Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I tried to shrug off an achy back today with a little fishing but managed, on reaching for my net to land the rainbow at the top of the report, to hurt my back even further.  No Turkey Trout tomorrow!  But a bright fall rainbow is worth it. 

Texas Road Trip!

(Alden with his first ever Muskegon River steelhead)

Here’s Alden with his very first absolutely beautiful crystal chrome Muskegon River steelhead!  Congrats Alden!

(Tale of the Tape)

New steelhead continue to enter the river systems as the daylight shortens with the time change and colder nights mixed with precipitation is

November 24th, 2025

Happy Thanksgiving! Christmas is just around the corner so it’s that time again!! As our way of saying thank you to all of you we are offering our Holiday Special (Until December 24, 2025) of 20% off Gift Certificates!!!! (It’s the perfect gift for that angler in your life or,

Swinging Flies For Fall Steelhead

https://www.youtube.com/v/J7-jrTCAPLs?version=3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7-jrTCAPLs #steelhead #flyfishing #fishing Any fishing is great but there’s something different and special about swinging flies for Fall steelhead. The “take, pluck, grab, pull, yank”, whatever you want to call it is like no other in fishing. It’s a lightening bolt of electricity when a steelhead grabs your fly

Fishing Report 10/17/25

Boardman River
The Boardman River continues to fish well for salmon, and there have been scattered reports of a few steelhead showing up. Bright orange and pink egg patterns have been most effective during the early morning hours, while more subtle “dead egg” colors are producing better results later in the

Fishing Report 10/10/25

This week we have experienced some days of great early steelhead season with some extremely hot fish humbling the angler. There are still fresh salmon coming in early in the week. We saw big pushes of fresh coho salmon coming in the big Manistee and I hear there are still

Back on the Water

After a hunting hiatus, it felt wonderful to be on an empty, beautiful river.  My fishing stuff was in disarray and time was short before school pick-up, but Katy and I snuck in a quickt float.  It was one of those clammy November days.  The river was — is —

November 19, 2025

Not much new to report…the river is still extremely low and clear!!!  Some new fish have been pushing up the river in groups/batches and spreading out quickly.  We are experiencing a bigger than normal coho run this year, which is a nice bonus!  There are fish throughout the system, but

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