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The bright days…we’ve had a bunch of them. Driving south today, I’d peg the spring-line somewhere around Clare. Saw Red-winged Blackbirds in the cattails, and open water in Houghton Lake, and V’s of geese on the wing. I wasn’t going fishing today — a pity, I know. But plenty of
(Jimmy with 18lbs & 33-Inches Of Twisted Crimson Steel!)
Please meet the “Gunslingers.” Matt pictured left, Bobby on the right, and Jimmy in the middle holding his first ever Muskegon river steelhead that just happened to weigh in at 18lbs on the Boga’s and 33″ of pure twisted crimson red
Hey guys, just a quick little update as once again, it’s been a while! Unfortunately, I have not been out nearly as much as anticipated since last report with projects, preparation, various business issues and life in general getting in the way but that will be changing now real soon!
(Me scratching that 33-inches of twisted chrome steel itch!)
Never gets old. That pure adrenalin rush you get from hooking the hardest fighting fresh water game fish in North America. And not to mention doing it on one of the best steelhead rivers in North America.
(Muskegon river crystal chrome
Well folks what a strange ride we have been on. Going from low water and no snow, to several feet of snow, to the huge melt and spring like conditions and then just like that thrown back into winter. Mother nature is definitely having a fun time throwing us curve
I think…that trout are beautiful. Not to paraphrase Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, which I read far too long ago to accurately paraphrase anyway, but it seems there is an universality to the beauty of a trout. They are, even to the non-fisher, “really pretty.” I’m writing this
I have long preferred the soothing and varied tempo of the Manistee River- ‘Spirit of the Woods’ as legend would have it, restores and refreshes me. It’s more popular sister river to the east, The Au Sable, can hold the title/moniker birthplace of Trout Unlimited, but the 190 miles of
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It’s been WAY TOO LONG since my last report. Very busy fall and tough conditions were not motivating me to post. The fishing picked up and is heading in the right direction as Spring approaches. We just had a nice bump in water levels
Shaking off the optimism of this warm up has been difficult. A big warm-up like this isn’t always great for the trout catching but it’s nice to be out on the river, of course, smelling spring smells: Melting snow and pines and wet logs. I’ve had a few anglers from
With recent warm up’s in temperatures and
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