Here’s Alden with his very first absolutely beautiful crystal chrome Muskegon River steelhead! Congrats Alden! 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! Please meet my new friends… Continue Reading
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
Here’s Andrew from Sacramento California with a hard fighting Muskegon river 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! With Thanksgiving Holiday soon approaching and friends and… Continue Reading
Please meet my new friends Liam and his Dad (John) from New Lenox, IL celebrating in style Liam’s first ever Muskegon River steelhead taken with a fly rod! Liam’s holding his first ever Muskegon River steelhead / “Silver Bullet” taken with a fly rod! Congrats Liam! Great cast! Great drift! Great hook-set! Great fight all… 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
Here’s Calvin from Madison, WI with an absolute bruiser of a Muskegon river steelhead that smashed his fly on the swing! Great job Calvin! This one was definitely worth a photo! Here’s Dan with late season crystal chrome hen that just came up with the recent rain. Here’s Calvin with another big steelhead worthy of… Continue Reading