by Susan Hintz | Jun 8, 2009 | Lifestyle, News & Updates
T|N|T asked Northern Michigan REALTOR® Susan Hintz to write a little on the current real estate market as it relates to riverfront property. As she shares below in her analysis, the market has seen a substantial change in this last year, both in terms of the number of...
by Jordan Lindberg | Jun 7, 2009 | Lifestyle
I got to thinking about the Old-Fashioned yesterday. What brought it to mind was reading Jim Enger’s The Incompleat Angler: A Fly Fishing Odyssey. In the chapter entitled “The Master of Frenchman’s Pond,” Enger relates some of the details of...
by Jordan Lindberg | Jun 6, 2009 | People & Interviews
Matt Zudweg is a Muskegon river fly guide, award-winning artist, and fly designer. He guides with Feenstra Guide Service over 100 days per year. Matt lives in Howard City, Michigan, with his family. T|N|T: Matt, as far as I can tell, you lead at least three different...
by Jordan Lindberg | Jun 5, 2009 | Flies, News & Updates
In last Sunday’s edition, Macomb Daily Columnist Terry Drinkwine shares his thoughts on fly tying and design after attending the Michigan Fly Fishing Club’s annual banquet. As he relates in his column, the featured speaker this year was A.K. Best,...
by Jordan Lindberg | Jun 3, 2009 | Flies
In an inspired moment last April, Jeff Smith of Traverse Magazine pulled together what he called the “Icons of the Fly Vest” — a list of genuinely rooted-in-Michigan trout flies that were, in his words, “invented in Northern Michigan and...
by Ann Miller | Jun 1, 2009 | Environment
Fishing at night is much different than fishing during daylight. Sounds seem magnified in the dark, with howls, crashes, and screeches from the woods or surprise splashes from the river causing near cardiac arrest. Wading is uncertain, with each precarious step an...
by Jordan Lindberg | May 30, 2009 | Flies
On his website, Ted Kraimer, owner of Current Works guide services and head guide for Traverse City’s The Northern Angler shares some of his secrets for catching June trout (“Fishing Before the Hex”), particularly during the twilight hatches. He also...
by Jordan Lindberg | May 29, 2009 | Gear & Equipment
One thing about trout fishing in Michigan… the fishing always seems best when the sun goes down. Blame it on the fussy brown trout and the habit of the larger ones to come out hunting for a high-calorie meal after dark. Or the Hex Madness — which always...
