Category Archives: Muskegon river brown trout

Brown Trout That Go Gulp In The Night!

Brown Trout That Go Gulp In The Night!

Here’s my long time friend Greg from Rockford, MI with a very aggressive brown trout that absolutely smashed his Drake pattern dry fly just before total darkness of the night set in. We’ve talked about it before; timing the rises and how trout start feeding heavier as the sun goes down.  Well that’s exactly what… Continue Reading

Time The Rise!

Time The Rise!

Here he is!  The man, the myth, the legend!  Bert from Rodney, MI holding a beautiful Muskegon river brown trout that absolutely smashed a dry fly! What makes dry fly fishing for trout on the Muskegon so much fun?  It’s targeting and timing the rises!  More times than not, trout will go into a feeding… Continue Reading

Dry Flying For Bows & Browns!

Dry Flying For Bows & Browns!

Here’s my new friend Mike from Rockford, MI wet wadding in style with a nice Muskegon river brown trout that smashed his dry fly! Mike with a very healthy Muskegon river rainbow trout gorging on flies top water struck Mike’s dry fly with a vengeance!  Great hook-set Mike! Dry fly fishing for trout has been… Continue Reading

Got Trout?

Got Trout?

Dry fly fishing for trout has been on fire past few weeks with caddis, cahills, blue wing olives, and drake hatches taking center stage.  The low clear water is causing the trout to look up more than ever as the red tail sucker spawn has come to an end. The hotter air temps are raising… Continue Reading

Bad To The 24″ Muskegon River Brown Trout!

Bad To The 24″ Muskegon River Brown Trout!

Here’s my brother Ben from LaCrosse, WI with an absolute monster, 24″ Muskegon river brown trout.  Couldn’t have happened to a better person.  Ben has fished the Driftless area of Wisconsin for years and  landed some beautiful brown and rainbow trout over the years but told me, “nothing like this brown!”  Congrats Ben!  So happy… Continue Reading