Handily won

Good friends Pete & Trisha joined me for a much needed day away from the normal everyday tasks. While Pete has spent many days with

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Cold Front Smallmouth

Somedays it all about the weather. Last night a fairly significant cold front swept through the region. No, the water temperature didn’t drop, no the

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Big Bronze

Scott Burke and his son from Elkhart TU joined Dave today for a quick escape from Indiana. You never know how a quick trip will

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“Best Tip”

At days end on the river, when a 13 year old young man who loves to fish but has never touched a fly rod, let

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Good to be Back

Great to be back on the Muskegon after a six day hiatus due to flooding conditions. The Muskegon remains very high (USGS gauge failed during

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Going Up!

High water steelheading has been the name of the game so far this spring. Mother Nature may deliver more precipitation than our Mighty Mo’ can

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Steelhead Weather

Raw! Pretty much the best way to describe the the conditions today. Wind, rain, ice, sleet, and snow was a near constant from start to

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Exhale

Thankfully day two of Dan & Collins video shoot featured some much happier steelhead! I’m relieved that they didn’t make us work quite as hard

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No Pressure

Fun day working with Dan and Collin on a video shoot today featuring our good friend Jen Ripple. As it always goes with cameras in

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Brothers Escape

While Dave & I are at the fly fishing show in Detroit this weekend, guests and brothers Barrett and Collin are enjoying a weekend away

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