Free Fishing Weekend: This Weekend

Twice per year the Michigan Department of Natural Resources offers anglers a chance to take their non-angler friends and relatives out for a free fishing weekend. This year the M-DNR free fishing weekend is this weekend — June 13th and 14th. Both residents and...

Fishing Soft-Hackles: Simple, Effective Ties

Soft-hackles are probably among the least-known and under-appreciated wet flies in the fly angling arsenal. I was turned-on to their power and simplicity by my regular fishing companion, Bryon Anderson, when I noticed that he was outfishing me once again. I asked what...

Am I Too Old to Teach Fly Casting?

After teaching fly casting for several years now, I have found that my line of demarcation is about twenty years old. Younger than that and the metaphors that I use to teach fly casting are worthless. It must be a sign of my aging process but I am mystified that those...

The Real State of Riverfront Real Estate

T|N|T asked Northern Michigan REALTOR® Susan Hintz to write a little on the current real estate market as it relates to riverfront property. As she shares below in her analysis, the market has seen a substantial change in this last year, both in terms of the number of...