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 line!
That’s exactly what happened last night with this beautifully colored native Muskegon river rainbow trout struck the surface dry fly sending my light weight fly reel into its backing in seconds! Nothing beats the pure adrenaline rush when these amazing Muskegon river trout strike your dry fly on the surface!
As the red tail sucker spawn comes to an end the big trout feeding on the sucker spawn start to look elsewhere for food and that else where is in the form of fly hatches. These big browns and rainbows seek out the cahills, caddis, sulfers, hendricks, and may flies currently hatching on the Muskegon river.
Now that the cold start to early summer is finally over the air temps are heating up during the day and evenings giving way to incredible fly hatches on the Muskegon river that big trout can’t resist feeding on. This nice brown smashed my dry fly as I drifted it over its head in it’s feeding lane top water. Incredible take! Incredible fight on a light weight fly rod with dry flies!
But don’t wait too long to schedule a trip. The peak of the dry fly fishing will only last a few more weeks longer before the hatches come to an end due to the heat of summer. Click here to book now!
post by: jon fortuna