Grinding

Last couple days swinging flies has featured a tough grind for my boat. Eager fish haven’t required a lot of effort, but the rest, well,

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Guides’ Day!

When Don Graham retired as a long time RiverQuest fly fishing guide due to health challenges, the Muskegon River guide community lost one of its

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Faithful to the end

Jonathan and his son Matthew joined me today on the Muskegon River for their first fall steelhead and salmon fly fishing trip. Both avid fishermen,

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Fall weather & chrome

Finally felt like fall this morning with overnight low’s in the upper 30’s. Still no frost yet, but I’m not going to complain!  Steelhead fishing

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Flat-out Perfect!

The Newaygo Chamber of Commerce must have ordered a picture perfect weather forecast for today, including a request for cooperative steelhead and salmon, because it

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A Trip Well Worth It!

All the way from Northville, Michigan, high school senior Nate brought this pretty early run steelhead to hand. After  losing another steelhead just as I

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Return To MI

The Willet family is with us for a couple days for their annual fall Muskegon River fly fishing trip. Water flows are up after another

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September Steelhead

September Steelhead are often hard to come by on the Muskegon River. Patience and a little bit of luck always help. Kris fishes with me

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