Our February seminar will feature Capt. Brad Petzke of Riversnorth Guide Service and includes dinner. He’ll talk about “A Season of Fly Fishing Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.” February 15, 2013 at Watermark Country Club 5500 Cascade Rd., Grand Rapids (map) 5:30 pm until 7:30 pm Cost is $25 per person and pays for dinner If you have questions, please call Jeff Edwards at 616-293-8684. RESERVE YOUR SEAT NOW – add quantity on the next page February Seminar $25.00 USD Your name(s) About Capt. Brad Petzke Pioneering different fly fishing techniques in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula for over 12 years, Capt....
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2013 Fly Fishing Film Tour back in GR
Now entering its seventh year, The Fly Fishing Film Tour (F3T) has become the entertainment event of the year for America’s diverse fishing community. In 2012 the Film Tour screened in over 125 North American cities and provided a venue to showcase some of the country’s best independent outdoor film makers. The goal of F3T is to energize the industry and inspire film makers to create new cutting edge films that both entertain and educate outdoor enthusiasts. Visit the F3T website to view movie trailers. Discount tickets are available at Great Lakes Fly Fishing and Nomad Anglers in Grand Rapids....
Calvin Christian students raise salmon in the classroom
(Mlive.com – GRANDVILLE, MI — Calvin Christian High School students are contributing to the salmon population from their classroom and recently got a closeup look at what will be the fruit of their efforts. As students hovered around a slide-out tray full of fish eggs, some giggled as they softly ran their fingers through the pea-sized pink fish-to-be. Touring the Wolf Lake Fish Hatchery in Mattawan, 12 Honors Biology sophomores learned the intricacies of raising chinook salmon from egg to fry. Their teacher, Mike Hoekwater was the first to take advantage of a $1,000 grant from Schrems West Michigan Trout...
Family Friendly Fishing Waters
(Michigan DNR) – Most avid anglers can list multiple places they think are great spots to go fishing in Michigan. But for many inexperienced anglers, finding a great spot can be a barrier to encouraging them to go. To address this issue, the DNR is working on a new project, Family Friendly Fishing Waters. This project will consist of developing a website dedicated to connecting interested individuals with local fishing opportunities. To build this website the DNR needs help from volunteers in collecting informative submissions about water bodies located throughout Michigan that would be easy for new anglers to access...
Find the right fly with Ann Miller
Ann Miller, author of Hatch Guide for Upper Midwest Streams Join us on January 17th to bring your fly selection skills to the next level. Ann Miller will be presenting “Understanding Hatches: The Key to Better Fly Fishing.” Would you like to be catching more fish? Start with the right fly! It’ll be a great evening of dinner, socializing and fishing tales. If you have any questions, please contact: Don Messinger, 616-846-7600, [email protected] January 17, 2013 at Watermark Country Club 5500 Cascade Rd., Grand Rapids (map) 5:30 pm until 7:30 pm Cost is $25 per person and includes dinner ...
Great turnout for 2012 Holiday Party
We had more than 100 people show up for the 2012 holiday party, with lots of kids and families in tow. And who could forget about a special appearance by Santa Claus. Thanks to Jeff Edwards, Ellie Frey, Marc Montpetit, Rich Stekettee, Daver Smith and Tom Mundt for making it happen. We have a gallery of photos if you want to check them out.
SWMTU presentation
Marc Montpetit put together the presentation below for his daughter’s school. It was such a a good overview of the chapter, we wanted to share it.
Upcoming winter seminars
January 17, 2013 at Watermark Country Club 5:30 pm until 7:30 pm Ann Miller, author of Hatch Guide for Upper Midwest Streams Join us on the 17th to bring your fly selection skills to the next level. Would you like to be catching more fish? Start with the right fly…. February 15, 2013 at Watermark Country Club 5:30 pm until 7:30 pm Join us for Brad Petske’s presentation on “Fishing in the Upper Peninsula” – Where to go and stay, what fly to use, and what you can expect.
River Stewards program introduces new watershed data collection mapping
(Michigan TU Press Release) – The River Stewards program lead by Kristin Thomas has developed an exciting new website consolidating the data collection sites and specific type of information collected onto maps for individual water shed areas. Please check out the introduction to this exciting and useful site below: You can now see where MITU volunteers are working hard to collect data around the state through the River Stewards Program. MITU recently added interactive maps to our website that show all of our data collection sites around the state. You can get to the maps from the MITU home page...
New leadership team begins at MITU
(MITU Press Release) – Michigan Trout Unlimited has completed another successful year and the transition to the 2012/2013 leadership team is taking place: The new executive committee team is composed of the following members: Executive Director – Dr. Bryan Burroughs Robb Smith – Chairman Dave Smith – Past Chairman John Walters – Vice Chairman Mike Lagowski – Treasurer Tom Quail – Secretary Pat Kochanny – NLC Chairman Committee Chairs include: John McCarthy – Conservation Dan Kiefer – Finance and Operations Ron Peckens – Communications Jason Davis – Chapter Development and Education Kristin Thomas – Aquatic Biologist Please feel free to...
Fly Tying Expo coming soon
The Great Lakes Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers will host the 13th Annual Fly Tying Exposition at Holt High School in Holt, Michigan (5885 West Holt Road, Holt MI 48842) on Saturday, December 1, 2012. The expo will be open to the public from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Over 80 tiers will be on hand this year to demonstrate their fly tying skills. Returning talents include Jeff “Bear” Andrews , Dennis Potter, Ray Schmidt, Julie Nielsen, Chris Soule, Tim Scott, Jim Reed, Gerry Worden and many others. There is a modest admission fee for the event: $10.00...
Fall in-stream work projects – volunteers needed
Three great projects need your help to protect the cold water streams in West Michigan.
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