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Fly Tying on a Budget
  By Tom Deschaine
Always wanted to start fly tying but thought you didn't have the money?   Well save your money for a good vice and get the materials from common household materials.   Tom tells us how......

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Two new flies with Michigan heritage added
to our Michigan virtual flybox

Borcher's Drake


Cabin Coachman

  Two new flies in a series submitted by Tom Deschaine.

Protecting Our Michigan Fly Tying Heritage
By Tom Deshaine


  Tom Deschaine writes about our preserving our Michigan fly tying heritage and presents four more patterns to be archived in our Michigan virtual fly box.....

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A series of Michigan tested flies that all have some origin in Michigan

Deer Hair Popper


Bee Visible


AuSable King
  Tom Deschaine is submitting a series of flies that all have some history or special usages in Michigan for our online Michigan Fly Box.  Just click on a fly thumbnail above to be taken to a larger picture with tying instructions.


Protecting Michigan's
Steelhead Broodstream
  By Dave McIntire
The Little Manistee River is Michigan’s department of Natural Resources sole source for steelhead eggs. This being said, it is important to all of us who enjoy steelhead fishing, be it in the Great Lakes, inland river mouths, rivers or streams, that this source of eggs that supply all of these waters be protected.........

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Opening Day Trout Tips
By Milton F. Whitmore
The Last Saturday in April brings in the opener for Michigan’s upland stream trout fishing.  What tactics are needed to catch fish on this Holy Day?

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