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-...
by Brian Kozminski | Oct 3, 2012 | Creative Nonfiction, Environment, Trips & Guides
Have you ever spent far too much time in the map section at the bookstore? Pouring over little squiggly blue lines on county maps that have little or no road access. Then go home and pull up Google Earth or FlashEarth and zoom in between the latitude & longitude...
by Brian Kozminski | Sep 28, 2012 | Environment
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...
