Pretty Fine

You wouldn’t know it by the crazy weather we’re having, but fall is progressing right along on the Muskegon River. If I had to guess,

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Cheers to your future

Alex & Greg celebrated their engagement together fly fishing on the Muskegon River with me today–certainly a privilege for me! Thankfully the salmon were cooperative

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Handily won

Good friends Pete & Trisha joined me for a much needed day away from the normal everyday tasks. While Pete has spent many days with

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“Welcome to Michigan”

When Kentucky residents Kimberly and husband Vincent accepted an invitation to a wedding in Zeeland, fly fishers that they are, they decided to turn their

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First Times…

For Mike and Eric of Indianpolis, today was all about first times—fly fishing, floating the Muskegon River, landing steelhead and Chinook salmon, and staying at

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Bamboo Shoots…

Satisfying, so satisfying it is when a trout rises to a fly one has tied oneself. Imagine, then, how pleased professor and bamboo rod maker,

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All New

Introducing my nephew-in-law, Attila, and his good friend Soren to fall on the Muskegon River was my joy today.  The fall Chinook salmon run continues,

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