Last Day Chasing Muskie
My 2013 Muskie chase has come to an end as of today, but had one of the best sun rises of the year. Brings to mind the old sailors saying. Red Sky in the morning, sailors take warning. As the last...
View ArticleNew Go Pro Studios
With an off day today from the river, did my usual run around, and then caught up on emails, and household chores. One of the emails I had in that long scroll of inbox was from GoPro, with a link to...
View ArticleLittle Late – This Is Fly
Found a link to This is Fly in my spam/junk folder. Sorry this is a couple weeks old. But on cold December mornings looking through older folders can find you a couple good reads. A good article...
View ArticleNew Scott Tidal 9010
Excited to try the new Scott Tidal that just showed up in the mail. I ordered the new 9010 for the annual fall muskie adventure. This rod was basically designed to throw big flies, as says the...
View ArticleUnderwater Muskie Shot – Picture of the Day
Also wanted to report the Scott Tidal 9010 that I just bought is getting a 100% satisfaction rating on this trip. The Tidal has a great feel for large flies, feels great in the hand, and simply just...
View ArticleBig Fly made to look small.
Pictured below is why I love these fish, a 30+ inch muskie, small by muskie standards, swallowed a 10″ long fly whole. A 10″ fly is pretty big by fly standards, but just not considered big when...
View ArticleMangled Fly Muskie Vacation – muskie on the fly
A muskie on the fly, a mangled fly. Thank you Erik Rambo for filming, editing and producing this little clip from our muskie vacation. Kevin Feenstra, Erik, and I spent a couple days chasing muskie,...
View ArticleMuskie on the Mind
Muskie on the mind Monday. Short underwater release with the @gopro. #gopro #underwater #bigteeth #muskie #muskieonthefly #scottflyrods #scientificanglers @scottflyrods A video posted by Mangledfly...
View ArticleMuskie on the Fly – The Next Bite
Had the opportunity to meet Chris Willen a few weeks ago, and hope the opportunity presents itself where we can share some muskie river time together, he is joined by friend Jeff Peirce from SA. As...
View ArticleMuskie Wire – You have the Power
Fellow Muskie on the Fly Chaser Matt Grajewski sent over this .jpg and it’s totally true. I have to admit that in my first years of chasing Muskie on the fly I made the fluorocarbon mistake and...
View ArticleThank you Brad
Thank you Brad Petzke from Rivers North for showing us a great time in the UP of Michigan. Contact Brad if you have the desire / want to fish the UP. Thank you Brad. @riversnorthup holding a UP MI...
View ArticlePredator hunt has started
Had the chance to get out with the bigger guns for one of first times and took a pic of my Scott S4s with a foam based Dahlberg that I’m working on. Almost have the weight to foam figured and will...
View ArticleFlymen Fish Masks
Experimenting and liking what the vise is turning out. But the tail of the tape is on the river. How will it swim, how are the materials acting? But so far so good, the new Fish Mask from the Flymen...
View ArticleIrons in the Fire
Working on a new clip for the Scott Rod Muskie Stick, Erik Rambo captured some very cool imagery here is a cropped out pic (below) to keep you guessing but again with about 4 projects going on at...
View ArticleFirst Tiger Muskie
Had a chance to guide Chuck Hawkins for a couple days, and we scored the first ever Tiger Muskie for both Chuck and myself. For those that do not know I found this definition online at Wikipedia The...
View Article2013 week 1 Muskie Adventure
Well not really a week but 12 days of Muskie 2013 just came to an end, still have 3 more days planned and can’t wait to get back. Wanted to throw up a quick pic, and give a couple highlights to the...
View ArticleTrue Mangled Fly
The sad part of this story is this fly was never the same. After Mr. Esox got ahold of it and turned it into true Mangled Fly. It did not swim right ever again. We had to put to rest this buck tail,...
View ArticlePicture of the Day – Biggest Muskie for Jerome to date
Jerome S. who started this adventure 3 years ago, today achieved a new PB (personal best) muskie. Great fish Jerome, nice job. Any muskie on a fly is a great fish, but some are always a little more...
View ArticleLast Day Chasing Muskie
My 2013 Muskie chase has come to an end as of today, but had one of the best sun rises of the year. Brings to mind the old sailors saying. Red Sky in the morning, sailors take warning. As the last...
View ArticlePic of the Day – Muskie Release
Wanted to say thank you for the patience as Mangled Fly Media comes back on-line. No need to talk about the struggles of the past few weeks, only that new stuff will be coming on-line again soon....
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