APRIL VOKEY This Friday!!!

Attention Ladies and Gentlemen~ If you haven’t heard the word, April Vokey will be at Boyne Mountain in Boyne Falls, MI on Friday November 9, 2012 for a ‘Meet & Greet’ from 4 pm- 7 pm. She is doing a quick little midwest tour this week after a...

If 007 were an angler….

I happen to be a fairly big fan of the Ian Flemming novels from the sixties. I recall the skinny little paperbacks from my father’s collection on my bookshelf while I was growing up. I hope they are packed away in box somewhere in the garage. So it is of no...

Don’t Knock My Taco Bag

My angling buddies have long ribbed my use of the 45 gallon Utility bucket for my wading gear transport from river to river. I do have to clarify, it all began with the use of the ‘family’ Jeep Commander and my wife the Boss not wanting it to look like an...

Maple River Watershed Plan

Click on the link below for a short video~ Maple River Conservation The Miller Van Winkle Chapter of Trout Unlimted has been actively involved in hopes of restoring the Maple River in Emmet County to its once more pristine and ecologically rich Blue Ribbon quality of...

Fall Reflections

The salmon season has been spectacular. All along the northern Michigan coast, from Ludington to Cheboygan, reports of better than average fish have been taken. The summer has whizzed us by. Getting back in the school routine has been a comfortable challenge. Morning...