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On a Steelhead we Ride

Cause they are wanted…preferably alive!! It is not peak fall season yet but salmon are officially off my target list. The water levels could use a boost to help are steelhead up the river but things are off to a good start for the conditions. The trout bite seems to be temporarily off as they […]

This is the End…but keep smilin!!

2017 Salmon season is over for this fishing guide. There are enough salmon if you include your coho to keep an angler busy for a bit longer. There is enough fall steel starting to show up that I have personally shifted my focus to chrome and salmo trutta. The weather is so nice I am […]

Big Time

The salmon are in thick, the trout are hungry, and the weather is amazing. The salmon are in thick, the trout are hungry, and the weather is amazing. There just isn’t much else to say gang!! Did I need to mention how nice the weather is for mid October!! The salmon numbers are starting to […]

Peaking!!

Not really much new to say folks and no news can be good news. Salmon are thick in the river, the trout bite has been good and the river has given a lot of people wonderful memories this September. This should continue for a couple more weeks and we can get to the fall steelhead […]

Full Contact

The salmon fish is coming into peak season!! Everything is busy this time of year. From the river to the local gas stations. Please just be aware of this and give yourself some extra little patience. If everyone does then everybody will have a better experience this 2017 salmon season. Go down to the river […]

Their Here

They are here everywhere is a better description of the current situation. Down stream with hardware, skein, and flies salmon have been the target for awhile. I prefer salmo trutta myself and have been ignoring the brutes but the time has come for change for the month at least.There is great risk for great rewards […]

Get Ready

The end of August is all ready here!!! Where does the time so quickly go? Chasing Brown trout all night the past few months could be an answer. This will be my last week or so of mousing or lights out fishing. Anglers can fish after dark for trout well through September with good success. […]

What!?!?

It is a good thing I love to fish cause catching hasn’t been good of late for this dutch Angler. Don’t worry folks the river and fish are doing just fine getting the best of me lately. Anglers are getting fish though!! Night fishing and terrestrials are still the bread and butter of methods of […]

The Dog Days

Here we are in the midst of summer and it is a beautiful here in Michigan. The big dry fly hatches are finishing up on the Pere Marquette leaving us the after dark hours to play on the river. Terrestrial fishing will keep things busy when the lights are on, nymphs and wet flies will […]

A Visit to the Forest

The hexagania hatch is over on the PM and we all get to wait for another year for the party to begin. After dark fishing should only start to improve over the next couple months. Also the hopper fishing should also start to trend upward as we get into the heart of the summer months. […]