There are scarce few things that we do in fly fishing that can compare to taking a fresh, fall steelhead on a swung fly. Ask anyone that has done it and they will tell you that the take from these…
Steelhead are the glamour fish of the Great Lakes and while they are not indigenous, they have been around long enough that they have been raised to the elite level of game fish. Although they take second fiddle to other…
Most of us that hunt for steelhead through their entire season (Sept to late May) will tell you that there is an opportunity to strip streamers with some success. Post spawn fish, upon vacating redds will quickly return to eating voraciously…
Golfers hit balls at the driving range to loosen up or work on their game. Baseball players do the same in batting cages. I played ball until I was 35 and even in the ol’ beer league, I would spend…
Sage has done it again with the recently introduced X. The latest in Sage’s line up promises to be a winner and may be the best fly rod they have ever produced. Now this is just one anglers review but…
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.…
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…
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…
Like many of our articles, this one began with a conversation with one of our customers while discussing late season tactics for Great Lakes steelhead. As many of you know, the past 10 years has seen a big shift in…
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