[caption id="attachment_8156" align="alignnone" width="415"] Scott's with his MO steelhead[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_8157" align="alignnone" width="409"] October sunrise on the MO.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_8160" align="alignnone" width="414"] Mark with a MO King[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_8162" align="alignnone" width="410"] Streamside lunch for the two couples[/caption]
Early mornings on the Muskegon River these last few days have been...
So here was a first: three demonstration casts—well maybe five or six- and three steelhead on! First one screamed down river, leaped and busted off. Second one rocketed downstream, then charged the boat, only to shoot under the anchor rope before I could raise the...
Early light on the Muskegon River as Boyd fly fishes for salmon with first-timer Jim, who below holds the first fly-caught fish of his life.
Little did Boyd or Jim know, though, that after lunch a 26 lb. behemoth would suck in Boyd's nuke egg. We...
[caption id="attachment_8065" align="alignnone" width="300"] Tom's arm cried "Mercy!" on this King.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_8066" align="alignnone" width="300"] At 17 lbs., this was the smallest Chinook Tom met today.[/caption]
Given the prodigious scope of the Chinook salmon run on the Muskegon River and the extraordinary size of the four year...
[caption id="attachment_8051" align="alignnone" width="300"] Dan's 22 lb. hen.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_8052" align="alignnone" width="300"] "Take that Grandpa! 23 lbs.![/caption]
Love the family float trips! Jonathon and Grandfather Dan, first-time salmon fly fishermen both, joined me on the Muskegon River for some Michigan Chinook salmon fly fishing. With one of...
Wow, it's getting scary: I launch the boat, help the customers into the boat; and pull away from the landing. OK, so what's the big deal? Uh, generally, it's been found that it's a good idea to drive the truck and trailer up out of...
Good friend and first time fly fisher Lynn just kept repeating this phrase over and over again as she and her husband Steve marveled at the fall splendor and grandeur of the Muskegon River. Temps in the high 70's, the lightest brush of a breeze,...
Dad Don and son Tony spent the day chasing Chinook salmon with the fly rods today. After a big evening in the Muskegon River Lodge with four other related dads and sons, the guys were eager to have at some Michigan salmon fly fishing. No...
As one western Michigan fly fishing season wanes, another seizes center stage. So it was as Darryl and Pete joined me for a lower Muskegon River bass float earlier this week—a trip that took us mile after delightful mile down the river as the guys...
Captain Don fired these pics and more of smallies coming to his boat on poppers today. Chunky, well conditioned smallmouth that rip on 6 wt rods are the order of the day. In short, quite a show.
We anticipate this fishery holding up well into...
