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On a recent smallmouth Some of the best fishing of the it’s spring in the Midwest. This a Tight Loop Magazine is purposely year like last Spring has taken its trip, not only did we nearly get year happens between now and the only online - we believe it’s our time showing up. Today the winds smoked out by a grass fire, the summer edition. get out and fish, responsibility to preserve the wind blew so hard it felt like it try out that pond near your house, forests, streams and waterways for are changing. As i sit at my desk to ourselves and our future generations. write this, there are signs of spring would be easier to head up river head to a new river or meet some everywhere; the Daylilies are in full instead of down. Many of the old friends at your favorite access. For this reason, every year a Tight Loop bloom, I’m positive my neighbors authors in this edition have faced commits at least 100 man hours to philanthropic endeavors focused on our are still alive and I look forward the slow spring problem too, snow Letter From The Editor Letter From community and environment. The Editor Letter From to the smell of BBQ’s lighting this on their favorite stream, hatches Kurt KOPala that just weren’t as strong as they evening. [email protected] We are always looking for worthy hoped and some chose to fly south. causes that need a little support. [email protected] CONNEct With Us PRIVACY Policy a Tight Loop Magazine and Fly Squared Become an aTL fan on Facebook take your privacy very seriously. When you subscribe to a Tight Loop Magazine, facebook.com/aTightLoop you will receive 4 emails from us a year. We do not share your personal Follow aTL on Twitter information with our advertisers or any other entity. twitter.com/aTightLoop Follow aTL on Instagram instagram.com/aTightLoop Images 010 011 Follow aTL on Tumblr Letter from the Editor ~ Justin Carfagnini aTightLoop.tumblr.com aTL aTL ADAM ANDREW BOB CRAIG GUY ALEXANDER BOswAY BARBER AMACKER LOTHIAN is a freelance photographer is a mechanical engineer lives in Michigan where he has been a life-long is a life-long resident of aTL ~ based in Chicago, iL. From and works with Scientific pursues the many species resident of Madison, Chicagoland, retiring an early age he knew that Anglers as the Research of fish available year round Wisconsin. He feels after 30 years in financial CONTRIBUTORS fishing was going to be a and Development Manager. on the fly. Bob spends his privileged to earn his living services to pursue his large part of his life. His He is a two hand preacher, off-water time working in the fly fishing industry dreams of travel, writing early superheroes were Scandi believer and warm with Mystic Rods as their serving as the Fly Fishing and fly fishing. guy has characters such as Flip water evangelizer who Sales Manager and on Manager for Fontana developed a deep affinity Pallot, Jose Wejebe, and believes just beyond the MichiganFly.com. if you Sports Specialties, a for the Driftless Area Jimmy Houston. pearly gates lies a 75 find yourself in a discussion Licensed Fishing Guide and where he loves exploring degree sunset, deer hair with Bob you will likely a Federation of Fly Fishers the spring creeks hidden popper, and ice cold beer. touch on tying streamers, Certified Fly Casting among the valleys, with his dogs, lucky fishing hats instructor. When not fishing Arleen, who is both his and streamside cooking. Craig is at home with his wife and favorite fly fishing wife Michele and their buddy. black lab, Leinenkugal. JOHN LUKE MICHAEL SEAN SHAWN FEHNEL LANGTON THOMAS HANSEN STANKUS retired from the Coast is by far an opportunistic is a family law attorney in has almost a decade of started fly tying and fly Guard after 21 years of fly fisherman, species does Farmington Hills, Michigan working in the fly fishing fishing at 11. riding along service to open a fly shop not matter to him, catching industry from shop specializing in child custody with his grandfather in Duluth, Minnesota, it on the fly does. The cases. Michael’s passion manager to guide both in building upon a solid base only thing he loves more is fly fishing for Trout, the Midwest and Montana. as they followed the of dedicated local anglers than time on the water Steelhead and Smallmouth Sean is also a fly innovator stocking trucks from and traveling fly fishers. is time with his family. Bass on the Big Manistee for rainy’s Fly Company. stream to stream When not at the shop, Luke feels the Midwest is river. Michael is raising Sean currently guides part solidified his passion for find John chasing large second to none from local two teenage boys, who can time and ties a lot of flies. fly fishing. He guided 012 Smallmouth or stalking the people, local companies both hold their own with a You can follow him on his Steelhead streams of Lake and local fisheries. You fly rod. blog and facebook page during college and now Superior’s north shore. have to make the most of rushing Waters. fishes all year long on your opportunities and the the classic trout water of aTL Again ~ Spring 2015 Midwest gives us plenty of Central Pennsylvania. opportunities. 014 Again . Again aTL Again ~ Spring 2015 015 Again ~ Spring 2015 aTL “Where have you been fishing?” A Better Stalk i asked. He replied, “i started upstream of the second bridge and ESSAY: Guy LOTHIAN 7am. There’s no way worked my way downstream.” With that I knew he’d covered a lot of Guy Lothian another fisherman could have beaten water and must have been on the me to “my water.” stream for hours. the morning light i climbed over a half “Downstream?” i asked. The usual When started to show in the rotted wooden stile tactic for these waters is to work windows, i awoke. There was a strong with the welcoming upstream and approach the fish from argument to just stay in bed. After yellow Wisconsin behind as they hold in the current. all there was no hurry to fish. it Dnr public fishing was late September and a cool mist “Yeah,” he said.