Reports are coming in daily of salmon showing up on most Great Lakes systems and we would say at this point that we are on the down hill run. It looks like conditions will catch up and the early fall…
Where did trout season go? It seems like just last week I was standing on the river with GROF Guide Nick Groves on opening day, drinking a coffee and waiting for the light. Giddy as a couple of school kids.…
Depending on who you talk to, somewhere between 70% and 90% of a trout’s diet is subsurface but learning to fish that part of the column is, to many new fly fishers, daunting. It’s easy to determine what is going…
If we had our way, everyday on the river would be rich with large mayflies and eager, rising trout but in the real world, trout and trout fishing is just not like that. For those who live near a river…
I had a conversation recently with a gentleman that walked into our shop looking for guns and ammo. After I explained to him that we didn’t deal in that category, the conversation shifted to fishing. He indicated that he has…
You’ve heard tell of it and likely watched anglers do it on videos or write about it in magazines, but few of us do it. I’m talking about taking notes and recording conditions while fishing. A few years ago during the…
Distance casting is a funny thing. We strive for it but seldom get to use it. If you visit the casting lanes at any of your spring sportsman’s shows or fly fishing shows, you will inevitably find someone there drilling…
Being stealthy doesn’t mean you need to go Ninja but it should be, at the very least, in your thoughts when you approach any angling situation. Think of it like this, hunters don’t simply step into the woods and expect…
Twice a year for the past 20, I grow a beard. At least I attempt to grow something that could be considered the beginning of a beard. I call it my steelhead beard and I usually start around September 1st for…
Should the upper Grand River be open to a year-round fishery? It’s a question we anglers have been asking ourselves for years. There are two camps here: the “Protect spawning fish” group and the “There’s not enough natural reproduction to…