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(John & Son Jack with a monster 20lb Muskegon River Steelhead!)
Every once in a while the Muskegon river flexes its muscle to remind you just how truly blessed and wonderful this river steelhead fishery really is. Seems these days on the Muskegon the fabled 20-pouind steelhead not only exist
The last few weeks found us fishing our home waters and running around the state chasing unicorns. We had a few obsticles to overcome such as low cold and clear water along with some large snow squalls but persistance along with time gave us pay dirt! The nymph game was
As I sit here on this cold December evening typing what will probably be the final report of the year I find myself thinking of the last few trips and thinking of the year to come. The last few weeks found us fishing our home waters and running around the
(Ella with Dad Helping Hold Her Steelhead)
Here’s my new friends from Howell, MI. 6-year old Ella with Dad helping hold her first ever Muskegon river steelhead! Congrats Ella! Welcome to the Steelhead Club!
Good numbers of steelhead are present throughout the river system. With the
High water continues
The Muskegon River remains high. No major precipitation is forecasted in the near term so the river will slowly fall over the next several days. Full sinking lines and weighted flies are pretty key on the two-handed rods. Larger flies nymphed on the soft seams
I hate to see a good snow wasted, not only because I enjoy skiing, but also because all that cold snow melting into a river on a warm day is more enticing to the angler than to the trout. I don’t have nearly enough digits to catalog all the seemingly
Hey guys, as you can see from the graphs below, despite the additional showers overnight, the river, as of now, continues to drop in the upper reaches and has leveled off in the far lower from the peak spike that this past Saturday’s storms and snow melt brought us.
Yesterday
In the last ten years many improvements have come about that have increased our success at hooking and landing steelhead on a swung fly. What is swinging flies. It’s the classic and purist form of fly fishing for steelhead. The improvements are mainly in
Hope everyone is doing well and enjoyed the weekend. Pere Marquette River is on the rise we finally received some water in the river over the weekend. Heavy rains and snow melt has brought it up quite fast and it’s still rising. The deck has been re-stacked in the Steelhead
December Sunshine – RiverQuest Charters
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