by Brian Kozminski | Nov 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
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...
by Brian Kozminski | Nov 14, 2012 | Creative Nonfiction, Lifestyle, Uncategorized
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...
by Brian Kozminski | Nov 11, 2012 | Environment, Uncategorized
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...
by Brian Kozminski | Nov 4, 2012 | News & Updates, Uncategorized
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...
by Brian Kozminski | Oct 30, 2012 | Creative Nonfiction, Uncategorized
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...
by Brian Kozminski | Oct 29, 2012 | Gear & Equipment
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...
by Brian Kozminski | Oct 18, 2012 | Books & Video Reviews, Trips & Guides
It was this time last year when I was in the air on my way to Colorado to look at houses and do some fishing near Estes Park, when I looked at the ground below, varied colors of foliage and could only think about all the leaves I had back at home I was going to have...
by Brian Kozminski | Oct 11, 2012 | Environment, Lifestyle, News & Updates
I had the honor and privilege to sit in on a conference call yesterday with a boat load of industry pro’s and shakers. Names like Sadler, Bennett, Sepelak, Perkins, Hosler, Smythe, Payne, Colyer, Hunt, and Maclin and a couple I have met- like Tucker and Schmidt-...