So, this weekend was the 209 Midwest Fly Fishing Expo hosted by the Michigan Fly Fishing Club (www.mffc.org). Both my daughter and my wife went with me to the show, and we had fun looking at all the different vendors and a few seminars. I didn’t really buy much this year, because I have pretty much everything I need now. I did pick up what looks to be a good book.
When I arrived at the show, I was hoping to catch the demo from Jim Teeny regarding fishing with sinking tip lines, because I’ve never used one before. I am planning on fishing a few lakes this year, and may attempt to to use a sink tip line and wanted to see if there were any tips on fishing it. Here is a picture of Jim Teeny at the casting pond:
We walked around the expo a bit, and then we needed to find a spot to find my daughter. I steered us towards the fly tying area because Bob Jacklin (www.jacklinsflyshop.com) was beginning his seminar discussing several of his favorite ties.
I think the highlight of the trip up to the expo was that I got to meet Ron Barch from Alder Creek Rods and Alder Creek Publishing (www.aldercreekrods.com and www.aldercreekpublishing.com). A friend of the family happens to be friends with Ron, and gave my father-in-law a copy of a book by Kathy Scott called “Headwaters Fall as Snow”. Ron said his favorite book was “Moose in the Water/Bamboo on the Bench”, so I bought a copy and Ron was nice enough to autograph the book, along with the book’s artist Michael Miling. He also had some really nice bamboo rods for sale. I would highly recommend checking out his websites above.
After being there a couple of hours, I think my daughter had information overload and all of a sudden decided it was time to take a nap – right inside the Jeep papoose.
Another Midwest Fly Fishing Show and another Trout season is just around the corner now…
March 12, 2009 at 9:13 pm
I went to the expo on Sat. from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Learning a lot by talking to several people about fishing streamers on the east, south branch of the AuSable near Mio. Bought my share of flies but was amazed how many old books on fishing there were for sale. I will be going up to the Ausable in May during the weekdays. Do you ever think about paying for a booth for a Christian Fly Fishermans club (maybe a better name like Master’s Fly Fishers) I also log on to the Christian Fly Fishers forum.
March 19, 2009 at 6:26 pm
It would be cool to have a Christian-oriented fly fishing club. I know there is the CFA (http://christianfishingassociation.org/) but its not really geared towards fly fisherman. The one that I’ve heard the most about it is: http://www.christiansportsman.com There are 5 chapters in Michigan.