With the warm days mixed with cooler nights and colder water temps the early fall caddis hatch is starting to explode! Water temps are still warm hovering at the 70 degree point. With cooler days and cold nights in the forecast the dry fly fishing for trout on the Muskegon river is getting good. The caddis hatch… Continue Reading
Fall is an absolutely beautiful time of year to fish the Muskegon river here in Michigan. Leaves are changing color, air and water temps are transitioning, and trout fishing is picking up as the caddis fly hatch starts to explode. With it comes the best part of all as the yearly migration of king salmon and fall steelhead… Continue Reading
Here’s Mike from Rockford MI with a nice rainbow trout that smashed a caddis pattern on the terminal end of the swing. When fishing dry fly patterns, more times than not trout strike as the fly starts its final swing at the end of the drift. The fly line straightens out and causes the fly to… Continue Reading
Here’s Bert with one of several trout hooked on dry flies from yesterday. Caddis, sulphurs, BWO’s and gray drakes are present throughout the river system. Dry fly fishing for trout is doing very well as large size trout are starting to look up more than ever as the sucker spawn starts to draw to a… Continue Reading
Here’s Todd from Indiana with an outstanding rainbow trout that took a gray drake pattern. Caddis, sulphurs, BWO’s and gray drakes are present throughout the river system. Dry fly fishing for trout is doing very well as large size trout are starting to look up more than ever as the sucker spawn starts to… Continue Reading
Had an outstanding day of dry fly fishing yesterday, all rainbows (except the one that got away) all in excess of 15 inches plus and fat as footballs. The gray drake hatch has been exceptional the past few days. I’m extremely happy to report the surface activity of feeding trout has also been exceptional. You… Continue Reading
Here’s George with a really nice rainbow trout taken on a drake pattern. Here’s George again with a really nice brown trout taken on caddis pattern. As George would confirm; the dry fly season for trout has begun on the Muskegon. George hooked several nice trout throughout the day today with several opportunities at some… Continue Reading
Here’s Jeff from Illinois with a football size rainbow trout that smashed a wet fly on the tail end of the swing. Caddis, sulphurs, and BWO’s are emerging into the evening. The grey drake hatch has also been very strong in select areas. As the water temps warm up from the air temps in the next few days, so will the trout fishing. Red… Continue Reading
Here’s Bert with one of a few remaining steelhead on the Muskegon river. As the steelhead run grows closer to the end, the trout fishing is setting up for a spectacular summer. Water levels are back down to normal levels for this time of the year running at 2000 cfs with very clear visibility. The… Continue Reading
Mike holding some really nice steelhead that made the net on a cold, windy, wet, mid-May day. The recent high waters have brought a fresh batch of steelhead up the river system. Pockets of fresh steelhead are available in select areas. Water levels and clarity are perfect right now rising to 3400 cfs today with… Continue Reading