Gateway to Michigan's finest fly-fishing
Mid-August and the trout fishing with Terrestrials and Tricos continues. Foam and rubber patterns either looking like hoppers or just a wiggling mess continue to bring brown and brook trout to the surface. Bass fishing on lakes with poppers and swimming frogs is a rite of summer for keeping it
The Boyne River has been the constant thread through my life: the place where I learned to read water, where I first felt the thrill of a trout taking a dry fly, and where I have watched seasons and generations pass along its banks. As a board member of Friends
Conditions & Outlook
Our first week of August has us fishing skunks early, terrestrials when the water warms up and mouse patterns after dark. It’s definitely the time of year to monitor water temperatures and make sure
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Holy smokes, it’s been too long since we’ve put up a report. That isn’t necessarily due to a lack of fishing! Sorry for the delay here, I’ll try to touch on a few things that we’ve been up to over the summer.
First of all, thanks to everyone who came
We’ve made it to the end of july
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Traverse City Weather Conditions
Fall is an absolutely beautiful time of year to fish the Muskegon river here in Michigan. The annual migration of king salmon start to enter the
Hey guys,
Hopefully a few of you have been following my personal and/or our business social media pages… (BBT Facebook here, BBT Instagram here, my personal Facebook here & my personal Instagram here.) If you have been following you’ve seen and heard some but not all of this and
Conditions & Outlook
Record high temps, wildfire smoke, then a cold front coming through, our late July weather has been all over the place. With this recent rain and cooler temps it has really helped cool down the river and improve the fishing. The last couple
Trout fishing continues with mid-sized and smaller trout playing along nicely and keeping the terrestrial and Trico fishing fun. Smallmouth bass fishing for folks looking to feel more pull from the fish are finding streamers more effective than poppers. Largemouth bass and bluegill are keeping the rods bent on smaller
Conditions & Outlook
This week has been really crazy here in Northern Michigan with the smoke and particulate pollution from the wild fires in Ontario. Today the air quality is starting to improve and the river temperatures are much better for the trout fishing. We are excited for our Sage,
