"Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but the fire (for fishing) is so delightful!" And so it was for son Ryan and his best bud since sixth grade, Ken—plus Ryan's neighbor Brandon, who fished the long rod for the first time and met his first Chinook...
After a recent trout trip with us in September Craig was eager to bring his 13 yr old son Jack on the Muskegon River for his first trip chasing salmon. Though the steelhead were elusive today both Jack and Craig had many battles with...
Chinook salmon? Check! Brown trout? Check! Steelhead? Almost...
Super time reconnecting with Dave and Tom, two colleagues from my past career and dear, dear friends. Both guys exemplify excellence in the role of superintendent of schools with Dave having retired from the Jenison Public Schools and Tom serving as the current superintendent. Both...
Three generations of the Green family joined me to day. Spending time together and making memories is all that really mattered to the Bill. Sharing the day with his son John and grandson Glenn was most important, no matter how the salmon fishing treated us....
Adam travelled in from DC to escape the hustle and bustle of the East coast and the demands of corporate life. Swinging flies and stripping streamers is always therapeutic to life's demands. Though fishing wasn't as friendly as Muskegon River is known for, it did...
Despite the Indian Summer we are experiencing, we are very slowly crawling towards fall on the Muskegon River. East winds have many salmon staged in Muskegon Lake, but until we get measurable rain don't expect to find many salmon in the system yet. Trout and smallmouth...
Terrific time with two great guys, Paul and Steve, today! Loved the way both took to swinging flies all morning for steelhead with the Spey rods and then, post lunch, went at it for some remarkably fresh salmon with the single handed rods. Along the...
Not me, thankfully, but much to our delight, the Chinook salmon of the Muskegon River might well quote America's river bard, Mark Twain. Greater in number, larger, and in better condition than in recent years, our salmon fishery has proved a most pleasant surprise. Heavy...
Guiding brings graces us with long term friendships, and today exemplified that fact big time as Rusty and David gave me way more than I gave them. Yes, the fly fishing was excellent with steelhead, resident trout, and salmon hookups on the long rods with...