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(Jeff with a crystal chrome Muskegon River steelhead)
Here’s my great friend Jeff from Jenison, MI with an absolutely beautiful crystal chrome Muskegon River steelhead.
Here’s Jeff’s son Bryce with a scrappy little buck that didn’t want to come to the net or get his
(Dan with a picture-perfect Muskegon River steelhead)
Here’s Dan from Holland, MI with a picture-perfect Muskegon River steelhead in excess of 30-inches and weighing in at 17lbs on the Boga Grips. Congrats Dan!
Dan’s Tale of the Tape beautiful crimson red steelhead that brought Dan
(Dan with a picture-perfect Muskegon River steelhead)
Here’s Dan from Holland, MI with a picture-perfect Muskegon River steelhead in excess of 30-inches and weighing in at 17lbs on the Boga Grips. Congrats Dan!
Dan’s Tale of the Tape beautiful crimson red steelhead that brought Dan
(Bert with a beautiful chrome hen)
Here’s my Dad from Rodney Michigan with a beautiful Muskegon river steelhead!
(Ben with a hard fighting buck!)
Here’s my brother Ben from LaCrosse, Wisconsin with a hard fighting steelhead from the Muskegon river.
(Amy’s massive Muskegon river steelhead!)
Here she is, the “Queen of Chrome” hailing from Madison, WI holding this absolute wall-hanger Muskegon river steelhead!
(Amy’s 33-inch Tale of the Chrome Tape!)
Here’s the tale of the tape of Amy’s amazing 33-inch, 18 pound twisted chrome steelhead!
April 24, 2025 Northern Angler Fly Shop Fishing Report
Trout Opener weekend is upon us and we are looking forward to slowly shifting gears from spring steelhead to trout fishing and dry flies. The forecast looks great for opening day with favorable temperatures and conditions for Hendricksons to be happening
With April coming to an end, so does our Spring Steelhead season. The run for this spring was a strong one the past 8 weeks and despite a week of high water in early April that made fishing tough – if not unsafe to get out, it provided a lot
The hendrickson hatch doesn’t ever “explode” like the brown drakes explode. The hendrickson hatch builds slowly, like a fire on wet wood, until enough heat finally gets the fire going. That slow build? That is happening now. The hendricksons have begun on the Au Sable and certain stretches of the
(Greg with a beautiful Muskegon River brown trout)
Here’s the Man…. The Myth… The Legend! Greg from Big Rapids, MI who’s the only man I know who has consistantently hooked and landed several big game fresh water fish with only one cast! The only man I have ever known who
Manistee RiverApril 21, 2025
Spring Steelhead fishing Below Tippy Dam
Manistee River Fishing Report
April is flying by and that means Spring Steelhead is about done on the Manistee River below Tippy Dam. I can imagine that dropback steelhead will be in the river for about a month longer, and I’m
