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My good friend Michigan John and I have been tinkering with some fly rod ideas, mostly in the shorty warmwater realm.  The measurments on some of the 'tournament legal' rods were just odd.  Doing some measurments we found that many of these specialty designed rods were just 4...

There is an interesting discussion on the Carp Anglers Group fly fishing board.  It started as a question on indicators possibly spooking fish, and spun into a discussion about using 'curly' indicators (imported from czech style nymphing) for a subtle strike detector that fish will not...

I have been putting this off for a week now.  My staff, my family and I headed up to the Michigan side of the Great Lakes for a much needed vacation, and a chance to chase some carp on the flats.  But despite some cheery weather predictions, water temps hovering just below 70...

Apologies for the lack of posting activity.  Myself, my family, and the shop employees are all hyper focused on the Lake Michigan trip coming up this weekend.  Hopefully this time the weather will hold (it has been super windy on the Michigan side) and water temps climb a bit so we do not...