SIC part II

Time has passed, we have been quite busy. While many of you were off at the Fly Fishing Expo in Macomb County, TNT was teaching fathers and sons the art of casting a fly rod on the frozen shoreline of Walloon Lake at Camp Daggett. Later in the day, we would get the...

SIC/PALS part I

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...

Ginger Quill Memories

My memories are not that clear. I remember feelings, brief moments and impressions. Most memories run together. Many things that I did over and over, like playing cards with grandpa, I can only really recall as a composite of all the events in one memory. I remember...

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...