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A fishing Lesson with Traverse City’s Bob Summers

by Jordan Lindberg | Nov 27, 2009 | People & Interviews

From the video vault today comes a nice five-minute film of rodmaker and fly angler Bob Summers teaching the craft to his granddaughter, Cara Smith. You probably know Bob Summers, or at least his work, but if not, you should start with this fact: Summers is just about...

T|N|T Travels: The Driftless Region

by Jordan Lindberg | Nov 27, 2009 | Angling Reports, Trips & Guides

Fresh from The New York Times this week, Gustave Axelson writes about traveling and fly fishing in Iowa’s Driftless Region — an area known for excellent Midwestern brook trout fishing. Although True North Trout focuses principally on fly fishing for trout...

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