I’m in a dubbing state of mind, today.  Last night I got a large box of goodies from Keith Barton‘s new dubbing brand, Free Range (available to the public soon).  […]

Pat came over yesterday so I could photograph a step-by-step article on a deer hair mouse he is writing for a European fly fishing /tying magazine.  All in all, the […]

Since sporting eurohackle became the in thing to do, many fly shop owners have been dealing with by some sort of paranormal phenomena, a ghostly presence not experienced since the mid 90s- new customers.

In this book,Charlie Craven takes a no BS approach in introducing the reader to the art of fly tying.

First published in mid-October 2010, and with new products being added on a regular basis since, the 2011 MidCurrent Gear Guide is likely the largest, most comprehensive gear guide ever […]

Here are 19 things you can do right now to do to beat the winter blues and get ready for the upcoming fishing season.

By now, I’m sure you’ve heard the story about the commercial fishing operations off the coast of North Carolina who have been, “slaughtering thousands of striped bass by tossing the […]

The following was published at MidCurrent.com on January 11, 2011 A bill which aims to ban the use of felt soles has been drafted but not yet introduced in the […]

When I moved to an Albany, NY suburb from northern Michigan five years ago, my first priority was to find the closest fly shop. At my new place of employment, I walked through a maze of cubicles, searching for the most outdoorsy looking guy in the building.

“Bruce, where’s the local fly shop?”

“We don’t really have one.”

Cue the violins.

The following is an opinion piece I wrote for my college journalism class in the Fall of 2010. This Spring, biologists at New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation confirmed that […]