It's been a decade or so since Kevin was in my boat, but today, there he was ready to fly fish! He and I go back some 38 years to when, as a freshman at Jenison High School, he was a student in my ninth...
Current Jenison Public Schools Superintendent, Tom TenBrink, and former JPS Superintendent, Dr. Dave Dresslar, are two of my dearest friends and former colleagues. Today, they schooled some of Michigan's Muskegon River steelhead on the Muskegon River, and what a blast it was! Egg imitations, caddis,...
Sunshine, high 70's temps, two dear friends, and willing and eager steelhead combined for a terrific day of Steelhead fly fishing today on Michigan's Muskegon River. Former education colleague Dr. Bob Oster and bamboo rod maker Ron Barch are best buds, and I love Steelhead...
The 2018 Muskegon River steelhead run continues unabated with quality fish like the ones Jim and his former boss, Mike, now retired, found out big time today. Jim and RiverQuest guide Captain Don Graham have fished together for years, and today surely had to be...
Avid walleye man, Marc, was a bit blown away by the speed and power of gamefish, particularly the steelhead he hooked and landed today. Now, we all love walleyes—on the table that is—but for Marc, battling steelhead was truly an eye-opener. Hosted by his friend...
RiverQuest Charters guides Captain Don Graham netted what surely will be guest Jake's steelhead of a lifetime today! Not to jinx Jake, but the buck he hooked and landed on the Muskegon River with a fly rod and fly is not only his personal best,...
What a great time Steelhead fly rodding today on Michigan's Muskegon River with my friend and pastor, Greg VanderMeer of Fair Haven Church in Hudsonville. Greg is an outdoorsman through and through and has contracted the fly fishing bug, big time. Glad I am that...
Talk about making memories! Son Ryan invited his neighbor and buddy Brandon along with Brandon's dad to fly fish the Muskegon River with me yesterday, and what a day it was! RiverQuest Charters is not about numbers. To fly fish is way more than simply...
After a hefty steelhead he hooked managed a "premature release," MSU junior Grant kept working the long rod, cast after cast, and minutes before we were about to pull lines for the day, he connected with the hen he poses here despite the fishing conditions....
Never gone fly fishing? No problem! Never gone fly fishing for steelhead? No problem! Never battled a double-digit steelhead? No problem—at least for Ohioans Sheila and John! I flat-out love to introduce people to our fly fishing sport so it was a delight to host...