14 inches of Heavy Snow
March 3rd brought us the biggest snow storm of the winter season. 14 inches of wet heavy snow. While digging out the drive way the hard working men and women of Benzie County came to clear the roads for safe travel.
Silver Fin Picture of the Day
March 2nd a great day of steelhead fishing today with Terry L. We had a very nice mixture of chrome and winter fish. Had a second to snap a fin picture from one of our adult fish today. Spring steelhead fishing is really picking up and had some cancellations open up the calendar, feel free to contact me for open dates.
POD – Something Different
Feb 28th Picture of the Day is Something Different.
Have always liked the chase different stuff with the fly, yesterday marked the first day of the spring time northern hunt. As ice out occurs many different species will come into the shallow waters. Northerns are one of those species. Yesterday marked the first test day of spring type fishing.
POD – Mastermind behind the Audio
Feb 23rd POD was shot this week. As Erik Rambo does his thing with the Audio and Video on our latest project. More coming soon.
Sipping Dries
Had a great email back and forth session with Simon today, check out one of his videos. Working on getting this type of footage and working on getting this good in the editing room. Thanks for sharing Simon! Nice work!
Sipping Dry trailer from Sharptail Media on Vimeo.
Picture of the Day Feb 13th, 2012
Feb 13th Picture of the Day
An unidentified clinging mayfly. More than likely a cahill or sulphur. Did a little macro work on a small creek near the house. Just needed to get out and stretch the legs. Click on picture to make it bigger.
look close you can see more tails
Picture of the Day Feb 9th, 2012
Going to try and do this more often. Publish pictures from the days on the water.
Feb 9th 2012 was a bright blue bird sunny day, and hunting any type of wildlife or fish was a little more difficult. Did have two red-shoulder hawks flying near by but just out of 400mm. But here is a pic using the bright sun as a back drop on a silver rainbow trout’s tail fin.
Rag Style Clown Egg
I would say about 10 years ago a good friend and fellow fly-fishing guide at the time Fred Stueber showed me my first clown egg. He also showed me a popular way how to tie an egg, popular that is out west, and the rag style clown has been a staple in my fly box since.
Just finished a how to tie video for the Hawkins site and thought I would also post it here, as it is one of my KISS Flies (Keep It Simple Stupid).
Steelhead versus streamer video
Had a blast making this one. Both on the river and in the editing room
Steelhead versus streamer from Mangled Fly Media on Vimeo.
Hope you enjoy.
Booking Smallmouth Trips on Traverse Bay
Grand Traverse Bay Smallmouth Bass