What started out as a double-hitter ended up with Carl bringing this beautiful chrome Muskegon river steelhead to the boat. Great job Carl! Beautiful fall steelhead! More fall steelhead continue to enter the river system as the water temps continue to cool down and flows rise. The king salmon run is starting to dwindle down… Continue Reading
Here’s Tim from Chicago with a crystal chrome Muskegon river steelhead. Nothing beats that first tug on the fly rod and especially when it’s a Muskegon river fall steelhead ripping your fly reel into its backing in seconds! Congrats on a beautiful fall steelhead Tim! Steelhead continue to enter the river system as the water… Continue Reading
Jerry from Battle Creek, MI with his first ever steelhead. Nothing better than your first steelhead and even better being your first fall steelhead from the Muskegon river! Congrats Jerry! Luke also from Battle Creek, MI with another young juvenile “skipper” steelhead from the Muskegon river. We finally have been getting some pushes of water… Continue Reading
Here’s Josh from Kentwood, MI with a massive king from the Muskegon river that smashed his swung fly through the deep pool on the retrieve. If you’ve never experienced fighting these king salmon in the deep pools when they have all their energy fresh from Lake Michigan; you’ve got to give it a try. To… Continue Reading
Here’s Mike with his king salmon taken on the swing in a deep pool staging area. Mike is pictured along with John/dad on the right and friend Dave on the left. King salmon start to enter the Muskegon river in mid September. As they migrate up the river system, the kings seek and group up… Continue Reading
Here’s Lucas from Detroit with a beautiful football size Muskegon river brown trout that smashed his caddis dry fly. The caddis hatch on the upper stretches of the Muskegon river have been on fire ever since early September. Lucas landed this beautiful 18-inch football sized brown on a caddis dry fly and had other opportunities… 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 a beautiful Muskegon river brown trout that absolutely smashed my caddis dry fly submerged under the water column on the swing. This brown trout struck my dry fly submerged under the water column just as my fly line straightened out behind me and I started to retrieve the fly at the terminal end of… Continue Reading
Here’s a gorgeously colored Muskegon river brown trout that absolutely smashed my new Gray Drake dry fly pattern as it gently fell to the water just in front of his face in his feeding lane. In the last blog we discussed how to target rising trout and time their intervals between rises to improve your… Continue Reading
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