by Brian Kozminski | Mar 8, 2012 | Lifestyle, People & Interviews
This month has been the month of firsts. First major snowfall in Northern Michigan, a heavy wet blanket that knocked power out to thousands of customers for nearly a week. First solo road trip to Wellston to visit Ray in my own fish vehicle in many, many years. And...
by Brian Kozminski | Feb 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
The snow is gently wafting outside the window. Boxes are piled up around my tying desk as we prepare our next chapter in life. To say this has been an odd winter in Northern Michigan would be an understatement. The bay doesn’t seem to have an inclination of...
by Brian Kozminski | Jan 30, 2012 | Books & Video Reviews, Lifestyle
In the Fall of 2011, Trout Unlimited asked it’s readers to tell them what were the top 12 books about salmon and trout fishing. Being that there are more than a few thousand titles in the vast realm of fishing literature, and that I know I have only scratched...
by Brian Kozminski | Jan 16, 2012 | Environment, Lifestyle
A few years back, Dr. Bryan Burroughs approached me at a state council meeting. There was a different twinkle in his eye, usually I can tell when we have exciting news to exchange, whether it is regarding DNA found in a new state record Brown trout, or the latest...
by Brian Kozminski | Jan 16, 2012 | Angling Reports
January 12 Au Sable Fishing Report A kind angler found a fly patch and left it. Flies are rotted now, but it’s a good clue to where we fished over this last warm-up. With a number of days pushing the forty degree mark, fishing this past week was a must. I met up...
by Brian Kozminski | Jan 11, 2012 | Flies, Lifestyle
January 10, 2012 at City Park Grill in Petoskey> Miller Van Winkle Chapter of Trout Unlimited Hosts a monthly gathering of fellow artists of thread and feather~ We had a great turnout! from beginners~ along with a few pro’s~ If you are ever in the Petoskey...
by Brian Kozminski | Jan 5, 2012 | Creative Nonfiction, Lifestyle, Trips & Guides
On a lazy, hot August afternoon, I found myself pounding Beldar Buggars and Woolly Sculpins in an effort to entice smallmouths along the Muskegon River with a couple of fishing pals . We had a Michigan trifecta in the boat comprised of a few rainbows, a brown and a...
by Brian Kozminski | Dec 29, 2011 | Lifestyle, People & Interviews
“In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. We lived at the junction of great trout rivers in western Montana, and our father was a Presbyterian minister and a fly fisherman who tied his own flies and taught others. He told us about...
