Often you hear people call a fish they have caught a “toad”…well maybe we should start re-thinking this a little bit.  Here is a picture of a “toad” that had a “toad” for lunch.  Start looking for “toad” patterns at the shop!  Screw the mice!    This fish was caught caught near Grayling…

Here are a few fish pictures from the Muskegon River…

Thank you Jim Reed for sharing some of you skills of working with deer hair! Spinning and stacking deer hair is tricky task to many fly tyers but with a little direction one can start creating functional divers or small little rodents out of hair. Jim is an active member of the Wooly Bugger Fly Fishers in Howel, MI and is very passionate fly tyer that loves to share his wisdom. For more information about classes and seminars like these visit our website: nomadanglers.com

Thanks Again, Jim

I’ve made the cover of the most recent ORVIS catalogue!  That’s my hand on the back for the cover! Photo shot on the Au Sable River near Grayling…Thanks, Tom

3-3 & 3-4
Fished the Pere Marquette on Monday…
Warm weather + eggs = trout and steelhead on fly rod.
Also we checked out the Fly Fishing Film Tour in GR on the way back home. 
Way cool…inspiring films for us NOMADS.

These things are selling like hot cakes! Currently the Miller High Life Bobber is on back order.  Sorry about the incnvenience. These work great after a hot summers day on the PM!

State of the Nomad Address
Brian Bielecki
January 31^st, 2008

Dear fellow Nomads, I first want to start by thanking all of you for the past year’s purchases and for your support of the shop.  It was a year filled with smallmouth bass, brown drake browns, silver salmon and other remarkable fish that fell for our flies.  In the fall we started to implement our new brand, “Nomad Anglers”, and we look forward to growing Nomad Anglers as the premier fly shop in the state.  With Mel, Dave, Todd, (new addition in 2007), and me, our staff has strived to stay ahead of the curve and give the customer support you just will not find at a big box store. 
2008
Welcome to 2008! Many of you have already started to fill your fly boxes for the upcoming seasons. At the shop we are doing the same; creating new bugs everyday to help fool fish in the upcoming seasons.  We look onward to a grand 2008 filled with new products, classes and events. Spring Steelheading should be out of control due to the low water in the fall, get your gear ready for a great run.  We are redoing our fly fishing school, planning a “Reeling and Healing” event on the Grand River for July/August and we are putting together a car pool service to help you get up north this upcoming season. We are looking at doing a Montana trip in October if anyone is interested for under a thousand dollars.  Improving our website is a priority, as you see we’ve added a blog, several videos and an online store for 2008.  We look to continue tweaking, updating, and making this more user friendly. We also are open to ideas…If you want to see a product at the shop, an event or class let us know.  We are here to provide you with a great fly shop that you can call your 2^nd home.

2008 Mottos for the Nomad: “Stop wishing and get fishing!”  The news is filled with Iraq, high gas prices, battling election races and poor economic conditions. All of which are very depressing news items.  Do something that makes you feel good, I don’t know about you but when I hit the river a lot of that goes away… “HYDROTHERAPY”.  You don’t have to head to Montana, Alaska or even north to the Pere Marquette to get hydrotherapy. Take advantage this year of the Grand River or even the local pond that you might pass on the way to work.  If you need help finding that special place, stop in and we’ll help you find it.Thank you for your vote in 2008 and I look forward to working with you this upcoming year. Ask yourself “are you a nomad?”

Brian Bielecki
Nomad Anglers

“Steeeeelllllheaddddd….”No matter what the temperature is outside the sound of your fishing buddy yelling and the sound of the reel screaming is all you need to keep warm.  Here is some video from our recent trip to the PM score: Anglers 1 - Steelhead 4.

After servicing our car in Christchurch, We travelled west towards the town of Haast where we did only some marginal fishing; besides sitting on the beach.  The sights in the South island are great and worth coming to see if you ever have to opportunity.  We travelled down the West coast where stopping along the way had the opportunity to meet some very nice people from here.  Once leaving Haast we decided to bypass Queenstown in search of some better fishing destinations.  We are currently around the town of Gore, “The Brown Trout Fishing Capital of the World”, we have had the opportunity to do some fishing the last few days and have hooked quite a few fish.  The ones I have had take the fly have come off as quickly as they rose. Due to the lack of proper computer access I won’t be able to upload my pictures of the ones I have landed. I lost one fish that would have likely went over 6lbs.  We will continue to fish around here and head West to fish the Fiordland area in the week to come.  The weather is certainly hot, and from what I have heard the weather has been reasonable back home.  Hope all is well and I will try to upload my photos soon.  Tight Lines, Dave