The spring steelhead run on the Muskegon River continues to build. Fish are holding in dark water, though some are now scouting spawning areas. Long time customers, retired detective Terry and nearly retired attorney Pat, worked the water full bore all day—even to the point of declining a grilled RiverQuest stream side lunch to enable them to continue to fish unabated for some eight hours. Serious, serious fly fishermen, to be sure, and they were rewarded with hookups throughout the day. Our landing percentage was less than we would have liked, but hooking and losing is simply part of the game of chasing chrome.
Here, Pat poses a double striped buck. Other steelhead were bright, fresh run fish, accompanied by a very chubby, resident brown trout.
Stay tuned, this run is shaping up very well.
Captain Tom Kuieck
