Success is earned

Swinging flies the last couple days has been anything but easy for my boat. Good numbers of steelhead are around, but finding player fish has

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Success on the swing

Don and Thad, part of the fall MRO group fished today with me. Swinging flies was new to the fellas, but they quickly became proficient.

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Quick start

Last day with the Danhausen group wrapped up today. Things got off to a quick start as the steelhead continued to be eager just as

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Why we love them

Steelhead are simply a fantastic adversary to chase with a fly. Particularly so with the two-handed rod and a swung fly. Yesterday as massive arctic

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Just right

Everything was just right on the river today–good guys and cooperative steelhead! I couldn’t have asked for it to have been better for the guys.

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Just the Best!

Killer weather, wonderful MO flow, two terrific guys—Ron and Bob—and, delightfully—willing steelhead! Today was truly “Just the Best.” From the first run to the last,

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30 degree swing

Yesterday David, Kim, and Bill were chasing Albacore in NC with steady temperatures in the middle 70’s. Today the guys arrived in Michigan at the

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Swings

It’s funny how things go swinging flies for steelhead. The past few days on the Muskegon River has lived up to the reputation of earned

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Very November

It was a raw November day on the Muskegon today swinging for fall steelhead. Like yesterday the fishing pressure remained high. By afternoon many folks

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Making Music

Tenor Paul and faux bass, Yours Truly, sang in Fair Haven Church’s choir, which we loved doing, and there came to know one another. Paul

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