Sometimes wrinkled ennui accompanies the outdoor writing process. I’ve been writing for years now, mostly for my local newspaper. I’ve treated the same topics over and over. And I’m fairly certain I’m not alone in this regard: As much as writers might hate to admit it, we often run out of additional information to contribute to an activity.
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Christmas money still jingling in your pocket? Anglers who buy a fly line, rod, and reel designed for the task of bass fishing will find more success next summer.
We’re stuck right now in the midst of a long, cold, dreary winter. That makes this an excellent time to buy a new fly reel and a bass-taper fly line to place on it. What better way to fight the wintertime blues, eh?
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I’d dropped by the Michigan home of famed anglers David Van Burgel and Kathy Scott for a minute. Those names should probably ring a bell with a lot of Michigan anglers.
For those to whom they don’t, here’s the scoop: They’re a husband-wife duo who both gained fame in the fly-fishing world – Van Burgel as a builder of fine bamboo rods and Scott as an angling author. They spent much of their adult lives in Maine. In fact, it was in the Pine Tree State that the pair achieved their fame. They both have roots in central Michigan, though, and they maintain a home there in addition to their home in Maine.
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Big fly, big fish. Right?
Well, not always. Sometimes the fish key on the most numerous flies on the water – even if the flies are tiny. And those flies the fish are keying on are likely to be blue-winged olives.
The olives are a group of small mayflies with greenish-hued bodies and smoky-blue wings. The flies run in size anywhere from about a size 14 clear down to almost microscopic. Anglers can see a lot of variation in size even among flies of the same species.
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“A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!” yelled King Richard III as a battle raged around him on the English moors. His words were echoing in my mind, but I wasn’t an English king on a battlefield. I was merely a trout fisherman living in Michigan during the throes of winter. As I rummaged through my fly-tying materials I muttered, “A neck. A neck. My fly rod for a neck.”
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The best aquatic insect hatches are over for the year. We’re squarely in terrestrial season. For a lot of trout anglers, terrestrial season means fishing with grasshopper imitations. Perhaps they should go to the ant instead – especially if they’re fishing small streams such as the northern Lower Peninsula’s Black, Pigeon, Little Manistee, Boardman, the Fox in the Upper Peninsula and similarly sized rivers.
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Bruin had live weight of 482 pounds.
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Evart, Mich. — A party atmosphere prevailed when the Michigan Trappers and Predator Callers Association held its annual convention here Aug. 17-18. A steady procession of a variety of people strolled through the gate all looking happy and content. They flocked to the Osceola County Fairgrounds here to attend the trapping demonstrations at an attractively
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