Back in the day, I never believed that while fishing, such a thing as "The Bite" existed. Having guided commercially now for some 14 years, though, boy, has my thinking changed! Some days, the bite starts hot, then turns cold. Other days, vice-versa. And then...
Longtime customer and friend, Jeff, started taking his nephew, Grant, fly fishing with me a couple of years ago a couple of weeks before school starts each year. Grant is now a sophomore at Michigan State University where classes begin soon so today was his...
RiverQuest Captain Don Graham and I finally were able to find time to hit the water for some smallmouth bass fly rodding. Great fishing this morning with the bass busting top water poppers and Don's creative streamer ties underneath—hot off his fly tying bench. Truly,...
At days end on the river, when a 13 year old young man who loves to fish but has never touched a fly rod, let alone cast one, tells the guide that he's thinking of spending the $90.00 he's saved from mowing lawns along some...
Here's a thought: gather all the kids and their spouses from sundry parts of the country at the family cottage; celebrate the Fourth of July; and, then, take them fly fishing! Great move, Pat, who here poses with daughter Stephanie with one of her first...
Wonderful trout fishing on the Muskegon River last night: trout taking nymphs and dry flies, gorgeous evening light, and the delightful company of Pat and Greg. New to classic fly fishing, Greg soon caught on, and by day's end was determined to buy a bass...
Not often that one hears Latin in a fishing boat, but when Dr.Bob Oster, his buddy Ron Barch, and guest Marty—a former professional trumpet player and music professor—would land a steelhead, Bob and Ron would blurt out, "Excelsior!" Pretty cool! To be sure, Muskegon River steelhead...
Our RiverQuest customers treat us guides very well and regularly thank us with gratuities at day's end for which we are most grateful. Certainly, today was no exception with host Jeff S generously tipping me and his guest Jeff bestowing a unique thanks. An ex-Marine,...
Today, Dr. Jeff, an accomplished fly fisherman, baptized one my new Orvis Recon 7 wt. fly rods that I had purchased for indicator fishing steelhead. No, he didn't baptize with water but better yet with multiple hookups and a couple of steelhead brought to hand...
We RiverQuest guides love introducing people to fly fishing, so today it was my pleasure to put a fly rod in Ken's, which, I learned, was his first time casting with the long rod. A quick learner, Ken soon was casting beautifully, and then, wham! ...