Today was a very special day. I had the privilege of hosting David Murdoch and his friend Kirk. David is doing his farewell to Michigan tour. He has taken a position in Anchorage, AK and leaves Michigan in a few short days. One of the...
Ron Wassom and his buddy Matt from New Orleans, LA joined me this week for a tour of the West side of Michigan. Fishing Tuesday we spent the day top-water smallie fishing on the middle branch of the Muskegon River. Bass fishing was very good...
Some days are just extra special! Today I had the pleasure of hosting Scott Nichols, Brad Hadraba &Tom Demery, another group of fishing buddies from the Chicagoland area. The stars all aligned today to make for a fabulous day on the water. We got our...
John and Ramsey fished with me to day on the "Joe". Ramsey in the white hat, landed his first steelhead today. By their smiles you know what kind of day we had. Thanks John and Ramsey for a great day. Capt. Don Graham...
Well it felt really good to be out on the water today. It has been a long summer in the office working on the paperwork & all the details of the new lodge. Today was the day we officially took possession and to celebrate, Captains...
Steve DeVries and his son Harrison from Indiana joined me on the Muskegon river for a half day of fishing. Steve wanted to share his love of fly fishing and teach Harrison how to fly fish. This was Harrisons first time and he landed two...
Brad Poggi and his son Dan joined me on the Muskegon for a afternoon of fly fishing for smallies. This was the first time fly fishing for Dan. With some practice, Dan and Brad were able to make the cast necessary to bring the smallies...
With a wrap on my Atlantic salmon season we ended it on a very good note. As you have read on our blogs from the last couple days-conditions had gotten tough from the mega hex hatches stuffing the fish. Last night as dusk was falling...
Fishing has gone from incredible to tough as I blogged yesterday. Huge hex hatches are happening nightly now as the hex are way behind schedule and playing catch up. This has placed the Atlantic's and whitefish on the extremely thin feed since they are now...
It has been my concern over the past two days with the Hex hatch finally coming into play here in the "Soo" that the fish would finally start to get full tummies. While I can't prove it without killing a fish I can only speculate....