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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
Sorry for the quick update but we’ve been busy. The Grand River is coming down nicely from all the rains we had from the leftovers of Hurricane Beryl and we’ve slowly started to fish it from being on
Well I finally got out to exorcise an overwhelming urge to fish a wet skunk. I had visions of non-stop action, based on a short float last week. These grand dreams eroded into something different but still rewarding. Asa and I have known each other since Asa was a tiny
Late July fishing finds us headed to the upper Manistee river in the mornings looking for hatches and spinner falls of Tricos for some trout. When those little flies aren’t on the water, we are using the larger, attractor/suggestive/imitative terrestrial patterns often tied with foam and rubber legs – its
We have had this cabin for 5 years now. Working new job- Boat Sales, bartending, still guiding, and family growing, we found we were not spending as much time at the cabin. The serious consideration of selling was very tempting, especially knowing what was available in the area and being
THE JORDAN RIVER
It is early January as I sip my coffee and watch ice floes migrate down the river in front of the cabin. So far it has been a mild winter, December was wet, but not in the fluffy white powder kind of way. We are all ready
You have to try hard this time of year — harder now than a few weeks ago. I got out a few times this week and had a blast. Yesterday I got to sit in the front of the riverboat for a few hours — best seat in the world,
Trout fishing on the local rivers continues but with a more casual approach as we aren’t matching hatches in low light to finicky fish. Instead head to the river with a mix of general dry flies that imitate mayflies since they have been eating them regularly for the past 10
Over the holiday break the water level was still up and the water temperature was down so I took advantage and chased some trout on our local waterways. The trout seemed healthy and happy to play. Smaller streamers, nymphs, and foam bugs all worked well.
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