Save The Menominee River Event

Back Forty-Tight Lines Event January 12th! The proposed Back 40 Mine on the banks of the Menominee River represents one of the largest threats to fresh water in the country. Many have asked where exactly this proposed mine is in the process. Join us January 12th along with our friends from the Coalition to Save…

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Sale items Online!

Make sure and check out all of the Blow Out products on the online store today!  First come first serve and free shipping on orders over $75.00! [woocommerce_cart] Check out our page of just a few of the amazing products in the shop.    We now have over 4,000 items on our online store! [woocommerce_cart]

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Sage, Orvis and Hatch Sale

With brand new models coming into the shop everyday we need to make room! We are slashing prices on a few discontinued models with limited quantities left in stock.  Get your top of the line gear at the best deals of the entire year. . Make sure and check out all of the sale items…

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Pre-Film Tour Open House!

  We are very excited to have the Fly Fishing Film Tour on a Saturday this year! This gives us the perfect opportunity to have a pre-film celebration at the shop including special pricing, burgers and our friend and manufacturer rep. Dave Gellatly. Dave is or rep for Sage and Redington fly rods, Rio fly…

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Patagonia Fitzroy Bass

      We are absolutely thrilled that our friends at Patagonia let this one slip through the cracks!  The Fitz Roy Smallmouth logo was not supposed to reach the market until 2019.  Luckily for us, a very limited number of Tech Tees was recently released.  Needless to say, we jumped at the opportunity to snap up…

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Opening weekend of trout fishing has arrived

     Opening weekend of trout fishing has finally arrived.  Below zero temps marked this years opening day but the mercury is on the rise.  We traveled to the spring creeks to take a look and the rivers are in fantastic shape.  With the flooding late last fall many rivers have clear gravel beds, trees and…

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One Night Tying Classes – Monster Flies

By popular demand, this class will revolve around giant flies for Pike and Muskies.  Join Tight Lines manager, Charlie Piette, for this one night tying extravaganza.  The class will cover three patterns showcasing techniques poplular in the modern Essox game. Students will work on articulation, bucktail collars and heads, using u.v. epoxy, and fashioning synthetic minnow…

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October Fishing Report

October fishing report Well, it’s the first week of October and most anglers are making the transition from small-stream trout and smallmouth bass to muskies and migratory trout. Seeing leaves starting to change colors and those first houses topped in frost is a strong reminder that it’s time to stash the 4 weights and prep…

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October Fishing Report

       Hi everyone! We have had a bunch of questions lately about a fishing report for both Migratory fish as well as the Muskie bite.  I am sending along a quick update as to what is happening on the rivers.  A special thank you to SIMMS fishing Ambassador Nate Sipple for the report.  Stop by…

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