I'm a little tardy getting this done, but better late than never. The Michi-Glass gathering will be held this year on Sunday, June 25th starting at 10 AM and will be held at Fullers North Branch Outing Club, 6122 E. Co. Rd. 612, in Lovells Michigan (
http://www.northbranchoutingclub.com). As always, bring a chair. Ice water will be provided.
I do know that Tom Broadhead of 406 Fly lines is attending as well as Richard Alexander, the maker of the beautiful remake of the old Heddon Imperial 125 fly reels from the past, and Mike McFarland of the McFarland Rod Company. I'm sure that they'll have all they're goods in tow with them to sample and ogle over.
I tried to recall the other day when this gathering was first held and I had to go back into my picture files to come up with the year. It was 2011. We missed one year because of the pandemic, so this year will be 11 years this has been going on. How the time flies!
Old hands and newcomers, all are welcome, so mark your calendar and plan for a pleasant day in the beautiful trout country of northern Michigan. I hope to see you there.
Mark McKellip
PS. Bring your glass with you too. If you are so inclined, there is another opportunity to be had the same weekend in Lovells at the township hall beginning on Thursday the 22nd through Saturday the 24th, which is the Grayrock Bamboo Rodmakers Gathering. All the details concerning that can be found on the web at
https://www.rodmakersatgrayrock.org/index.html