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Articles by Editor/Publisher Matthew Supinski:
- In Search of Pasta-The Ecstasy and Agony
THE EPICUREAN FORAGER – FOOD AND SPIRITS-HALLOWED WATERS JOURNAL Story and Images by Matthew Supinski My pasta love affair took hold at a young age and just continues to blossom. An obsession and passion almost as severe as the one I have for trout, steelhead and Atlantic salmon. Luckily for parentally bestowed genetics and my ectomorphic physique and athleticism, my waistline doesn’t blossom with my carbohydrate craze. The desire to […] - COLD STONED
By official decree of the Trout Gods the Plecopteran spring has officially sprung! Hence the EBS meniscus emergency rescue service has arrived. As another sunless dreary winter seems to be a thing of the past I never knew what a soul and sanity rescuing service the hatch of Early Black Stoneflies and Skwala could bring. They are the equivalent of a foreboding spring as are the first robins sighted and […] - Chasing Marinaro’s Big Spring- Wild Trout Utopian Dreams still in Limbo
It was as pure and Utopian a wild brook trout sanctuary that could ever exist. The watercress and fine gravel laden vodka clear waters were a fly fisher’s dream of perfection. But where did it all go wrong? What is left today is sad and brings a tear to your eyes. A trout stream must have trout in it. When you have countless runs and pools void of trout, or so few and far between, is that progress? Our Utopian agendas to fix things dont always go as planned…“Man’s Utopian dreams get circumvented through compromise and disappointment into a tolerable reality.” ― Stewart Stafford - MICROMANAGING MINUTIAE-OVERCOMING TINY FLY PHOBIA
( Though many of us love to fish dries and swinging wets, Midges and micro crustaceans are a trout’s bread and butter in the benthic bio drift in winter as pictured above. Thus entailing nymphing either traditional or Euro style. Though we tend to confuse midge larvae color with adults’ coloration on the surface, most midge larvae are a deep green or creamy olive in color. And occasionally bright red […] - Autumn Caddis & The Trout and Steelhead of October
( A gorgeous October Michigan rainbow- resident Eagle Lake California strain that Michigan has adopted- or Michigan strain steelhead that hasn’t smolted due to its stubbornness- you be the judge. Regardless, this 15 inch fish jumped chrome silver and put up a blistering fight on a 12 foot 3 weight trout spey rod) The New York Yankees used to be called the “Boys of October”. Since they always showed up […]
