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A fishing Lesson with Traverse City’s Bob Summers

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...

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