Gateway to Michigan's finest fly-fishing
It all starts with young juvenile steelhead 1.5 to 2 years old, 15 to 20-inch long, better known as Skippers. These young steelhead enter the river system first in front of the adult steelhead. The significance of the Skippers showing up is it’s the pre-curser to
What A Summer It Has Been… So Much To Report!!!
Yes… It has been a bit since the last, and to be honest, my old computer got a virus, or whatever they are, and more or less killed the older unit, which I had owned for almost as long as
Just before winter, fall shoots a last blast of energy. It’s in the brown trout gearing up to spawn (and some are starting to do that), the wild orange brook trout, the angles of ducks in the sky, the sneaky deer hunters, the dainty gray-looking BWOs, the wild, torn skies
It is the middle of October, and the tree colors look like it as we are in peak color season, although they aren’t as vivid as most years due to the warm fall we have had. The lack of cool weather, rain, and wind has also keep the chrome (steelhead)
The Manistee River below Tippy Dam is running very low and clear right now with the unseasonably warm weather and lack of rain. The salmon run has been a bit behind schedule with the warmer temps, but this past week most fish have jumped on gravel and are
