One door opens as another closes………The transition from dry fly trout fishing to focusing our attention toward the Kings of the Muskegon river has begun! Water levels have been low around 900 cfs and shot up to 1,160 today. This recent weather trend of sunny hot days coupled with crystal clear low water hasn’t made… Continue Reading
Scott and his wife Nicole from Valparaiso, IN joined me for what turned out to be a good day of trout fishing on the Muskegon river in Newaygo Michigan. What started out for Nicole as a introductory course to dry fly fishing soon transformed into a fly fishing clinic as she had several hook ups… Continue Reading
Before the salmon run on the Muskegon river takes center stage in October the fly fishing for trout right now is hot! Water temps are starting the downward trend below 70 degrees. The hatches the past few days on the Muskegon have been strong. BWO’s & cahill’s on the lower stretch and caddis hatches on… Continue Reading
Dry fly fishing for trout is heating up as the water temps cool down heading into September. Prolific hatches of caddis & blue wing olive force trout to look up. September & October are the last months of the year we’re able to stalk large size trout feeding top water. Take advantage of this last… Continue Reading
These cooler weather patterns continue to create some excellent trout fishing. Cinnamon and green caddis patterns remain our top producers, both floated on the surface and swung with a dead drift. Look for the caddis hatch and trout fishing in general to improve as we get closer to September and water temps begin to cool.… Continue Reading
With this cool weather pattern past few days, the caddis hatch is coming back alive. Had a great outing last night by keying fast oxygenated water around rock points. Many trout hooked including these three hogs! Great evening of trout fishing on the Muskegon river in Michigan! We’re still running the 5:30 to dark special… Continue Reading
Back on April 7th, 2013 I had the pleasure of guiding Scott Kosik & Mark for a early spring steelhead trip (see 4/7/13 post). Scott was nice enough to send me the video of that trip filmed from his Go Pro camera. If you ever want to get a taste of what it’s like to… Continue Reading
Great to see a break from the heat spell we’ve been experiencing the past week. Trout fishing on the Muskegon river was good last night. It’s amazing to see the difference a change in a consistent weather pattern can make to turn the bite back on. Cinnamon caddis were key for us today, mainly targeting… Continue Reading
Last nights trout fishing wasn’t about the ones we caught as much as it was about the ones we didn’t catch. We witnessed (stalked) more than five very large size trout rising last night, one of which well over the 22″ mark. The dry fly fishing for trout on the Muskegon river remains red hot with… Continue Reading
Doesn’t get much better than watching a 20″ brown come up from the depths to slam your dry fly presentation 15 feet from the boat! Dry fly fishing remains very strong. Despite the light gray drake spinner hatch, sulfurs, & cinnamon caddis were the top producers for us this evening. Post by: Jon Fortuna Continue Reading