by Brian Kozminski | Dec 4, 2013 | Gear & Equipment, Lifestyle, News & Updates, Uncategorized
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Yes, yes it is. And if you are on your A-Game, you can score some very cool items from many of the top in the fly world manufacturing game and other bloggers with clout. Each year, they seem to grow exponentially, so I...
by Brian Kozminski | Nov 26, 2013 | Creative Nonfiction, Environment, Lifestyle, Uncategorized
The Northern Michigan horizon has been shrouded with steel-gray marshmallow like cloud formations for weeks now. The landscape appears as though someone turned the color/tint on the remote down to negative 15. This is the time of the year we look forward to the annual...
by Brian Kozminski | Nov 11, 2013 | Angling Reports, Lifestyle, Trips & Guides, Uncategorized
The week was feverish with phone calls and e-mails dispersed across various social media outlets. I had a Saturday off from the restaurant and guide trips, it was also the first week in November and the forecast looked ‘fishy’. Wind gusts 20-30 mph, chance...
by Brian Kozminski | Oct 31, 2013 | Environment, Lifestyle, People & Interviews, Uncategorized
We meandered through a series of dirt roads and past a few farm houses in the rolling countryside, noticing the finite color on the determined oak trees as they held on to the near rust color leaves. The lake seems to be cradled by the surrounding blend of conifers...
by Brian Kozminski | Aug 30, 2013 | Lifestyle, People & Interviews, Trips & Guides, Uncategorized
This post has been milling around in my head for some time, going back to the days we eagerly anticipated the major mayfly hatch and river levels swelled over the bank. The beginning of summer feels like a distant past, a blurred memory from my youth. Along the way, I...
by Brian Kozminski | May 29, 2013 | Environment, Lifestyle, Uncategorized
For some time now, I have been into bugs. It started way back in middle school when we had to collect 30 different insect species. Being a slight over achiever, I hunted, mounted and identified over 65 different species, aquatic and terrestrial. My Biology teacher...
