High Water!

Sorry for the late report, especially because conditions have changed, to say the least.  As of Thursday at 4 pm, the mainstream and the North Branch are very high and discolored.  The South Branch, interestingly, is not.  In fact, flowing at 140 cfs, it is still very low. Hence, a

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July 14, 2025

Hey guys, just a quick little update as it’s been a while… We’ve continued to struggle with water temperature issues quite a bit since last report but have also seen some much longer spurts of acceptable temps, particularly further upstream and the long-term forecast looks pretty good.

We’ve actually had

Fishing Report 7/11/25

Boardman River

Fishing on the Boardman River has remained steady and is shifting toward our typical mid-summer approaches. Water temperatures have been fluctuating between 55 in the morning and low 60s in the afternoon. Small attractor-style dries are a great way to search the

Happy Happy July in the U.P.

Brook trout streams are staying cool thanks to good flow, but remember—brookies hate bright sun. One minute, you’re on fish, the next, they’re gone. Just ask Matt, who recently floated a beautiful stretch of one of our special rivers. The brookies were on fire… then the sun broke through, and

The Second Season

After two months of chasing a specific bug (hendrickson, sulphur, drake, Iso, hex) we begin — after the 4th — to chase specific experiences.  It could be morning tricos and olives, or a creek, a night fish, a bass lake, attractors, the tail-end of the Isos, the evening small fly

July Fly Fishing Report

The big bugs including the hex hatch on the trout rivers are behind us after a solid hatch due to consistent but hot weather. Lots of bugs poured off and when the water was cool enough to fish, the fishing was good. Now it seems the river returns to a

June 30, 2025

Well… (Deep subject.) Wish I had a better river report for you or even some recent trout pics to share, but unfortunately, I posted what I hadn’t in my last report and haven’t been out on the water again since.

Thank you for 29 great years!!

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