Caddis, sulphur and gray drake hatches are taking center stage as the high flows start to recede and offer up some excellent dry fly fishing throughout the river system. post by: jon fortuna Continue Reading
Dries-N-Flies!
Category Archives: Dry fly trout fishing Muskegon river
In The Air Tonight!
Here’s my longtime client and very good friend Todd from Colorado with an absolute crown jewel brown trout from the Muskegon river taken with a dry fly during the gray drake hatch. The new 15″ minimum brown trout regulation put in place last year has been paying off big time with both size like this… Continue Reading
Back-N-Browns!
Here’s a very healthy river brown from the Muskegon taken with a dry fly despite the high flows. This is what it’s all about; peace and tranquility while dry fly fishing the Muskegon river during the best hatch of the year. The gray drake hatch only lasts a few weeks each year on the MO… Continue Reading
Best Season of All! Fall Fly Fishing The Muskegon River!
Fall is an absolutely beautiful time of year to fish the Muskegon river here in Michigan. The annual migration of king salmon start to enter the river system and along with it fall steelhead and lake run browns follow suite up river in search of salmon roe discharged from actively spawning king salmon. Trout fishing… Continue Reading
Timing The Rise!
(Muskegon River Brown Trout) More times than not hooking big trout with dry flies is won or lost by timing the rise. Trout don’t like to waste a lot of energy when feeding and with an over abundance of spent drakes floating down stream these browns position themselves in their specific feeding lane and just… Continue Reading
Brown Trout Offering!
(Trevor’s Muskegon River Brown) Here’s Trevor from Arizona with a beautiful Muskegon River brown trout that smashed a dry fly. Dry flies have been the top producer past days of trips. Drakes and caddis patterns have taken center stage. Trout are rising throughout the river system with some pockets producing better than others. Water levels… Continue Reading
Flyin~High With The Dry Flies!
Here’s Nick from Chicago with what started out as a first time dry fly casting instructional course and turned into a dry fly casting clinic put on by Nick as he picked up the fly casting quickly with no problem and was rewarded with this nice rainbow trout that absolutely smashed his dry fly. Great… Continue Reading
Dry Flying For Browns!
(Muskegon River Brown Trout) Finally starting to get more consistency with the dry fly fishing on the Muskegon. This nice brown pictured above smashed a gray drake dry fly pattern and is a prime example of the trout starting to “look up” as the water levels start to drop. This brown is pictured with my… Continue Reading
Stripping Streamers For Browns!
Here’s John from Chicago with a nice brown that took a salmon fry pattern on the swing. Trout season is off to high water start! 4,000 cfs and rising was the theme of the day as the high flows on the Muskegon just wont stop. These high flows are good for the wet flies, but… Continue Reading
Fall Fly Fishing Doesn’t Get Any Better!
Fall is an absolutely beautiful time of year to fish the Muskegon river here in Michigan. The annual migration of king salmon start to enter the river system and along with it fall steelhead and lake run browns follow suite up river in search of salmon roe discharged from actively spawning king salmon. Trout fishing… Continue Reading