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 Jordan Lindberg | Jan 23, 2010 | People & Interviews
Christopher Walton of the Detroit Free Press interviewed Jim Harrison at his winter digs in Patagonia, Arizona, talking about a number of issues, both literary and sporting. The interview is one of the most extensive and personal that I’ve seen in a few years....
by Jordan Lindberg | Nov 27, 2009 | People & Interviews
From the video vault today comes a nice five-minute film of rodmaker and fly angler Bob Summers teaching the craft to his granddaughter, Cara Smith. You probably know Bob Summers, or at least his work, but if not, you should start with this fact: Summers is just about...
by Jordan Lindberg | Nov 22, 2009 | People & Interviews, Trips & Guides
Bob Clouser, one of the grand deans of American fly fishing, spent some time in Northern Michigan this last season. The inventor of the Clouser Minnow and many other standard flies in the trout and bass fisherman’s arsenal, Bob runs a great fly shop in...
by Jordan Lindberg | Nov 11, 2009 | People & Interviews
True North Trout is happy to present an interview with Traverse City fly shop owner, Kirk Novak. Kirk owns The Northern Angler — Traverse City’s independent fly shop. Originally from downstate, Kirk opened the shop a few yeras ago on Union Street, but...
by Jordan Lindberg | Jul 14, 2009 | News & Updates, People & Interviews
True|North|Trout reported in May on a story in the New York Times on ex-Michigander Jim Harrison’s Arizona adobe casita (“Catching Up with Jim Harrison”). Harrison winters and writes in Patagonia, Arizona, where he also hunts birds. But in the warmer...
