Ted’s Fishing Report: Mid-May, 2010

Trout fishing on local rivers continues to be decent with some days being really good and others, not so much. The recent weather, in my opinion, is to blame for the inconsistencies, a little snow over the weekend, warm sun a few days later, a cold rain shower or two...

Ted’s Fishing Report: Opening Day Weekend, 2010

This Saturday marks the official opener to Michigan’s trout season and it’s streams throughout the state. Just like Nov. 15/opening day is significant to the deer hunter, this Saturday is more than symbolic – it’s your chance to get on water that has been well rested...

The Mad Angler Barters Himself

Reading water, air, fire, earth it makes no difference…. the language of things sifting through his hands like Braille. He figures his life is worth at least one river, an arm worth a single bend, and the hairs on his head the equivalent of one riffle apiece. He is...

The Politics of the Mad Angler

He seeks the consensus of dark bends, feeder creeks, the formations of gravel turned into messages on sand bars. Where there is sky, he dreams of more. Where there are politicians he dreams of men with true hearts, their dark veins pulsing with pure run-off. He offers...

Ted’s Fishing Report: Mid-April, 2010

What a strange spring, weather wise: It certainly had its effects on the fishing and in some cases helped things, but there are a lot of people in waders scratching their heads. The steelhead fishing has slowed the past week and last week’s rain didn’t bring in a push...