Tailwater Tribe

Randy Berndt's Logo                 God has blessed me in so many ways.   My beautiful wife, Laurie, allows me to fly-fish all over the country.   Sometimes she accompanies me.  But more often than not, due to a demanding work schedule, she is unable to go.   I want to begin this post by thanking her for loving me enough to let me roam and scratch my itch whenever possible.                   My latest trip was a year removed from initial planning and originally was to be an extension of a two-week jaunt out west last summer with two of my closest friends, Randy and Jean Carr from Louisiana.   We fished various trout rivers in Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana and were scheduled to swing over to the UP (Upper Peninsula), or “upstate” Michigan to fish with another dear friend, Randy Berndt.   Randy is a fly-fishing outfitter, guide and owner of the UP Fly Angler in Trout Creek, Michigan.   If you keep up with my blog, you are aware that Randy (Berndt) and I finished