by Brian Kozminski | Sep 11, 2013 | Flies, Gear & Equipment, News & Updates, Uncategorized
Have you ever placed an order for flies for the upcoming season and later find out they are on backorder for the most coverted and/or treasured secret fly of your best water? On more than one occasion, my clients seem to donate more Hendrickson’s and Copper...
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 | Aug 28, 2013 | Gear & Equipment, News & Updates, Uncategorized
Ever since I can recall, I wanted to wear my Grandfather’s tattered fly fishing vest. It wasn’t something special with a high end name like Orvis or Filson, more along the lines of Stream Tech, but that mattered little. I wanted to be big enough to wear my...
by Brian Kozminski | Jun 18, 2013 | Angling Reports, Flies, Uncategorized
There are nights on the water that are more frustrating than others. Those nights in question are often shortly after you have a stellar evening and you should invite a fellow angler to partake in the glory you so feverishly enjoyed on previous occasion. Mr Fontinalis...
by Brian Kozminski | Jun 3, 2013 | Angling Reports, Trips & Guides, Uncategorized
By the time you are reading this, the midwest will be enveloped by a cold front, daytime highs in the fifties for the first week in June? Without a doubt, a very long way away from the muggy and stickiness of a few days ago when the mercury danced in the mid eighties,...
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...
