by Brian Kozminski | Jan 16, 2012 | Environment, Lifestyle
A few years back, Dr. Bryan Burroughs approached me at a state council meeting. There was a different twinkle in his eye, usually I can tell when we have exciting news to exchange, whether it is regarding DNA found in a new state record Brown trout, or the latest...
by Brian Kozminski | Jan 16, 2012 | Angling Reports
January 12 Au Sable Fishing Report A kind angler found a fly patch and left it. Flies are rotted now, but it’s a good clue to where we fished over this last warm-up. With a number of days pushing the forty degree mark, fishing this past week was a must. I met up...
by Brian Kozminski | Jan 11, 2012 | Flies, Lifestyle
January 10, 2012 at City Park Grill in Petoskey> Miller Van Winkle Chapter of Trout Unlimited Hosts a monthly gathering of fellow artists of thread and feather~ We had a great turnout! from beginners~ along with a few pro’s~ If you are ever in the Petoskey...
by Brian Kozminski | Jan 5, 2012 | Creative Nonfiction, Lifestyle, Trips & Guides
On a lazy, hot August afternoon, I found myself pounding Beldar Buggars and Woolly Sculpins in an effort to entice smallmouths along the Muskegon River with a couple of fishing pals . We had a Michigan trifecta in the boat comprised of a few rainbows, a brown and a...
by Brian Kozminski | Dec 29, 2011 | Lifestyle, People & Interviews
“In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. We lived at the junction of great trout rivers in western Montana, and our father was a Presbyterian minister and a fly fisherman who tied his own flies and taught others. He told us about...