Top Flies

by | Apr 8, 2018 | Flies, Lifestyle

Recently, I was questioned about my favorite guide flies. A half dozen magic flies that seem to put fish in the net whenever the time is right. I have fished with a variety of fly anglers over the years. From the guy who will only use a parachute Adams- ALL DAY, to...

Classic Michigan Flies Revisited

by | Jun 3, 2009 | Flies

In an inspired moment last April,  Jeff Smith of Traverse Magazine pulled together what he called the “Icons of the Fly Vest” — a list of genuinely rooted-in-Michigan trout flies that were, in his words, “invented in Northern Michigan and...