Here’s Mike from Indiana with a beautiful Muskegon river fall steelhead. Reminiscent of a summer run Skamania steelhead with its very long slender body and numerous acrobatic leaps out of the water Mike brought this fall steelhead to the boat. The king salmon run is in full swing with incredible numbers not seen in 10… Continue Reading
Here’s Jim with his son Hunter and his wife Hannah helping Jim hold this monster Muskegon river king salmon. Good numbers of king salmon continue to enter the river system making their way into staging areas as the females wait for their eggs to develop and water temps to drop triggering them to make their… Continue Reading
Here’s Andrew from Spring Lake with an absolutely massive Muskegon river king salmon taken on a swung fly through a deep pool. Andrew has caught king salmon before but nothing this big and never on a fly rod. First ever on a fly rod. Great job Andrew! Incredible king!! Here’s Jay (fishing guide out of… Continue Reading
Here’s my good friend and client John from Chicago with an absolutely beautiful Muskegon river king salmon taken with a fly on the swing through a deep pool. John has caught some amazing fish over the years on the Muskegon river and today was no exception. Thanks John! Was fun to watch!! Good numbers of… Continue Reading
Here’s Ted from Cincinnati with some incredible Muskegon river king salmon taken with swung flies in the deep pools. Good numbers of king salmon continue to enter the river system making their way into staging areas as the females wait for their eggs to develop and water temps to drop triggering them to make their… Continue Reading
Here’s Bert from Rodney, MI with a massive 39″ 29lb Muskegon River King Salmon taken with a fly on the swing through a deep pool staging area. Good numbers of king salmon continue to enter the river system making their way into staging areas as the females wait for their eggs to develop and water… Continue Reading
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 the fall steelhead and lake run browns follow suite up river in search of salmon roe discharged from actively spawning king salmon. Trout… Continue Reading
Here’s John from Chicago with a beautiful Muskegon river brown trout taken with a dry fly. Great afternoon of fishing with some really nice brown trout brought to the boat on dry flies including two very large brown trout that just didn’t want their picture taken. Nothing better than this time of year fly fishing… Continue Reading
Here’s Kenneth’s long brown taken with his beautiful hand made bamboo fly rod he made this past winter. Nothing better than this time of year fly fishing the Muskegon river during the best dry fly fishing for trout of the year. Caddis, Cahills, and Gray Drakes are present throughout the river system. 60 degree water… Continue Reading
You remember it more when you gotta work for it. It’s one thing to hook large steelhead and another to get them in the boat. I think Mark would agree; it’s not easy, but so much fun to fight these powerful fish on light fly gear. The combination of the fight to getting it to… Continue Reading