High skies and dropping water made for some tough fly fishing on the Muskegon River for steelhead today. Perseverance and determination are always key on days like these. Pictured is Mark under the guidance of RQ guide Ryan Randolph with Marks first steelhead. Congrats! Capt. Steven...
Heart break this morning as our first fall steelhead of the season for my boat fell short of the net. It was really a comedy of errors as both clients lines managed to tangle into each other. As I was trying to untangle and ultimately...
Fall fly fishing on the Muskegon River is well underway. The river has fallen nicely and things are getting back to normal. Salmon are well distributed throughout the system and early fall steelhead have arrived. This beautiful Muskegon river brown trout was poaching eggs behind...
Last weeks warm weather has slowed our turn toward fall. The overall mood of the trout, smallmouth, and salmon has been off all week. Thankfully the trout were moderately accommodating yesterday before the big winds kicked up. The water temperature on the Muskegon is on...
Fall is Here! Even though the current weather is more like summer, the cool weather from earlier this month has brought fall to the rivers. Chinook salmon as expected are running super-sized this fall. Many fisherman and guides on Michigan’s early running rivers have posted pictures of...
Orvis released its new line of two-handed rods last month and I’ve been chopping at the bit to get one on the water. I had the pleasure of fishing a prototype of the 13’ 7wt. rod about a year and a half ago and to...
Fly fishing for summer smallmouth continues to be very good on the Muskegon River. Whether you’re a fan of top-water action or twitching streamers of the structure edges, both techniques are keeping smiles on our guests faces. Pictured are Tom and Hunter who recently spent...
Matthew and his daughter Sofia joined me for the day to try their hand at some top-water smallmouth bass fishing. Having spent most of their time on the rivers of Northern California this would be their first big river experience here in the mid-West. Fishing was...
Summer smallmouth fly fishing is heating up. While the warm weather has us leaving our resident trout alone, smallmouth bass love the hot weather! While it’s a favorite to target summer bass on the surface with Boogle bugs, sub-surface presentations with crayfish, golby, and baitfish...
Sorry for the delay in reports. Between the weather, kid travel sports, and my real estate business the last week and a half has been crazy. Dry fly fishing on the Muskegon is good to extremely good depending where you are at on the river...