I never wanted to leave northern Michigan. Three years ago when the factory I worked at was shut down, a victim of free trade agreements and an economy bursting at […]

After seeing the pics from my ADK trip last week, my wife asked, “I don’t understand why you spend so much time fishing for those little brook trout.  I’ve seen […]

Spent the last few days camping in the Adirondacks with a cast of good friends to celebrate graduating from college last week.  Mother nature and her penchant for creating foul […]

Got an insect you need identified? How about a general fly fishing or fly tying question? Go to the link below to ask and answer others’ fly fishing related questions- […]

Disclaimer: Unless you’re really into conservation, this post will probably be a little boring. Maybe its just me paying more attention and starting to notice, but it appears that the […]

Disclaimer: This morning I got to take a Chem II final exam, wrapping up the Environmental Science chapter of my academic career, and making me want to both strangle the […]

In case you missed it, Keith Barton over at Singlebarbed.com has finally made his Free Range Dubbing available to the public.  I’m not gonna go all infomercial on it, but […]

Pay attention, this is serious… West Branch, northern Michigan…Standish, not northern Michigan… Houghton Lake, northern Michigan…Harrison, not northern Michigan… Cadillac, northern Michigan…Tustin, not northern Michigan… Manistee, northern Michigan…Filer City, not […]

Recently, I sat in on a presentation by an area elementary school teacher at my local Trout Unlimited Chapter’s monthly membership meeting.  The presentation covered his class’s participation in the […]

As students of the game, fly anglers have an affinity for books on all things fly fishing.  There are a lot of books out there for the fly angler.  Some […]