Sunny skies and afternoon temperature around 70 degrees provided a perfect backdrop for the Joyners last day on the Muskegon River. Cooperative Muskegon River Steelhead only served as icing on the cake! Pictured is Vic posing a nice drop-back hen steelhead with his two sons. Capt. Steven...
First-time guests—the Joyners joined me today to fly fish for hen steelhead. While this was the first time I’ve had the pleasure hosting them, they’ve made plenty of memories here before. The river dropped significantly this morning, just prior to the drop Tom landed this thick...
It's been a decade or so since Kevin was in my boat, but today, there he was ready to fly fish! He and I go back some 38 years to when, as a freshman at Jenison High School, he was a student in my ninth...
Wowzas it was windy today! I don’t know exactly how windy it was, but I was certainly glad to have something to hold onto during a few memorable gusts. Dave & his wife Bobbie joined me for Bobbie’s first steelhead outing. While the conditions were...
Great group of folks today for us RiverQuest Charters guides...
Current Jenison Public Schools Superintendent, Tom TenBrink, and former JPS Superintendent, Dr. Dave Dresslar, are two of my dearest friends and former colleagues. Today, they schooled some of Michigan's Muskegon River steelhead on the Muskegon River, and what a blast it was! Egg imitations, caddis,...
Todd and Mike managed to dodge some Spring thunderstorms this morning out on the Muskegon River while out Steelhead fishing with their RiverQuest Charters guide. But after an hour or two, summer-like weather returned and a great day was had! Pictured here is Todd with...
Sunshine, high 70's temps, two dear friends, and willing and eager steelhead combined for a terrific day of Steelhead fly fishing today on Michigan's Muskegon River. Former education colleague Dr. Bob Oster and bamboo rod maker Ron Barch are best buds, and I love Steelhead...
Happy Trout Opener! No suprise, trout fishing remains a ways off on the Muskegon River. River water temps remain in the mid 40’s—spring steelhead fishing is the game for the next couple weeks yet. Henry, his father Dominic, and good friend Kevin joined me today. This would...
The 2018 Muskegon River steelhead run continues unabated with quality fish like the ones Jim and his former boss, Mike, now retired, found out big time today. Jim and RiverQuest guide Captain Don Graham have fished together for years, and today surely had to be...