Great time on the Manistee with long-time friend and client, Jeff, and his new business colleague, John, who while having distinguished himself as an offensive lineman for Lloyd Carr during the Tom Brady era, had never fly fished before. John caught on as quickly...
Fall weather finally made a return the past couple of days filling the watersheds with much needed cold rain. Both the Manistee and the Muskegon took big jumps in flow surely providing that magic carpet ride needed for the migrating salmon. Joining me Friday was longtime...
What a great day to spend on the river fly fishing for salmon. This fly fishing trip was a birthday gift from Jenna to her husband, Patrick. What a great gift, time together, enjoying the outdoors and catching fish. Capt. Don Graham...
Danny Viss and Kirt Vandyken joined me today on the Manistee River for a day of sore arms. Danny and Kirt put on a "how too clinic" today on the river- mostly a how too "lose clinic" but none the less they were on fish...
I was joined on the Manistee today by Paul Owens & Ron Cook. Paul took a day off from his day job as a teacher for Sparta Public Schools and Ron took some time away from turning wrenches as one of Grand Rapids finest mechanics...
Tim Hicswa and Al Eavey joined me today on the Manistee River. Fishing was a bit different today as the water rose better than a foot from the recent rains. New and old salmon were taking advantage of "magic carpet ride" and were on the...
Matt from Maryland joined me today for some salmon fly fishing. Matt is in the geologic mapping business and has a keen interest not only in geology but in the out-of-doors as well. Although Matt fly fishes his native North Carolina and Maryland...
Pete Vredeveld along with his father-in-law Craig joined me today for Pete's annual fall salmon trip. Fishing was good with plenty of opportunities for success though as it goes with salmon fishing many fall short of the net. If I haven't yet convinced you of the...
The next time you and anyone you know slips into "I'm getting too old to do whatever," remember this post. John commemorated his father-in-law Harold's nintieth (yes, that's 90th) birthday with what Harold likes to do best—fish. Harold took his first steelhead on a fly...
It sure feels good to be let out of the office! That was the sentiment for all of us today. Dan, Denny, Jay & Tom from Fabri-Tech joined Steve and me on the Manistee today. They were all glad to get out of the office...