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Finally its starting to look and feel like fall on the rivers. This early falls hot dry weather didn’t do us any favors as far as producing great fishing. Warmer water temps made the king bite rather moody, though we did still catch our share and even had a few
Hey guys! It’s about that time again and I finally have some real news to report, but let’s start off with the obvious. The river is high, still rising and dirty at the moment from the recent rains and runoff; all of the usual precautions should be applied if you
Steelhead, Trout & Seasonal Conditions Update
The February thaw has been an incredible boost to the winter fishing and a welcome reprieve from the bitter cold and snow we have been experiencing over the past several weeks. It
Sadly, once again, this is not “much” of a report… The river does have some great open areas with plenty of fish in the system but be warned, while it may look open and floatable at both the put in and the takeout of some sections there are still large
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qQBMNFHZths Driving around the lower Manistee River boat ramps checking out ice flow. Rainbow Bend completely frozen, but High Bridge has open water but bring your shovel and a lot of sand and salt to get out safely.
Happy Belated New Year and all that! (I hope you enjoyed the holidays and are surviving this brutal winter! ) It’s been wayyyyy longer than a little while since I’ve posted here and I’m sorry to disappoint, but this still isn’t “much” of a river or fishing report… I’ve been
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UioBtgSSYSQ Promo for Steelhead Camp with Dark Waters Fly Shop.
Here is a list of our upcoming events:
January 16 and 17: We will be at the Heartland Fly Fishing Festival in Lebanon, Indiana. Kevin will be giving a tying demo on January 16. On January 17, Matt Zudweg will be tying flies and Kevin will
This Saturday, January 17, from 9 am – 12 pm, we’ll be hosting the first of our Free Fly Tying Saturdays! Bring your vise, your tools and your materials and we will help you tie some flies. If you don’t have a vise, or tools, or materials…we will provide them free
The last few weeks’ warmup/rain cycles have added some much needed flow to the Manistee. After peaking on January 11th, it is dropping and is in great shape. These bumps in flow should bring us more pushes of fish. Fishing has been pretty darn good the past couple of weeks