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’s amazing how the Muskegon river magically transforms itself leading into the evening hours. What looks like flat water with no trout surface activity or bugs during the day all the sudden explodes into bugs everywhere with relentless trout rising smashing the surface in a literal feeding frenzy as the sun lowers beneath the tree… Continue Reading
Here’s Drew from Chicago with an absolute crystal chrome Muskegon river steelhead. Relentless rain and cold weather has raised the water levels to ideal fishing conditions we haven’t seen on the Muskegon for almost two years. This unseasonably cold weather and high flows will prolong the steelhead run well into May! Steelhead can be found… Continue Reading
Here’s Kurt from Ann Arbor, MI with a beautiful 32-inch Muskegon river steelhead sporting its crimson red winter coat. These double stripe bucks are the crown jewel of Muskegon river steelhead! Steelhead that remain in the river for an extended period of time (since fall) develop these beautiful crimson red stripes. These double crimson red… Continue Reading
Here’s Jeff from Grand Rapids, MI with an incredible 33.5″ 19lb crystal chrome hen steelhead from the Muskegon River. Water levels are perfect with water temps slowly dropping to the mid 40’s. Seemed to have found some fresh steelhead on the move as Jeff landed this hard fighting crystal chrome buck. One of those days… Continue Reading
Here’s Bert from Rodney, MI with a massive 19lb, 34″ Muskegon river steelhead. Great job Dad! Killer steelhead! Water conditions are very low and clear. As the steelhead run starts to wind down the dry fly trout fishing will take center stage as the black stone fly hatch is in full swing and the gray… Continue Reading
Here’s Bert from Rodney, MI with this absolute beast of a female steelhead that Bert was lucky enough to bring to the boat despite the barbless hooks! Great job Bert! Well done. Steelhead continue to enter the river system and are staging in pockets throughout the river system despite the low clear water. post by:… Continue Reading
Here’s Paul from Chicago with his very first steelhead that absolutely smashed his egg fly. Congratulations Paul! Great fight! Great fish! Welcome to the Twisted Chrome Steel Club! Water conditions are low and clear right now with good numbers of fall steelhead scattered throughout the river system. The recent heavy rains will push more steelhead… Continue Reading
Here’s Mark from Madison Wisconsin with an absolutely beautiful crystal chrome fall steelhead from the Muskegon River. Good numbers of fall steelhead have made their way up the river system with the recent push of water from the rain and colder weather. post by: jon fortuna Continue Reading
This brown trout struck the submerged dry fly just below the water column at the end of the drift. More times than not, trout follow the fly all the way to the end of your drift when your fly line straightens out just below the water surface behind you. First couple of pulls to retrieve… Continue Reading