Whoa! Every now and then all the planets align to produce an extraordinary day. So it was with Ron and best bud Bob: a spectacular sunrise piercing the fog, clear skies, calm winds, willing salmon, and wonderful conversation through the day. ...
Captain Steve has the report of the day with his having taken his two youngest sons fly fishing on the Muskegon. Love those grandsons! My two guys, Dave and Tom, friends and colleagues from my past professional life, stressed that they weren't so interested in boating...
Guess Captain Steve needn't worry about what to do when the gray beards of RiverQuest cast their last: check out Steve's youngest, Brycen, who today ran a clinic to show Gramps Tom how to catch fish. Not sure if guiding is in Brycen's future,...
So what do RiverQuest guides do when they have a day off? They go fly fishing, of course! Usually, my fellow guide and bud, Captain Don Graham is my fly fishing partner, but since he was unable to join me, I soloed for a couple...
What do you think of an eighth grader who 1) bags a doe over the weekend during the youth hunt; and 2) out-fishes his dad by landing his first Chinook salmon with a fly rod and a stone fly neatly ensconced in the upper lip...
Sheesh! What a difference a day makes! Yesterday, the weather was gold standard; today it felt like the opening for "Forty Days & Forty Nights!" As the photo of Doug holding one of the salmon he and Tom hooked today shows, the heavens unloaded buckets...
"Life Begins at 80!" Let's all just make a pledge right now to never, never sit home and wait for the grim reaper to collect. Not Tom and Doug! These guys are our models: best fishing, duck and deer hunting buddies for their entire adult lives,...
Lots of fun today with Gary and his two buds, Joe and Dan. With the water temp having dropped to 61 on the Manistee, the Kings decided to get on with “boy meets girl.” So sight fishing away we went with Gary our rookie, hooking...