Rich Steketee on April 9th, 2011

After winning the bamboo fly rod at the March 16th banquet, Sara Start brought it to the Muskegon River on April 1st  and, on her 6th cast, caught this nice brown. Husband Gregg attributes her success to his professional guiding skills and his fly tying genius…we know better Gregg.

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Rich Steketee on February 13th, 2011

Rich VanderVeen, President of the John D. Voelker Foundation (www.voelkerfdn.org) showed up at the Kelly Galloup seminar last week with a surprise donation: Limited edition (#180of 300) signed Robert Traver’s (aka John D. Voelker) “Trout Madness’. Top bidder Tom Mundt how has a special treasure to add to his library. Special thanks to Rich VanderVeen [...]

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Rich Steketee on February 13th, 2011

l>r Andy Milnes, Eric Johnson Kelly Galloup www.slideinn.com  donated one of the new St. Croix ‘Bank Robber’ rods to be raffled off during his seminar last week.  Over one-year in the making, the ‘Bank Robber’ streamer rod was designed by Kelly with the St.Croix staff. Schrems Membership chair Andy Milnes presentedthe rod to lucky winner  Schrems member Eric Johnson . Thanks [...]

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Rich Steketee on February 11th, 2011

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Rich Steketee on February 9th, 2011

A three-day fly tying school is scheduled for March 4th – 6th at the Grand Rapids Airport Hilton. Participants will learn from two of the very best: Julie Nielson and Dennis Potter. The tying sessions (two on Saturday and one on Sunday) will include presentations using two identical high-tech vedio systems. Both beginings and itermediate [...]

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