by Ted Kraimer | Sep 1, 2009 | Angling Reports
Note: My apologies for taking some extra time in getting this post online… Ted’s fishing report came to me on time, but I’m posting it from Wyoming and Montana, where I am out chasing Western trout. – JL Despite a few days of hot weather, some...
by Jordan Lindberg | Aug 22, 2009 | News & Updates
Grayling, Michigan, has been named this year in Forbes Magazine’s list of the top ten trout fishing towns in North America. Grayling joins the list which includes such notables as West Yellowstone, MT, Roscoe, NY, State College, PA, Glenwood Springs, CO,...
by Ted Kraimer | Aug 13, 2009 | Angling Reports
With some rain showers and cool evenings, our local rivers are in better shape than normal for the middle of August making for some good fishing. Streamer fishing for trout has been productive lately thanks to the rain. Best success has been from using small to...
by Jim Enger | Aug 10, 2009 | Creative Nonfiction
When I first got to know the Boardman River I had another, secret, name for it. My private name for it was the “Compromise River.” I called it that because the Boardman ultimately empties into the Grand Traverse Bay, an arm of Lake Michigan, right in downtown Traverse...
by Ted Kraimer | Aug 6, 2009 | Angling Reports
It isn’t news that the weather has been cool and water temps reflect that. Local rivers are in better shape than I can remember for this time of year so get out and take advantage of it. The Upper Manistee continues to offer a sampling of bugs each day: BWOs, Light...
by Jordan Lindberg | Aug 5, 2009 | Flies
The Zoo Cougar has become a staple fly for Northern Michigan big game fly fishing. I tie and fish the Zoo Cougar when I’m chasing large brown trout on the trophy water on the Au Sable below Mio and can report that it is a fly that can move large fish even in the...
by Bryon Anderson | Aug 3, 2009 | Art & Photography, News & Updates
If you’ve had even half an eye on the fly fishing shelf at your local bookseller or library over the past thirteen years, you will be at least passingly familiar with the work of artist and fly angler emeritus James Prosek. His book Trout: An Illustrated History, a...
by Bryon Anderson | Jul 31, 2009 | Flies
Even as we enjoy the long, balmy summer days, it isn’t too early to think ahead to the approach of autumn, when brook and brown trout begin to feed aggressively in anticipation of the rigors of spawning. Once their lust is consummated, the males will continue to...
