June 28, 2013
Smallmouth on streamers
First time fly fishing with streamers, Tom lands his first small mouth bass. Capt. Don Graham ...
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June 21, 2013
Summer sun & Isonychia
Wet flies and small streamers are hands-down leading the count on boated fish right now on the Mo'. Iso nymphs are very active and continue to produce, however adult activity has been hit or miss. Dry fly fishing remains a game of chess as the...
June 20, 2013
Evening Isonychia hatch
Captain Tom Kuieck and I spent the evening fishing streamers and dry flies, this brown fell to a Isonychia dry. Capt. Don Graham ...
June 14, 2013
Muskegon River Legend–Dick Pobst
Every now and again a special opportunity comes about, and last night was one of those. Dick Pobst–fly fishing legend, renowned entomologist, author, and friend joined me for an evening on the the Mo'. I have known Dick since I was a little boy and...
June 13, 2013
Hold Still
Sometimes, they're just camera shy. This brown TUer Tom took a couple of evenings ago on a grey drake spinner just wouldn't hold still. Just so you can get some sense, too, of the blizzard of grey drakes the MO is producing of late, here's a...
June 12, 2013
Full trout? It was bound to happen
It was bound to happen, night after night, heavy gray drake spinner falls left the trout last night seemingly full. Despite our quest to make up for several short-comings from the previous night, we were left with only a few opportunities at some very snooty...
June 11, 2013
Rockin’ on Dries at 85!
It's not often I have the privilege of guiding an 85 year old fly fisherman so an afternoon and evening on the MO with TUers Bill and his friend Tom from Chicago was a real joy. Bill has fly fished storied waters worldwide and loves...
June 9, 2013
Suprises–Dr. Brandon continues his successes
After nearly 18 years on the river I continue to be suprised from time-to-time. Last night for instance, we set up in an area that I purposely hadn't fished for a few days. This area a few days prior produced some very nice browns fairly...
June 8, 2013
It’s hard casting dries on a warm summer evening
Fishing was hard today….hard if you think casting dries to rising trout while being bombarded with solar rays is a chore! Throw in a steak topped w/ blue cheese compound butter, charred onion-tomato-basil-balsamic salad, fresh herbed bread and you’re really suffering. Caddis activity was decent...
June 8, 2013
Home Run–the Brandon’s hit it out of the park on the Muskegon River!
Dr. Brandon and his father Gary joined me last night to try their hands at dry fly fishing. Niether guys had ever experienced the true roots of fly fishing prior to last night. That said, both have logged many hours behind a fly rod chasing...
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