Had an absolute blast doing a few hours of scouting for some upcoming trips and was blessed with this monster 19 pound, 33-Inch beast of a Muskegon river steelhead pictured top and bottom. Forgot how fun these steelhead are to fight and try to land with light fly gear. Incredible fights! They just don’t give… Continue Reading
Here’s Kurt from Ann Arbor, MI with a beautiful 32-inch Muskegon river steelhead sporting its crimson red winter coat. These double stripe bucks are the crown jewel of Muskegon river steelhead! Steelhead that remain in the river for an extended period of time (since fall) develop these beautiful crimson red stripes. These double crimson red… Continue Reading
Here’s Jim from Ft. Wayne Indiana holding his 31 and a half inch, 17 pounds of twisted chrome Muskegon river steelhead. Incredible steelhead Jim! Congrats! Not only steelhead, but incredible native Muskegon river rainbow and brown trout are available this time of year as well. Here’s Jim with a 22-inch wall-hanger rainbow trout longer and… Continue Reading
Here’s Connor from Northern Indiana with an absolute crystal chrome Muskegon river steelhead. Men of steel from left to right; brother Cameron and Dad celebrating Connors first ever fall steelhead! Great job Connor! Welcome to the steelhead club! Water temps are dropping and flows are rising making way for an excellent transition from fall to… Continue Reading
Nothing beats that first tug from a fall steelhead on the Muskegon river! Here’s my new friends Andrew & Pops from Mona Shores, MI with Andy’s first fall steelhead from the Muskegon river. Easy to tell Andy’s steelhead was no planter. No clip fin marks on this silver bullet! 100% natural Muskegon river finest reproduction… Continue Reading
Here’s Drew from Chicago with an absolutely gorgeous Muskegon river brown trout. Incredible brown Drew! Congratulations!! Drew and his Dad (Gary) celebrating a well earned victory! Ever since the DNR raised the legal limit on Muskegon river brown trout from 10″ to 15″ five years ago the brown trout population has started to explode with… Continue Reading
Here’s the famous Greg “One Cast Keys” from Big Rapids, MI with a chromed out Muskegon river steelhead. Greg is known for hooking nice steelhead within the first cast and here he goes again with hooking and landing this fall steelhead on the very first cast in the first spot we tried this morning. More… Continue Reading
Here’s Ed from Hillsdale, MI with a beautiful Muskegon river brown trout. During the past couple weeks of trips we have lost more than a half dozen of river browns well over the 20-inch mark so it was nice to finally bring one to the net! Great job Ed! Beautiful colors on these fall river… Continue Reading
Here’s Kurt from Michigan proving it’s not the size of the fish as much as it’s the size of fight in the fish that makes all the difference. Kurt’s skipper fought just as hard as any full grown steelhead with several acrobatic leaps and blistering drag streaming runs only fall steelhead can produce. Pound for… Continue Reading
Great friend and client John from Chicago with an absolute killer king salmon from the Muskegon River. Deep pools a.k.a salmon staging areas are stacked with king salmon. It’s only a matter of time before the salmon run breaks wide open. Only thing seeming to hold us back is water temps. Unseasonably warm nights… Continue Reading