by Brian Kozminski | Aug 11, 2013 | Angling Reports, Gear & Equipment, News & Updates
So far our summer of 2013 has been on the cool side. It is mid August and we are talking seventies for daytime highs and some areas dipped into the forties at night. Only one week when we actually activated the window AC unit. This has an upside, the fishing has been...
by Brian Kozminski | Jun 18, 2013 | Gear & Equipment, Trips & Guides
I have been asked what is the secret to winning on so many different contests~ really, there is no secret. Except that you cannot win if you do not enter. Same can be said for catching the fish of a lifetime. It can’t be done while sitting on the couch watching...
by Brian Kozminski | Mar 28, 2013 | Gear & Equipment, Lifestyle, Uncategorized
En route to one of our favorite fly shops in the north, I mentioned to Lesley how I wanted to do a piece on the various questions and requests the shop owners get, what sells, what doesn’t, and how do we get more women involved in fly fishing. Conversation...
by Brian Kozminski | Mar 8, 2013 | Environment, Gear & Equipment, Lifestyle, News & Updates, Trips & Guides
Maybe it’s the combination of the smell of salmon on my fingers from dissection with the SIC kids and the euphoric blend of Maple Brown sugar mini-wheats and Silk Pure Almond Vanilla, I am feeling a little tipsy. So I shall go forth and throw down the...
by Brian Kozminski | Feb 2, 2013 | Gear & Equipment, News & Updates, Uncategorized
If you were to ask me 10 or 20 years ago about Umpqua, I would either tell you it is a great Steelhead river on the west coast or one of three major players in the world distribution of hand tied flies with the likes of Jack Dennis, Andy Puyans and Dave Whitlock as a...
by Brian Kozminski | Oct 29, 2012 | Gear & Equipment
My angling buddies have long ribbed my use of the 45 gallon Utility bucket for my wading gear transport from river to river. I do have to clarify, it all began with the use of the ‘family’ Jeep Commander and my wife the Boss not wanting it to look like an...
