Gateway to Michigan's finest fly-fishing
Fishing forecast: Exceptional.
Hitting the river? You will want brown drakes, yellow stones, sulphurs, march browns, borcher’s drakes, Isonychia, thrashers, caddis, a whole jug of bugspray and probably some insect-proof clothing, a headlamp (and a backup headlamp), waders that are not known to leak. You will need clarity: An excess
(Muskegon River Rainbow Trout)
It’s amazing how the Muskegon river magically transforms itself leading into the evening hours. What looks like flat water with no trout surface activity or bugs during the day all the sudden explodes into bugs everywhere with relentless trout rising smashing the surface in a literal
For all you dry fly enthusiasts, it’s shaping up to be a smorgasbord out there. Keep your eyes on the water—Hendricksons, Caddis, Sulphurs, Mahogany Duns, and Stoneflies are either already making their appearance or will be hatching in full force within the next week. It’s time to break out the
It’s starting to heat up with dry fly fishing on the Muskegon river. This cold start to late spring / early summer is finally over and it’s starting to warm up while the big browns and rainbow trout are starting to look up now more than
After a solid 7-day week of cold temperatures, Monday looked like a banger. Warm, mild, beautiful. May bugs — and May trout — really do seem to like those beautiful evenings the best. After some driving around, I settled on a familiar stretch of river. I love to wade fish.
As May comes to an end, it seems the dry-fly fishing is just starting to fall into a groove. The cool weather and wind last week seemed to keep the hatches unpredictable. With some stable weather forecast, evening hatches should be more regular with spinner falls typically occurring at dusk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjvDWkjjB_s #flyfishing #wyoming #cutthroattrout Our final couple of days in Wyoming were spent in the high country, chasing cutthroat on small water. This was absolutely the pinnacle of the trip. Midwesterners don’t get the opportunity to fish cutthroat, so this was a special few days. I have to say, high
