In my 26 years of guiding the Muskegon River I have never seen the river this low–it’s honestly shocking to see it like this. I honestly didn’t know if I’d get my sled back to port today. Joining me today was longtime guest and friend...
When a son hops a plane from his home in San Francisco to fish steelhead on the Muskegon River with his Dad and four of their friends, it's only fitting that he be rewarded! And so it was for Nick, who boated this fine brown...
The Muskegon River remains extremely low. This is the first time in my 26 years of guiding that I’ve ever seen it this low in the spring. The historical data does show a similar low flow back in the early 2000’s, but I’d argue that...
The Muskegon River is back to being extremely low after the river fell around 600cfs today. To say our steelhead were unhappy about it would be an understatement! Thankfully before the river dropped we found some morning success. Long rods and floating lines tomorrow 👍 Pictured...
Roger and Al have been with me for the last several days. We’ve known and fished together for well over 25 years. The river treated both Roger and Al very kindly despite the low numbers of steelhead. Neither Roger or Al were big on photographs...
Meet Jim, who, along with his wife Mary, one day decided to check out fly fishing. A referral to RiverQuest from a Kalamazoo sport shop put both of them into my boat, and thus began what can happen when the fly fishing bug bites! How...
Good start to the week—some much needed rain fall fell over the weekend and gave the Muskegon a little extra water. I don’t expect this to last long as the extended forecast continues to be very dry! The steelhead treated Eric and Craig kindly today....
My son Ryan is a journeyman machine builder for JR Automation Technology of Holland, Michigan and works with two other journeyman machine builders, Mike and Jim, who is Ryan's boss. Ryan asked if I would take them fly fishing for steelhead since both are such...
The Muskegon River continues to be extremely low for their time of year. Negotiating the river is causing consideration for area guides. I’ve been overly impressed by most folk giving a wave, text, or call to address their intentions before blasting through the skinny water...
"Some days are diamonds; some days are stones," Dr. William Kamstra, Jenison High School Principal and my boss when I was an Assistant Principal, used to tell me that at day's end. Well, today was a diamond and a big one at that! Kevin, a...