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(Greg with a massive Muskegon river steelhead!)
Please meet my hometown friend Greg from Rockford, MI with a bruiser of a Muskegon river steelhead! Nice job Greg!!
Not to be outdone by Dad, here’s Greg’s son Ben with a very fresh, very chrome hen
(Ben with a monster Muskegon river steelhead!)
Here’s my brother Ben from La Cresent, Minnesota with a monstrous chromed out steelhead from the Muskegon river.
(Ben with a matching monster buck from the Muskegon)
Ben with a matching monstrous buck from the Muskegon. Very likely the “alpha male” that was
(Greg with a double strip buck)
Here’s Greg from Big Rapids, MI with a beautiful double stripe buck Muskegon river steelhead.
(Greg with a big rainbow trout)
Greg with a large rainbow trout from the Muskegon.
(Greg with another double stripe buck)
Greg with another big double stripe buck.
(Jeff with a crystal chrome Muskegon river steelhead)
Here’s Jeff from Chicago with a chrome steelhead so bright he had to wear sunglasses!
(Jeff with a hard fighting buck!)
Jeff with a hard fighting buck that took him into the backing on his fly reel in seconds!
(Todd with a well earned Muskegon River Steelhead)
Please meet my great friend Todd from Pueblo, Colorado with an absolute “bull in a china cabinet” hell of a steelhead taken out of a log jam on the Muskegon river with his fly rod.
Okay Todd, I
(Ethan’s Crystal Chrome Steelhead)
Here’s Ethan from Big Rapids, MI with a big and beautiful crystal chrome Muskegon river steelhead. Incredible fight, incredible jumps, with drag screaming pulls until Ethan tired this big girl out bringing her to the net with nothing but smiles and grins all around! Great job
After a challenging fall for steelhead, it seems like we finally have some showing up in the upper sections of the Muskegon. Indicator fishing has been producing, with many grabs on the swing. The extended forecast calls for above normal temps.
We did see a few steelhead on redds
A New Logo and Upcoming Events for Feenstra Guide Service
Thanks to the artwork of guide Matt Zudweg, Feenstra Guide Service is sporting a new logo. We will be taking this artwork on the road, as our guides appear at various events around the Midwest:
Perch and Orange: A simple fly that was this fall and early winter’s best producer
This was a very unusual fall, as they all seem to be lately. Many of the steelhead were initially small, and the water was very low and extremely clear. We also
With the warmer than normal temps, we’ve turned some of our attention to fishing for winter smallmouth and northern pike. Both stripping streamers and dredging techniques have brought fish to net.
Despite the colder water temps, these fish still pack a punch when hooked and will cork over your
