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Nome Buckman

is a fly fishing guide and educator for Reel North LLC based in the UP of Michigan. She has an unhealthy addiction for toothy fish and is Contributing Editor for DUN Magazine.

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Freshette

Freshette

 It’s unassumingly liberating to finally have a pee aid that allows women to pee standing up flawlessly.  This product describes itself as a 'female urinary director,’ and it does just that.  I’ve tried several different brands and have concluded that Freshette is the best all-around product of this type.   There are numerous designs on the market with many racking up only mediocre reviews.  The Freshette takes high honors with an intelligent combination of soft and stiff materials in the corre

4/5/2017Nome Buckman
Ice Jams

Ice Jams

This has nothing to do with that delicious freezer jam or favorite winter tune.  Ice Jams are an annual occurrence where rivers freeze over and break up during spring runoff. Large “bergs” clog bends or narrowings of rivers and can be backed up in a river for miles. With consistent water pressure flowing into these natural ice dams, eventually the power of water causes the river to elevate along with the ice chunks and push itself out of its banks if the ice jam does not break free of its own ac

4/5/2017Nome Buckman
American Brown Trout

American Brown Trout

What is an American Brown Trout? The species first came to the U.S. in 1883, when a New York fish farmer named Fred Mather imported brown trout eggs from Baron Lucius von Behr, president of the German Fishing Society. (That’s why many folks refer to the fish as German browns.) Two years later, eggs from Scotland’s Loch Leven arrived and were sent to the same three hatcheries and the prevailing theory is that the genetic stocks were mixed to create what Robert Behnke calls the “American generic

2/1/2017Nome Buckman
Wading Staff

Wading Staff

A wading staff is an important piece of safety equipment all anglers should carry with them.  Of course if your only fishing in sandy waters that are ankle deep with no boulders to negotiate or if you only fish out of a boat, then a staff might not be necessary for you.  But if you're like me and end up wading where you shouldn't, a staff is a handy tool to get you out of a difficult spot or into prime water where many are unwilling to go. Wading staffs are a great tool to feel the bottom for d

2/1/2017Nome Buckman
Rejects

Rejects

It’s that time of year; if you live in the north, most of the waters are frozen and, for the most part, you have to put your equipment away for the season.  Holidays consume much energy and help distract from the fact that you are suffering from withdrawal.  This is when fly tying season explodes, as we anglers are not willing to give up the ghost and we need hope to get us through to next spring.  Many new fly tiers will be born in these next few months. When you start to tie your own flies, a

12/1/2016Nome Buckman
Returning to Home Waters

Returning to Home Waters

What is the definition of home waters?   Is it the water where you have spent the most time creating memories or is it the place where your heart and soul are most fully engaged?  Is it possible to have more than one home water?  How about in very different geographical areas?   Do the people, as well as the landscape, make up the ingredients of home waters or is it the species of fish that live there? Possibly each and every one of us has a very different reason why we call certain waters home

10/1/2016Nome Buckman
Mice

Mice

Tossing rodent replicas on the water at night, not seeing a bloody thing.  Hoping to hear your fly go splat on the water somewhere and not hung up on the bank across stream or snagged in the trees from your back cast.  Your other senses are heightened to make up for your lack of vision.  Heart pounding, tingling with anticipation, waiting for the electricity of the killing kind to touch your line.  Fingers poised, ready to hear a watery explosion on your kabob offering as you swim it back to you

9/15/2015Nome Buckman
Outside the Box

Outside the Box

Thinking outside the box can come naturally to anyone.  You have to allow yourself to come up with many ridiculous notions to let the scintillating schemes come forward.  The trick is to recognize the ridiculous from the possible. One fall day, many moons ago, I brushed by some milkweed plants ripe-n-ready to dispense seed on the trail to my favorite section of wild brook trout waters in the White Mountains of NH, the Wildcat River.  I was so eager to see those fiery bellies of the males in ful

3/15/2015Nome Buckman