Written by: Kip Vieth, Wildwood Float Trips

It’s been a long hard-water season for Bucky, who is glad to be getting wet again.
Photo by Kip Vieth
Well, baseball has its spring training, so we thought we would do a little of our own. Temps here in Minnesota finally got above 40, and Bucky the duck dog had a serious case of spring fever. We took him out back of the shop to the Mississippi for a little spring swimming practice. He thinks he has died and gone to duck heaven.
Kip Vieth owns Wildwood Float Trips, in Monticello, Minnesota. Check out his excellent “10 Tips for Catching a Musky on a Fly.”