Rain Hinders Fish Bite on the North Shore

The north shore of Lake Michigan isn’t as wade fishing friendly as the east.  Granny and I crossed the Mackinac Bridge into the Upper Peninsula of Michigan around 8 AM and began sniffing our way westward.  At that time it was a beautiful day but the clouds were coming.  We stopped at a lot of … Read more

Fly Fishing for Carp Bahama Style

After a year of moving chaos, I feel like Granny and I are getting our groove on.  We’re camping from the new van and getting our fishing feet back on the ground.  This little stopover along the eastern shores of Lake Michigan enroute back to Wisconsin has been a blast.  Today Granny and I waded … Read more

Flats Fishing for Lake Michigan Smallmouth Bass

One of the many great things about being in the fly fishing industry for nearly 40 years are my affiliations with the top anglers, guides and companies.  As Granny and I made our way towards Lake Michigan yesterday, I rang my friend Joe Wolthuis at Scientific Anglers.  SA is based in MI so I figured … Read more

Fishing Our Way Back to Wisconsin

We made good time zipping the Ruby Van from NH to the Midwest.  Yesterday I drove us nearly 800 miles from Wolfeboro to Toledo, OH.  We stopped around 10 PM.  Today we got up at 4:30 AM and made a much shorter jaunt into Michigan.  To the north east shores of Lake Michigan to be … Read more