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January 9, 2023: Kevin Feenstra will give a fly fishing presentation at the Grand River Fly Tiers. This will be a program and a fly tying event. It will include a slide show section on winter and early spring fishing, as well as a fly tying portion.  

January 17: Kevin will be giving a program at the Duneland Fly Fishers in Valparaiso, Indiana

January 18: Kevin will give a fly fishing presentations at the St. Joe River Valley Fly Fishers, in Elkhart, Indiana 

January 19: Kevin will be speaking at Kalamazoo Valley Trout Unlimited.

January 21 and 22: We will have a booth at the Heartland Fly Fishing Festival in Lebanon, Indiana 

January 25: Kevin will be tying flies at the Northern Angler in Traverse City, MI.  

January 26: Drew Rosema gives a fly tying demonstration for Nomad AnglersAdded: 

February 4, 2023: Kevin, Drew, and Matt will have fly tying demonstrations with Schultz Outfitters at the Bobbin the Hood event. This should be a very fun one to attend!  

February 10, 2023: Kevin will be doing a couple of fly fishing presentations at the Mershon Chapter of Trout Unlimited

February 11, 2023: We will have a booth at the 3 Rivers Fly Fishing Show in Ft. Wayne, Indiana 

February 16, 2023: Kevin will be presenting for the 3 Rivers Fly Fishing Club at their monthly meeting.

February 23, 2023: Kevin Feenstra will be speaking for the Ohio Central Basin Steelheader’s club.

February 27, 2023: Kevin will be speaking for the Grand Rapids Audubon club. This will be a program focused on birds and wildlife.

March 4, 2023: Kevin is a featured fly tier at the North Coast Fly Fishers Expo in the Cleveland area. 

March 11 &12: Feenstra Guide Service will have a booth at the Midwest Fly Fishing Expo.

May 20, 2023: Kevin will be teaching a fly tying class at the Newaygo Public Library

We hope to see you at one or more of our events! 

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January 17-18:   Speaking and Booth space Heartland Fly Fishing Festival, Lebanon, Indiana

January 19:   Speaking Grand River Fly Tyers, Grand Rapids, MI

January 22:  Drew Rosema will be tying flies at Nomad Anglers in Grand Rapids, Michigan.   

February 3:   Fly Tying presentation at the Northern Angler in Traverse City,   Michigan. 

February 6:   Hacklers in Pentwater, Michigan

February 12:  Fly Tying event at Nomad Anglers in Grand Rapids

February 15:   Booth Space at the Three Rivers Fly Fishers

February 20:   Speaking event at the Three Rivers Fly Fishing
March 14, 15:   Speaking and booth space at the Midwest Fly Fishing Expo in Warren, Michigan

March 16:  Speaking at Schrem’s Trout Unlimited

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One of the coolest things I have ever seen!

Early last spring, there was a lull in the fishing.  Our steelhead fishing was not where it should be, the weather was cold, and I was spending some time photographing waterfowl.     West Michigan has a dazzling array of water birds in the spring, and I was seeing northern shovelers, wood ducks, scaup, redheads, canvasbacks, and many other species.     Though I was seeing thousands of ducks, I was seeing very few birds of prey. 

That all changed one day.  As I watched a tremendous flock of ducks, I noticed a huge bird hovering over the edge of the flock.  There, an adult eagle was hunting.  

Eagles grow very old, and it clearly had a plan for hunting the bird it selected.    I like to photograph ducks on very windy days, because they have to take off and land into the wind.   The wind slows them down and makes them more predictable.   Out of the thousands of ducks at this location, this eagle had singled out one coot and separated it from rest of the birds.   There the bird of prey used the wind to swoop up and down at the coot, while expending very little energy.   The bird was terrified, and would only come up for a breath at a time.    The eagle was cunning, and easily wore its prey out by swooping down repetitively.   Finally the eagle made a move, and swooped down on the coot.    

It seized the coot, but lost it!   I was actually happy it missed because in the excitement of the moment, I realized that the shutter speed on the camera was too slow.    Soon the coot popped up again, and the eagle was ready.   So was I.       It was one of the most exciting things I have ever seen in nature.    If you take the time to spend time quietly on the edge of the water, or in the woods, you can see amazing things.   This is part of what makes fishing, hunting, and other outdoor activities such a rich part of our experience..     

To see more of this series of photos of the eagle and the coot, or to see waterfowl images, visit https://kevinfeenstra.smugmug.com/Whats-New.

Thanks for visiting our site!–Kevin Feenstra

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I will be speaking at Three Rivers Fly Fishers in Fort Wayne, Indiana, tonight at 7PM.     The talk will be about the different types of baitfish that we have in this region and how to imitate them.   It will feature a variety of images and underwater clips of bait fish and flies.

The address for this event is:

Classic Cafe, Inc.
4832 Hilegas Road
Fort Wayne, IN 46818

Hope to see you there!

Kevin

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This is just a fun image from the river; fall is a great time to see a Michigan river and the wildlife that make it their home. These turtles were taking in some rays on a warm fall day.

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2015 has had its fishing ups and downs but great fish were caught at all times of the year.    Visit our new photo gallery on our external photo web site to view these images.   Enjoy!

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