With Winters arrival up here in the Great White North, I have been getting back in the fly tying saddle.  It had been a long while since I...

Lots of travel on the menu for me come the 17th, I am flying out of Minneapolis headed for Detroit to visit my homie out in Toledo, Ohio.  O...

PIG FARM INK PRESENTS: IRON FLY at THE MIDWEST GOLDEN BONES FLY TOURNAMENT I will be hosting the PIG FARM INK: IRON FLY at the ...

I have mentioned it in the past, but my very beautiful and talented cousin Brianna has a food blog - Swinton Kitchen .  I'm not one for ...

I'm not the only Blogger in the Carfagnini family.  My cousin Brianna recently made her cooking/food blog public, and it is looking good...

I know this is old news by now, but the Chicago Cubs are World Series Champions!!! Howard ( Windknots and Tangled Lines ) - Mark ( Northe...

The 1st annual Midwest Golden Bones Fly Tournament was a great success.   Kurt Nelson and Bill Katzenberger were the masterminds behind th...

The Chicago Cubs are going to the World Series! Unfortunately, I didn't have a ticket to the game, but that didn't stop...

It's Monday, and I had planned to take my cousins Sam and Dom fishing after work.  It was storming most of the afternoon and in my head...

The Midwest "Golden Bones" Fly Tournament is 3 days away!!  This Friday is the first day of the event, and not only will it ...

My first time out on the Des Plains River this year.  Crazy, right?  Usually, I'd be in the double digits in visits, but that's jus...

Back in May, my buddy DanK and I went out fishing.  The bass were on their beds and didn't want to partake in any of our shenanigans.  I...

The first annual M.G.B. tournament will be held on September 9th and 10th. The event will be based out of Rivers Edge Bar and Grill in Ba...

Just like Michael Jordan in 1995....I'm Back!!!! I just want to say, thank you, to all of those who have stuck around.  I wasn...

I'd just like to share some recent flies with you all, and my secret ingredient to all of my flies. Pictured below is articulated b...

Over the weekend, I was just hanging out at the house doing what I always do, plotting to take over the world. Then my sister calle...