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...
What a day we had today—Dr. Scott and his Dad, Roger—with whom I served a number of years on the governing board of our church! Roger has served our church in so many ways and through his selfless service, has touched the lives of many,...
One of the best parts of a fly fishing guide's time of the river is how some customers return year after year, resulting in ever deepening friendships. So it is with Pat and Terry who know of my family, and I of theirs, to the...
The Glaspie family joined Jay and I today for their first spring steelhead outing. High winds continue to be the common theme over the last few days along with very bright sunny skies. We were very fortunate under these tough circumstances to get the whole...
Spent the day with Kristine hoping the Mo’ would treat her a little more kindly than our past two outings. Thankfully, despite the howling breeze and bright skies Kris was able to bring a couple nice steelhead to net. Pictured is Kris with a fantastic hen...