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Getting to the Point New!
New way to fish Lk. Huron
New!
Rod n Reel Tips
2008 Silver Bullets
  
Pine Creek 10/6/07 
9/18/07 Harvest Weir
1979 SR the Re-Fit
The Deep Bite
Super Mag Heads
2006 BTI Report Card

8.23.06

Deeper Salmon
Dick Swan's "They Must Go!"
Wire Line Info
Preparing Bait 1

Preparing Bait 2

Poll Page
Coho Conspiracy
T-Bar Steelhead
Rod & Reel Tips

Raising the Limit  
Using Cut Bait 1
Dave's Learning Curve
Fish Cleaning
FBD's Harbor Program


Last River Trip for Hire
Double E
My  Best Day in 2004
Steelhead Heaven & Hell
Fly Building Instructions

Members Only

Rubber Band Releases
Lk. Michigan Ports
Reel Chartering?
Reel Wire Divers
Lead Core Tactics

Battle Stations
Get the Point?
Attaching the Fly
Spring Strategies  
Capt John's Day

Preseason Prep
Flatfish Tuning
Harvest Weir
Reel Hot Lures
Hook "em" up 


How to Find Fish
Steelhead Slow Troll
Cliff's Illinois 04 Recount
April 9, 2004
Capt. Bud's Story

River Trilogy
Secret Hook Setup
The Plan

Fish Recipes
Does Size Matter?

Head Games
Best Spoons
Rigger Releases
A-Tractors

Brown Trout 7.0

How Speed Kills 
Steelhead History
The 10 Rules
Slide Diver
Cut Bait Log

Plug Fishing 

Diverolgy 101?
The Birds  
Fish vs. Us
Visual Tech Tips

Did You Know?
Mistakes to Avoid
Spoon Info 
Sewn Minnows
Cut Bait Tips

The columns are sorted into open to the public and what's reserved for our private message board members.  At one time, all articles were all open, then copy and paste pirates started stealing my intellectual properties, or as I'd normally say, "my stuff."

All in all, I'm not very intellectual, if I was?  I'd have never spent of 20 years in the charter and guide business.  However, when you write an article that turns out pretty good, or take a great photo only to have thieves steal your original website content, it's bound to tick you off.  Locking down what was formally open to the public, was a measure that was forced upon me by less inspired villains with absolutely no regard for copyright laws.

If you take your fishing seriously, please consider joining our private message board.  Once, inside as a member you'll see an entirely different code of conduct from what's considered the "norm" on public boards.

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