Pete Nicoloff:
Pete Nicoloff founded Milwaukee River Fly Fishing to introduce people to the joys of river fishing and to showcase southeast Wisconsin's outdoor opportunities. Pete is a husband, and father who loves to fish, paddle, row, and dive in our beautiful waters. He enjoys working within the community to provide opportunities to get kids and adults on the water and volunteering with Milwaukee Riverkeeper. Pete primarily guides for smallmouth, pike, and musky and spends most of his time on the upper sections of the Milwaukee River and her smaller tributaries where it is more common to see eagles, cranes, mink, and deer than people.
Pete Nicoloff founded Milwaukee River Fly Fishing to introduce people to the joys of river fishing and to showcase southeast Wisconsin's outdoor opportunities. Pete is a husband, and father who loves to fish, paddle, row, and dive in our beautiful waters. He enjoys working within the community to provide opportunities to get kids and adults on the water and volunteering with Milwaukee Riverkeeper. Pete primarily guides for smallmouth, pike, and musky and spends most of his time on the upper sections of the Milwaukee River and her smaller tributaries where it is more common to see eagles, cranes, mink, and deer than people.
Joe Davies:
Joe Davies may be a bit obsessed, but whatever you call it, he follows is passions. He eats, sleeps, and breaths fly fishing, particularly in the summer evenings when that smallmouth bite is on. Joe is a former US Freestyle Ski Team member and eventually became an Olympic Coach both with the US Freestyle Ski Team and the Australian Freestyle Ski Team. During his time living in New Zealand, he took up Fly Fishing and hasn't really looked back. Honing his skills on finicky gin clear water browns of NZ and native cutthroat and a myriad of other species found in the rivers of the west, where he called home for most of his 30's. After his Coaching Career, Joe drove across the western US for 10 weeks, putting his feet in every fabled trout river he had ever read about. And when a last minute invite to chase Tarpon for 6 days in Costa Rica... Joe said "yes" and stayed for almost 2 months in the jungle fly fishing for Tarpon. Joe returned to Wisconsin and feels at home now. Joe has fallen in love again with the state he grew up in and has fully embraced all the amazing fly fishing that Wisconsin has to offer. He says, "The amount of phenomenal fishing available within our state is hard to find in other places." Joe guides for a plethora of species, from lake run trout and salmon from Fall though the late Spring, smallmouth bass, northern pike, carp through the Spring to late Fall and musky in the Spring and Fall. As a former Coach, Joe has always embraced the teaching aspect of being a Guide, really enjoying teaching brand new anglers, living by the mantra of "if that individual doesn't step off your boat a better angler, you didn't do your job right."
Joe Davies may be a bit obsessed, but whatever you call it, he follows is passions. He eats, sleeps, and breaths fly fishing, particularly in the summer evenings when that smallmouth bite is on. Joe is a former US Freestyle Ski Team member and eventually became an Olympic Coach both with the US Freestyle Ski Team and the Australian Freestyle Ski Team. During his time living in New Zealand, he took up Fly Fishing and hasn't really looked back. Honing his skills on finicky gin clear water browns of NZ and native cutthroat and a myriad of other species found in the rivers of the west, where he called home for most of his 30's. After his Coaching Career, Joe drove across the western US for 10 weeks, putting his feet in every fabled trout river he had ever read about. And when a last minute invite to chase Tarpon for 6 days in Costa Rica... Joe said "yes" and stayed for almost 2 months in the jungle fly fishing for Tarpon. Joe returned to Wisconsin and feels at home now. Joe has fallen in love again with the state he grew up in and has fully embraced all the amazing fly fishing that Wisconsin has to offer. He says, "The amount of phenomenal fishing available within our state is hard to find in other places." Joe guides for a plethora of species, from lake run trout and salmon from Fall though the late Spring, smallmouth bass, northern pike, carp through the Spring to late Fall and musky in the Spring and Fall. As a former Coach, Joe has always embraced the teaching aspect of being a Guide, really enjoying teaching brand new anglers, living by the mantra of "if that individual doesn't step off your boat a better angler, you didn't do your job right."
While catching fish is never a guarantee, it is not uncommon to have double digit pike and bass days during the summer and fall.
Protecting the fish and wildlife who depend on our local waterways is the number one goal. Doug Duren, one of Wisconsin's modern conservationists, says, "It's not ours, it's just our turn." We must act as stewards of the land and water. While I do enjoy eating a fresh catch of fish and believe in the Wisconsin DNR bag limits, Milwaukee River Fly Fishing is strictly a catch and release operation. The rivers in this area are on the upswing after centuries of pollution and man-made structures compromised their vitality, and Milwaukee River Fly Fishing does not want to threaten them in anyway.
Protecting the fish and wildlife who depend on our local waterways is the number one goal. Doug Duren, one of Wisconsin's modern conservationists, says, "It's not ours, it's just our turn." We must act as stewards of the land and water. While I do enjoy eating a fresh catch of fish and believe in the Wisconsin DNR bag limits, Milwaukee River Fly Fishing is strictly a catch and release operation. The rivers in this area are on the upswing after centuries of pollution and man-made structures compromised their vitality, and Milwaukee River Fly Fishing does not want to threaten them in anyway.
Milwaukee River Fly Fishing is a proud member and supporter of the following organizations
Milwaukee River Fly Fishing
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