Michigan Roots

[Eric D]

Just bought a book by Thomas McGuane. Seeing his early life was spent in Michigan got me to thinking of other writers and notables that got their start here or spent time here fishing Michigan waters. Here's a few others:

Robert Traver "AKA" John Voelker
Hemingway
A.K. Best
FAOL's J. Castwell & Ladyfisher
Doug Swisher
Carl Richards
Kelly Galloup

There are others please fell free to add names

I first placed this on the wrong board-Fishing reports. Sorry for error. Can the moderator remove it?

[Jackster]

Craig Mathews

[Midwest Custom Fly Rods]

Bob Linsenman
Rusty Gates
Dan Catu
George Griffith
Art Neuman
George Mason

[Mato Kuwapi]

It was Rusty's book that got me back to fish my home state...and started a whole new love affair with the rivers there. (I live in Ontario now)

Simply written, it's called Seasons on the AuSable . (Scroll down and be sure to read the reviews...and yes) the best place (not the cheapest) to buy this book is from Rusty himself if you can. He's been getting into the shop in the AM.

[MikelC]

Tom Dechaine

[tigfly]

Ernest Schwiebert

[Duffin Boy]

If you want a laugh....scroll down and read the review of Rusty's book by Bad Mother
(third review down)

http://www.amazon.com/Seasons-Au-Sab.../dp/1587264528

DuFf

[Kathy Scott]

Hmmm...

There's Jim Harrison, too, a Reed City boy, right down US 10 from me in Evart. Come to think of it, Kelly was from Evart before Traverse City.

And in cane circles, there's Ron Barch and Wayne Cattanach.

Kat

[mcsteff]

And then there's that Kathy Scott person who disguises herself as a Mainer but we all klnow she's from away.

[Eric D]

Interesting McGuane and Hemingway both spent a lot of their youth here in Michigan and used it as a backdrop for some of their writings. Especially Hemingway with the Nick Adams Stories with his famous chapter " Big Two Hearted River" .
Mentioning Schwiebert reminds me of fine the foreword he penned for " Michigan Trout Streams A Fly-Anglers Guide".