth Trip from Hell
Leg One: June 23-26 Leg Two: June 27-30

Wildwood Float Trips and Whitefish Studios, AKA Bob White, are teaming up for this years trip across Minnesota and Wisconsin. I’m really excited to have Bob join me on this adventure. Bob and I have wanted to work together for awhile, and this year we are going to make it happen. This will be my third year in a row doing this trip. I have to say it is one of the highlights of my guiding season.

You may be wondering what the Smallmouth Trip from Hell is. It’s a four day guided trip, fishing four of the finest warm water fisheries in the country. We will tackle a different river each day of the journey. The rivers include the Mississippi, St. Croix, either the Flambeau or the Chippewa, and the Menominee. Each river has its own personality and quirks. This is what makes the trip so much fun.

We will start on either the Mississippi or the Menominee Rivers depending on which leg of the trip you are on. After we are done fishing the first day we load up our gear and boats and travel to the next destination. We will spend the night near the next day’s river. We keep this pace until we reach the last river on the fourth day. The itinerary for leg one of the trip, starting on the Mississippi River, is below. This will give you an idea of the logistics of the tour. If you chose to do leg two of the trip, it starts on the Menominee, so just reverse the order.

Day one: Fish the Upper Mississippi. When we are done, we travel to Grantsburg, WI.
Day two: Fish the National Wild and Scenic St. Croix River. Travel to Winter, WI.
Day three: Fish either the Flambeau or the Chippewa River. Travel to Pembine, WI.
Day four: Fish the Menominee River. If you survive the Smallmouth Trip from Hell, feel free to go and get some rest.

For more information contact either Wildwood Float Trips or Whitefish Studios.
www.wildwoodfloattrips.com or www.whitefishstudio.com
Kip@ 612-72DRIFT or Bob @ 651-433-4168

Wildwood Float Trips Spring Creek Weekend

April 22nd -25th, 2010

Coon Valley, Wisconsin

Come join us in beautiful Southwest Wisconsin. This region has more spring creeks than a person could fish in a lifetime. The fishing is outstanding along with the beauty and charm the driftless region has to offer. This is one of my favorite places to fish and I would love to share it with you.

Arrive in Coon Valley Thursday night. Get settled and get your gear ready for Friday. Fish all day Friday. Lunch and Dinner will be provided. Fish all day Saturday with lunch and dinner provided again. Fish Sunday with just lunch provided and then depart for home anytime on Sunday.
Includes 3 nights lodging in a restored farm house with private access to Coon Creek. Lunches Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Dinner on Friday and Saturday nights. Cost is $350 for the weekend non-guided.
Contact us if you’re interested in being guided . We can arrange that for an additional cost.
wildwoodfloattrips.com
kip@wildwoodfloattrips.com
612-723-7438

1/8/2010

Dear Clients,

I want to thank you all for your understanding and patience this past year. Most of you know that I tried to balance a fulltime “regular job” and squeezed in my guiding as best I could by using vacation and weekend scheduling. Well, this didn’t work out so great. We made mistakes. Many of you didn’t get any or all the dates that you wanted and for that I sincerely apologize. It broke my heart, but sometimes you have to do what you have to do.

Lesson learned and we move on to 2010. The plan at this time is to Guide full time for the 2010 season. I’m going to put everything I have into growing and making Wildwood Float Trips the finest outfitter and Guide service in the Upper Midwest. My family is firmly behind me and without them I couldn’t make this dream a reality. God has truly blessed me with a great support system over the years.

Times are tough as we all know. I recently was laid off from my full time job. I have to watch the way that I choose to market Wildwood. Sadly, I won’t be at the Chicago Fly Show for this reason and the Minneapolis Show is still up in the air. I love these shows and will miss them, as well as my clients that attend them. I am going to use this opportunity to really try and market and grow Wildwood Float Trips in different avenues as best I can. I hope to return to both these shows in 2011.

Once again, I want to thank all of you for your support once again. God has also blessed me with the greatest client list a Guide could ever hope for. Things are really starting to book up for 2010. I know that Guides always say this but it is true. If you are looking for a date for this coming season, please contact me so you don’t miss out. There are only so many days in the summer.

The Smallmouth Trip from Hell will still take place this year. Bob White has agreed to help this year. Tight Lines had to bow out this year due to scheduling difficulties. I called Bob and he jumped at the chance. I am really looking forward to fishing and guiding with Bob. We are going to try and run it both ways this year. Dates are June 23rd-26th and the second leg will run from the 27th-30th. Call me for more details.

We are also thinking about putting together another Spring Creek weekend in South West Wisconsin’s Driftless area. I have grown to love this outstanding area almost as much as Montana.

Also look for a Fall Musky Trip this year. Some of you have seen the giants that live in the river and they are amazing. There are a couple of 50+ inch fish swimming in there. Let’s stick one!

Give me a call and let’s talk about all the excitement for this year. Keep an eye on the website for updates and information about where we’ll be and what is going on.

Wildwood Float Trips is a family run business and we want you to know we appreciate your business.

See you this summer on the river.
God Bless,

Kip Vieth and Family
Wildwood Float Trips

Well it has been a very busy fall.  Where does the time go.  Fall is the one season that never lasts long enough.  There is just to much fun stuff to do in the fall and not enough days to get it all in.  The highlight of the whole fall was having Grace in the field with me for a good portion of it.  We enjoyed many hours chasing grouse and woodcock.  We watched Missy, Grace’s young Englsih Setter start to figure it out.   She is really coming along and I think she’ll be alright.  I had my doubts last year, but she is really starting to point and hold her birds.   The bad news is that Ginger the old reliable setter might have had her last year in the field.  Ginger has been an outstanding bird dog and the changing of the guard is bitter sweet.  She’s a champion and will be very hard to replace.

Didn’t get in any fall Musky hunts and that really bugs me.  I saw those large Musky all summer and really wanted to put the hurt on them this fall.  Like I said not enough time.  Well next fsall hopefully things will be a bit different.  Until then everyone have a great New Year!

Some of you have probably have heard me talking about this epic journey.  I was lucky enough to be a guide for this great trip. I represented  state number 33  on the St. Croix river for my home state Wisconsin.  Jeff and his son Taylor were great boat mates and a pleasure to guide.  We floated on a not so great day.  Temperatures were in the high 50′s in the morning.  This does not usually bode well for smallmouth.  We set off and in a few minutes Jeff had caught his first smallmouth ever on a fly.  It wasn’t very big but he had done it.  We floated down river and Taylor decided that he was going to throw for Muskies.  He tossed the topwater plug with authority and was rewarded by his first musky hook up.  It didn’t last long but we did see the first and with that he had a bad case of Musky fever.  All in all it was a great day and I made some good friends that hopefully I’ll have the chance to fish with again.    Here  are some stories about our day on the water.

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Well the river is in great shape and the bass are starting to play. Was out yesterday and fished top water most of the day. Several nice fish were taken. It was nice to see some sunshine for a change. Be careful with the hook boys they can leave a mark.