by Jordan Lindberg | Feb 5, 2010 | Environment, News & Updates
I was pleased to get the following from Doug Luciani, of the Traverse City Chamber of Commerce. It is good to see the business community get behind this issue, as they absolutely should: Imagine a trip to the Manitou Islands while dodging 50-pound flying fish. Imagine...
by Jordan Lindberg | Feb 5, 2010 | News & Updates
Rackspace — one of the world’s leading hosting platforms — now also hosts True North Trout! With Rackspace providing our managed hosting, under the as-needed care of Matt Burden, our web guru, we expect uptime to improve and perhaps even faster page...
by Jordan Lindberg | Feb 5, 2010 | Environment, News & Updates
By now the news is widespread — Asian carp pose a serious threat to the Great Lakes as an Über-invasive species. Despite knowing about the seriousness of the threat and the fact that the invasive species has been ranging closer and closer to the Great Lakes watershed,...
by Jordan Lindberg | Feb 3, 2010 | People & Interviews
Captain Todd Fuller is a fly fishing guide and outfitter who divides his time between playing a major role in his extended family’s Northern Michigan business — Fuller’s North Branch Outing Club in Lovells — and his Orlando-based saltwater...
by Josh Greenberg | Feb 2, 2010 | News & Updates, People & Interviews, Uncategorized
Note: Although the following is getting to be “old news” it is also a wonderful biography of Rusty Gates written by his friend Josh Greenberg. It is worth sharing, along with the note that a celebration of Rusty’s life and work is being planned for...
by Bryon Anderson | Feb 1, 2010 | Flies
By now almost everyone pretty much knows the deal with parachute-style dry flies. They float with their bodies flush in the surface film with the hackle fibers splayed in a circle around the body (hence “parachute”), imitating very closely the attitude of natural...
by Jordan Lindberg | Jan 31, 2010 | Environment, News & Updates
The Carl T. Johnson Hunting and Fishing Center in Cadillac has announced its winter and spring schedule of programs. The center is located next to Mitchell State Park on M-115 in Cadillac, and is one of 10 Department of Natural Resources visitor centers around the...
by Jordan Lindberg | Jan 30, 2010 | News & Updates
If you’re like me and cabin fever is upon you hard and fast, then perhaps it is time to start planning for spring trout fishing in Northern Michigan! A good place to get the engine going is at the Midwest Fly Fishing Expo sponsored by the Michigan Fly Fishing...
