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Some rain last week gave the rivers a nice little bump in water flow and some additional steelhead moving upstream from lake Michigan. Clarity is still really good on the Manistee River below Tippy Dam, and is a little more stained on the Betsie River. Water temperatures have pretty much
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We are working for each and every fish this year! We have been coving water and bouncing up and down the river daily. We have been extremely busy on and off the river….Thank
Its been a slow start to the springtime thaw here in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. We have had what some of the old timers say is one of the mildest winters of memory this year and while some may appreciate this like myself we need the snow as we rely on
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March-Madness is in full swing!!! Chasing steelhead on the Pere Marquette River from Baldwin to Ludington!!! We have been extremely busy on and off the river….Thank you!!! The shop is loaded up with
Hey guys, just a quick one from me as it’s been a while and, quite frankly, I’ve been trying to hold off for better news. The stuff that you need to know is that the water is basically low and clear again and there are not significant numbers in the
The joke all this winter has been that we had this coming and…we had this coming. The little ponds froze back up. White-outs. Wind. Frozen guides. And the timing couldn’t be more deliciously cruel. On the last warm day we had — I think it was the end of last
With the official start of Spring this week, it seems that Winter is making up for some delinquency bringing us some cooler temps, wind and snow. Steelhead fishing continues on the Manistee River below Tippy Dam and Betsie River with water conditions near ideal. It’s been a bit since we
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March is here and we are busy chasing steelhead on the Pere Marquette River!!! It feels great to have the season in full swing. The shop is loaded up with flies, beads, lures,
A big thank you to everyone from the Michigan Fly Fishing Club for putting on another great Midwest Fly Fishing Expo. So great to catch up with folks, talk fishing, test cast rods, take over various hotel lobbies, and otherwise think about the upcoming season. Now that the shop is
Significant rains after the last fishing report brought the Manistee and Betsie River levels up quite a bit and added some color which encouraged steelhead to migrate upstream. Since then, the water levels have fallen pretty much back to normal levels for this time of year. Clarity has improved, too,