Absolutely spectacular roaring blast of water and spray as the MO dumps literally tons of pent-up rainfall and snowmelt. This morning, RiverQuest guide Don Graham and I stood streamside witnessing this historic event first-hand, awed by the power and volume of the onrushing flow. ...
It's a rare day when I have to bury my fingers in my coat to thaw them out; guess I've been blessed chill-resistant digits. But, man, today, I punted when both sets of gloves, soaked through with windswept rain, then frosted with snow, gave up...
As some you who fly fish with us at RiverQuest Charters or who follow our Fishing Reports or the RiverQuest/Muskegon River Lodge Newsletter, RiverQuest guide and my best fishing buddy, Don Graham, underwent significant surgery this winter—surgery that kept him off the river all winter...
For those of you who have followed the Fishing Reports section of our RiverQuest website, you may well recall that each year, my son Steve, who owns RiverQuest Charters, and I travel to southwestern Illinois for a three day trophy whitetail muzzleloader hunt with Sugar...
As some of you know, I've been known to pull some pretty boneheaded stunts on the river while fly fishing guiding, the most egregious of which occurred this fall when, with clients tucked away in my boat, I pulled away from the boat launch, only...
Finally, finally, today my best fishing buddy, Don Graham, and I were able to spend some time on the Muskegon River fly fishing for steelhead. And what a special time it was to catch up after a busy fall guiding only to soak up the...
What a delight it is to host guests who respect our beloved steelhead and Muskegon River fishery. Gary, an Ohioan who fly fishes across the United States frequently enough to make even the most fanatical trout chasers drool, simply gets it; he understands that our...
Judging by Ohioan Rod's expression, Michigan can elicit a Buckeye smile! And why not when, on the second day of persistent casting, the steelhead gods send some love. So it was for Rod and Greg, and the rest of the Mad River Outfitters crew, who...
[caption id="attachment_8289" align="alignnone" width="400"] Happiness is silver![/caption] Great time with Steve and his son Joe today on the Muskegon River as the guys chased chrome. Tough bite today and tough luck as the double digit chromer Steve hooked busted off at the end of the day. ...
[caption id="attachment_8284" align="alignnone" width="400"] Bob cradling chrome.[/caption] Well, not quite, but when Bob hooked a late September-bright hen Chinook that just made her appearance on the Muskegon River, she tore down the river with the speed of a steelhead. No problem, except yours had truly neglected...