2012~ the Year End Review

I have been wavering back and forth on whether to write a year end post. After reading so many quality posts from other bloggers, I have even questioned my ability to continue actually writing and posting for TNT. It could be the fact that I have been working crazy...

Restoring: Hope

Close your eyes. Humor me for just a bit. You will be able to do this to someone else. Now, close your eyes and take a few deep breaths. I want you to imagine a place, of your own choosing. A place you like to go to. It is relaxing, calm and serene. Take another deep...

13th Annual Fly Tying Expo

Up and a half a pot of coffee at an hour when I once would have been returning home from a Friday Night out on the town. The anticipation was too great, coupled with the fear I might oversleep my alarm and miss my rendezvous with fellow anglers at some ungodly hour at...

Expo Eve.

It is the last day of November 2012. According to the Mayans, you had better get up here and fish before it is too late. You have 22 days.Here is the latest fishing report from our good friends at OAFS~ be sure to stop in and say hello to Andy, Jeff, Alex and the rest...

BLACK FRIDAY

Everybody is out getting door buster deals. I am happy my wife has returned with the majority of our holiday shopping completed. Yesterday was a wonderful afternoon. I truly enjoyed the company of my Mom, cousins and and Aunt and Uncle in Grayling reminiscing of days...

Reflections

By no coincidence it is 4:30 in the morning and the cabin is silent, except for the hushing buzz of the HVAC system lulling nearly everyone into a pseudo dream state. I can hear Glen Frey “You belong to the Night” in my earphones and it strikes me ironic as we are...

Brown Trout Redd Mapping

For the past couple of years the MVWTU Chapter has been monitoring and mapping brown trout spawning habitat. It wasn’t until this past fall that a few questions were raised by fellow anglers that I deemed worthy of attention. Let me divulge with a little history...