I’ve been so busy guiding this fall (which I’m totally grateful for; thank you to all the clients that trusted me with your fall fishing on the Muskegon river this season). I finally had the chance to put a line in the water myself since late August. Having not fished for myself for so long… Continue Reading
Ryan from Tampa, Florida with a beautifully chromed out Muskegon river fall steelhead. New steelhead continue to enter the river systems as the daylight shortens with the time change and colder nights mixed with precipitation is finally raising the water levels triggering fresh steelhead to migrate up river! Not to be out done here’s Ryan’s… Continue Reading
Here’s a guy I’ve come to appreciate over the past few years I’ve known him and had the opportunity to fish with him. I’ve worked with Dan over the most recent years helping him understand river fishing and how to use the rivers current to your advantage from everything from the cast, the drift, rod… Continue Reading
Here’s Ted and his daughter Sarah from Chicago with a picture perfect Muskegon River fall steelhead. With record numbers of salmon continuing to enter the river system the fall steelhead are not to far away in and around the salmon beds gorging on dislodged salmon eggs. The king salmon run is in full swing on… Continue Reading
Here’s Bob from Madison, WI with a beautiful Muskegon river fall steelhead. With record numbers of salmon continuing to enter the river system the fall steelhead are not to far away in and around the salmon beds gorging on dislodged salmon eggs. The king salmon run is in full swing on the Muskegon river. With… Continue Reading
Here’s my great friend John from Chicago with an absolutely beautiful Muskegon river silver bullet! Fall steelhead are starting to reach the upper portions of the Muskegon river as the peak of the salmon run is in full swing. With record numbers of king salmon around not seen in years the fall steelhead are following… Continue Reading
It all starts with young juvenile steelhead 1.5 to 2 years old, 15 to 20-inch long, better known as Skippers. These young steelhead enter the river system first in front of the adult steelhead. The significance of the Skippers showing up is it’s the pre-curser to the fall steelhead run about to start. These young… Continue Reading
Greg from Big Rapids Michigan with a beautiful chromed out fall steelhead from the Muskegon river. With all the numbers of fresh king salmon making their way up the river system is opening the flood gates of several fall steelhead to follow the salmon up river. From large rainbow and brown trout to the crystal… Continue Reading
Here’s Tom from Chicago with a “wall-hanger” of a Muskegon River steelhead! What started out as an introduction to fresh water big game fly fishing quickly turned into a trial by fire as Tom hooked into this mammoth steelhead within the first few casts of the first spot we started. To say this steelhead fought… Continue Reading
Here’s Steve from Ada, Michigan with his first ever Muskegon River fall steelhead landed on the fly! Steve is new to the fly-fishing community and struck chrome gold with this absolutely gorgeous Muskegon River fall steelhead that smashed his fly on the swing! Awesome job Steve! Welcome to the Chrome Club My friend! Nothing beats… Continue Reading