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Summer is finally here and we are settling into our favorite month of the year for fly fishing in Michigan. Along with warm weather and long days, June brings some of the best fly fishing opportunities of the year. From smallmouth on top water to Trout sipping big bugs and
June 12, 2025 – Northern Angler Fishing Report
Dry fly fishing remains top of mind, with each evening bringing something a little different. Colder temperatures have been dropping right as the “magic hour” begins, keeping things interesting. We’ve seen some Isonychia activity and are
We are in the thick of trout fishing on the local rivers. This is the time of year where we can have various hatches (or none) and some decent streamer fishing when the fish aren’t looking up. The weather has been fluctuating a lot and has been a tad cooler
Pine River Fishing Report The Pine is currently running very low and clear for this time of year. Water temps have rebounded nicely after the recent cold snap and are just about perfect. Streamer fishing has been extremely productive this past week. Cloudy days have been the best,
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June is here!!! Hard to believe, but it’s true. The weather has been slowing down the hatches and dry fly fishing in general. It has been very sporadic to say the least. There are bugs hatching, but nothing like it should be at this
Fishing forecast: Exceptional.
Hitting the river? You will want brown drakes, yellow stones, sulphurs, march browns, borcher’s drakes, Isonychia, thrashers, caddis, a whole jug of bugspray and probably some insect-proof clothing, a headlamp (and a backup headlamp), waders that are not known to leak. You will need clarity: An excess
(Muskegon River Rainbow Trout)
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
Hey guys, figure it’s about time for another update. I missed the better part of a week there being down with the flu or something like it, but I’m back up to speed now as is the fishing and the weather seems to have straightened itself out also. In other
