by Brian Kozminski | Mar 8, 2013 | Environment, Gear & Equipment, Lifestyle, News & Updates, Trips & Guides
Maybe it’s the combination of the smell of salmon on my fingers from dissection with the SIC kids and the euphoric blend of Maple Brown sugar mini-wheats and Silk Pure Almond Vanilla, I am feeling a little tipsy. So I shall go forth and throw down the...
by Brian Kozminski | Mar 1, 2013 | Environment, News & Updates, Uncategorized
This is a hot topic for sure. My phone immediately began to ring yesterday shortly after posting the petition from Change.org to Stop the lifted Ban on Chumming in rivers and lakes in Michigan that do not have any gear restrictions on them. I should know I am going to...
by Brian Kozminski | Feb 28, 2013 | Environment, Lifestyle, Uncategorized
“The biggest contradiction I have witnessed in my relative few decades on the planet is simple. It is HOW we are raised to share and protect what we love and treasure. Some men show their love and affection with fists and scars, hence the women in their youth...
by Brian Kozminski | Feb 13, 2013 | Flies, News & Updates, People & Interviews
Captain Ed McCoy of Hawkins Outfitters will be joining us this Saturday from 12-5 pm. Ed has been a guide for the past decade and has a background in Zoology and Fisheries and Wildlife. Ed will be tying Manistee River trout flies with an emphasis on dry flies and...
by Brian Kozminski | Feb 11, 2013 | Books & Video Reviews, Lifestyle
All the conditions were right. I had the night requested off, even though we were slated for a record night due to perfect snow conditions and the recent forming of storm NEMO to our East. I have been excited and planning the evening for weeks now. I did my research,...
by Brian Kozminski | Feb 2, 2013 | Gear & Equipment, News & Updates, Uncategorized
If you were to ask me 10 or 20 years ago about Umpqua, I would either tell you it is a great Steelhead river on the west coast or one of three major players in the world distribution of hand tied flies with the likes of Jack Dennis, Andy Puyans and Dave Whitlock as a...
by Brian Kozminski | Jan 21, 2013 | Lifestyle, People & Interviews
To begin my NYE celebration, and my to fulfill my annual need to clean house, I walked in the door from work tonight and immediately started cleaning out my closet. I have been working on this project for the past six months, but tonight it was different. I looked at...
by Brian Kozminski | Jan 18, 2013 | Lifestyle, News & Updates
Mid-January already. My waders have been wet twice. Nothing to prove my fishing success rate, except for the fulfillment and peace of mind a walk in the woods with waders on provides. Things are happening and my agenda is filling quickly. I wanted to post up events...
