I’ve always daydreamed about putting my life on hold and going on some type of Lewis and Clark’esque adventure into the northern Michigan wilderness. Just me, a notebook, a pup tent, a fly rod, a rucksack, a sleeping bag, a good book or two, and the wild places of Michigan’s northern lower and upper peninsula. Read More …
At one point or another, we’re all eventually baptized by our favorite trout stream. It happens in slow motion, and its almost always cold. Today’s pic is of my son seconds after his first baptism. We were fishing a backcountry Adirondack brookie stream in mid-late summer. I had killed it there on a solo trip Read More …
In case you missed it, this site has been completely revamped. The homepage is now a slideshow of some of my favorite photographs I’ve taken over the past few years. Every day, or so, I’ll add a new pic, and use this blog to let you know. I’ll also be sharing the story behind it, Read More …
Six anglers, 60 brook trout. This is what a 10 brook trout per day bag limit looks like. Notice the photo is in black and white. Just sayin’… Nearly every recent study I’ve read, based on actual field data and not computer simulations or 30 year old creel reports, says that streams with high minimum Read More …
Only in northern Michigan can you get summer, spring, and winter all in the same week. I’ve been thinking a lot about trout lately, but the warm couple weeks we had really has me thinking about carp, panfish, and smallies. I’ve got so much water to explore and re-explore over the summer. And when I Read More …
There was a paragraph before this one. It was a very politically correct introduction intended to soften what remains. I deleted it. The Michigan DNR is seeking public comment on a proposed 10 fish per day brook trout limit in the Upper Penninsula (the current daily bag limit is 5 fish). This is ironic for Read More …
It was like 18 months ago when the project first began. Bjorn Stromsness of Bonefish on the Brain shoots out an email to a group of fellow fly fishing blog writers pitching an idea. A big idea. I’m paraphrasing. Bjorn: ”Dudes, lets all write a short story on whatever we want, then compile all of Read More …
I’ve never really understood some fly anglers’ fascination with bamboo fly rods. I mean, I get the whole nostalgia thing. I get the whole feel the rod loading thing. I get that they’re pretty. But I’ve never really got whatever it is that drives people to devote their whole fishing experience to the rod, opposed Read More …
On the eve of an epic northern Michigan snowstorm, two fly anglers sit around a table, peering up from their fly tying vises every now and then at whatever happens to be on the television.They plan to wake up early the next morning, during the peak of the storm, and drive through the blizzard to Read More …
When we last left my search for the world’s best wading boot, I was satisfied, but not happy, with Korkers’ Chrome wading boot– their high-end model released in early 2011. As far as design and concept went, they were the best thing since sliced bread. Unfortunately, Korkers wasn’t able to pull them off with a Read More …