_ after a long training run along the north country 119, we stopped in on friends from dc. they were swimming out at their dock, so we jumped in, and swam out to the float.
_ the whole family was there for the week, three generations of women.
_ and all the components of the summer too. the little beach, the small sailing boat, a grill, some lounge chairs...
_ and when we came out of the water, they gave us dry towels. they asked up to stay, but, as usual, we couldn't...
_ ...so we assembled them for a quick group photo...
_ ...and that was that.
Tagged as:
harbor springs,
michigan
_ after a long sequence of meetings and phonecalls, we found ourselves on the banks of the pere marquette river, michigan's famed trout-fishing river, waiting to meet tommy lynch, or, as he's more commonly known, the fish whisperer. WATCH OUR VIDEO BELOW.
_ as he had a guided trip only fourty-five minutes later, we didn't have much time with him.
_ tommy's been fishing the river here for nearly 30 years, and leading guides for 15. though he's out here almost every day with a group, he still comes out in his free-time. night-fishing is his obsession at this time of the year. it's not rare for him to run a trip in the early evening, stay out until dawn mouse-fishing on his own, and then take another group out in the morning.
_ he showed us his boxes of custom-made lures, all with strange names.
_ there were madame x's, tarantulas...
_ ...all refering to the snackfood of river trout.
_ the river was a little busy with canoers at this time of year...
_ and though it seemed calm and quiet to me, they had a real effect on the fishing.
_ and didn't help maintain the pristine environment. tommy called these cans 'canoe eggs'... spawned when they congregate.
_ we barely had any time to relax and take in the scenery, before tommy felt a tug.
_ and there it was, a 2o inch brown-nose trout...
_ tommy hadn't even taken a net, so he beached it, and held it up for us.
_ then, as it was during the day, he released it gently back into the river.
_ he'd come back at night, he said.
_ a fellow fisherman on the pere marquette.
Tagged as:
michigan,
pere marquette
