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Northern Michigan Steelhead Fishing Report
November 30th, 2024
Despite the cool down, the steelhead run is in full swing across Northern Michigan and anglers are finding success on many of the region’s rivers. Here’s what you need to know:
Egg patterns are definitely a must-have for steelhead anglers, as they can be especially effective when fish are targeting eggs during their spawn. Nymphs and indicators for those who prefer that approach is spot on too—stones, hex, and caddis are always good choices, and they match up well with the
Egg patterns are definitely a must-have for steelhead anglers, as they can be especially effective when fish are targeting eggs during their spawn. Nymphs and indicators for those who prefer that approach is spot on too—stones, hex, and caddis are always good choices, and they match up well with the
Happy Thanksgiving! Best wishes to all of you for a great and safe holiday.
Every year — or maybe every season — I try new stuff. A few years ago it was upstream streamer fishing (very, very effective…but a lot of work). Sight fishing is one of my favorites, but…it’s
Rainy days and low water?
We’ve had a lot of damp rainy days the last couple weeks, but really haven’t seen enough rain to raise our rivers up. The good news is that we’re getting just enough to keep a steady trickle of fish coming
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November is not over….2/3’s in the books and 1/3 left to write. It has been up and down, but mostly up. A couple slower days due to low water/blue skies and/or the fish pushed through where we were that day, however we are getting
It has been gross, wet, cold, windy, gray November-goodness. I had a customer walk into today — on a dead, dead day in the fly shop — and buy two black streamers. He returned a few hours later, declared it the best day ever, held his hands wide — three
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Hey guys, once again my apologies for the delay in reporting here. (The same applies about my social media accounts as last time. They stay quite a bit more up-to-date if interested.) I’ve had quite a bit going on
I sent out a text to the crew on Thursday: “Anyone want to fish tomorrow?” All I got back was “I wish, man” or “I’ll be tied up with work”. I’d be flying solo. I don’t mind fishing from the boat by myself from time-to-time. It can be very
Ah, November. It is the morning before the opening day of the rifle deer season, a day immortalized in the seasonal hit: Escanaba in Da Moonlight, which we’ll be watching tonight. We will be closed tomorrow for Opening Day of rifle, but back open from 9 am – 2