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[22 Apr 2010 | Comments Off | ]

One of the cool things about being a [sarcasm]rock star[/sarcasm] in the world of fly fishing blogs is that I talk with a lot of other fly fishing blog [sarcasm]rock stars[/sarcasm]. One of the things that has come up time and time again in our conversations, is the trend each of these fly fishing bloggers [...]

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[21 Apr 2010 | Comments Off | ]

A few from yesterday-

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[20 Apr 2010 | Comments Off | ]

Unbuttoned
You know the carp are there, but they’re snubbing everything you throw at them.   You cast and cast and cast.  Switching flies.  Moving from spot to spot to spot.  The take comes when you’re somewhere between wondering which fly to tie on next, and whether or not you remembered to lock the car door [...]

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[16 Apr 2010 | Comments Off | ]

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[13 Apr 2010 | Comments Off | ]

Pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Bass.

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[7 Apr 2010 | Comments Off | ]

Yeah, it’s still early April, but you and I both know what’ll be poppin’ a couple months from now…

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[7 Apr 2010 | Comments Off | ]

It was sometime in late Spring or the early Summer of 2006 and I was still living in northern Michigan.  At the time, I was serving on the Board of Directors for the Headwaters Chapter of TU.  One of the things we were trying to accomplish at the time was to assist the [...]

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[5 Apr 2010 | Comments Off | ]

Explored a blue line on the topo map on Saturday with Geoff.  Sometimes these types of trips end up being long walks along a stream with nothing to show for your efforts.  Other times, the sweat and day-after soreness are worth it.

We fished upstream as far as our legs would allow.  Plans are already in [...]

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[23 Mar 2010 | Comments Off | ]

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[9 Mar 2010 | Comments Off | ]

meant for skiers, but I guess applies to fly fishing as well…