Three generations in the boat today: Dick, the grandpa; Matt, the dad, and Eliot, the 12 year old son and grandson—each learning to fly cast for the first time and boating some willing smallmouth bass that rewarded lessons learned. Though intermittent drizzle marked the morning,...
So, so good to get back in the boat to chase smallmouth bass with best fishing bud, RiverQuest guide Don Graham. Despite less than ideal weather—cold front with winds up to 25 mph—the smallies wanted to play, as did a couple of pike. As one...
"Off to Michigan State as a freshman this fall? Great! Proud of you, but we need to go fishing together one last time!" I suspect that customer and long time friend, Jeff, had a conversation something like this with his nephew, Grant, who loves to fish...
Captain Don Graham of RiverQuest Charters conducted a clinic on how to hook and land steelhead with indicators today on the Muskegon River. Guide and student was I as Don deftly hooked multiple steelhead (Aren't they all supposed to be back in Lake Michigan by...
Avid fisherman Lou and guest of my brother-in-law, Bruce, had a tall order along with me today: convert golf maven Bruce to fly fishing for steelhead! Well, I'm here to report that, contrary to what you may have heard or experienced, golfers are not a...
Go figure: no snow, no sleet, no gale force winds! Can this be the Muskegon River? Ah, yes, indeed it was, replete with bluebird skies; an oh, so pleasingly warm sun; and no wind. Wow! What a change from the rest of this week; to...
This splash of morning sunlight was all Mother Nature saw fit to send us today. Apparently, she thought snow, unrelenting high winds, and frigid temps would be her gift, such as it was, to us today. As Steve wrote in his post, "Brrr!" The first...
No cliche': "It doesn't get any better than this!" Pat and his good friend and business client, Chad, wrought some major havoc on the Muskegon River steelhead community today, all the while basking in near 70 degree temperatures, bright sunlight, and light breezes. So good...
There it was as Chuck, Mike, and I motored up the Muskegon River this morning: a double rainbow—a portent, we hoped, of rich things to come. And come they did. No pot of gold but plenty of silver that bent fly rods all day long. ...
Yes, and "Some Are Stones," but not today! An absolutely amazing day of fly fishing steelhead with attorney Pat and retired detective Terry: Chamber of Commerce weather, clearing water, and eager steelhead that sucked egg and stone fly patterns all day. Our fishing companion was...