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There’s a great Gierach story about a bunch of guys fishing a spring creek — hatch-matching, the struggle, fussy fish, fine tippets and all that — who come across a guy fishing a woolly bugger with propeller blades behind the hook eye and catching seemingly every one of those fussy
A good selection of nymphs and emergers to match along with a few good stone nymphs would serve you well and lastly, as we enter the early stages of fall do not forget about the streamer bite which can be explosive. Streamers such as D&Ds, triple-doubles, zoo cougars, and circus
A good selection of nymphs and emergers to match along with a few good stone nymphs would serve you well and lastly, as we enter the early stages of fall do not forget about the streamer bite which can be explosive. Streamers such as D&Ds, triple-doubles, zoo cougars, and circus
It was around 3:00 AM Sunday morning and we were 3/4 of the way through our night float. We had been grinding through an hour long mousing lull, and I was about ready to call it. We had caught a 19.5 incher early on, and had a decent amount
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
Ready for a change? I know we are. A string of steamy afternoons has pushed the opportunity for trout fishing to the mornings and midnights. It hasn’t been as bad as it could be. June’s rocketing temperatures were on crystal clear, blazing afternoons. This past week has included afternoon clouds,
July ended with some hot weather and it appears the start of August will continue with more of the same. With this heat, the water temperatures in the trout rivers are getting too warm at mid-day and through the evening making for dangerous conditions for the fish. Until water temperatures
