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I’m tying flies. Hairy Drakes, size 10, 1280. Subbing Dirty Bug Yarn for dubbing, ribbing with copper thread, palmered body, parachute post. Modifications? Of course. Two-tone body, with pheasant tail pulled over the back of the fly and held by the aforementioned copper thread. Tails then are pheasant tail instead
Sorry for the delayed report! I have been very busy on and off the river. I have been guiding everyday while in the middle of a home renovation project….so, I have been spread thin. Being on the river feels great everyday and is time well spent! Fishing has been challenging
(Liam with his very first Muskegon River steelhead on a fly rod)
Please meet my new friends Liam and his Dad (John) from New Lenox, IL celebrating in style Liam’s first ever Muskegon River steelhead taken with a fly rod!
(Liam holding his first ever Muskegon River steelhead)
Liam’s holding
It’s easy to feel it unfair that the days get shorter in the fall, but really it’s just motivation. I don’t do a lot of fishing these two weeks of peak trout spawn. I enjoy hunting in the woods and also working around the house and the shorter days mean
It’s November and with lots of leaves off of the trees, it feels and looks like it. Steelhead fishing is our primary focus right now. We finally got some rain a bit ago and the levels have come and gone, and we continue to have low water levels that are
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8K0MStezyk #fishing #flyfishing #video Another installment of Smallmouth Bass 2025 episode 6. After a bunch of recent spring storms with torrential rains, we thought we we’d be in trouble with water levels. We to travel a little further but pivoted to an area that didn’t get as much moisture and
Hey guys, per usual, it’s been a minute, and I don’t have much of an excuse other than I’ve simply been trying to hold out for a few more Steelhead photos… (Fact is, most people don’t actually read these reports, they just look for recent photos. ) Problem is, while
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(Dan with a 18lb Muskegon River Steelhead!)
Here’s a guy I’ve come to appreciate over the past few years I’ve known him and had the opportunity to fish with him. I’ve worked with Dan over the most recent years helping him understand river fishing and how to use the current
