I have slacked off on keeping the site up to date lately so I wanted to let everyone know about the products we’ve added to our inventory since I last made a post on here: Scott Fly Rods Sage Fly Reels Raven Helix XL 5″ Centerpin Reels Ahrex and...
FISHING/RIVER REPORT FOR 11/14/2019
Steelhead fishing this fall has required some work (mostly due to the higher than average water levels) but has improved greatly over the last week. The river has also consistently dropped daily and is now at a level that is close to average for this time of year, making...
MUSKEGON RIVER SMALL MOUTH BASS FLIES LESSON 2: TOPWATER
As is the case with fly fishing for trout, most anglers would probably say they prefer a topwater method that allows them to witness an explosive strike rather than fishing flies subsurface. Although it’s a hard fact that less oppurtunity comes when fishing topwater, its also hard to argue...
MUSKEGON RIVER SMALLMOUTH BASS PRIMER #1: BAITFISH AND CRAYFISH STREAMER PATTERNS, WITH INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS
The First Flies we are going to focus on are minnow patterns. In my opinion they are as effective as any other patterns on our river and compared to fishing crayfish streamers, much for easy to use. Since the Smallies are looking up it is not necessary to sink...
FISHING REPORT FOR 5/18/2018
Muskegon River @ Croton Dam: 2900cfs (just slightly higher than average for this point in the year) with good visibility. The water temp is just below 60F. Trout fishing has been quite good. Although we are yet to see any real significant hatches so far, there are some march...
FISHING REPORT FOR 5/9/2018
WATER TEMP 54 DEGREES FLOW RATE 3600CFS GAGE HEIGHT 6.71FT Steelhead fishing continues to remain very productive for late in the season with eggs, stoneflies, fry patterns, and streamers all producing fish. There’s still a mix off fresh fish, spawning fish and dropbacks available in good numbers. We’ve also...
FISHING REPORT 1/30/18
We have been getting some good fishing reports or steelhead and trout fishing.
CROTON DAM ISSUES
As posted on Facebook last week, the flow of our river was dropped down to a dangerous level of 800 cfs overnight. This was in undoubtedly enough to harm insect life and salmon and brown trout eggs that were exposed to the below zero temperatures when levels were at...
WINTER FLY THING CLASS SCHEDULE
1. Wednesday January 24, 7pm with Drew Rosema of FEENSTRA Guide Service 2. Thursday February 1, 7pm with Chris “Uber” Raines of Pere Marquette River Lodge & The Blue Bonefish in Belize. 3. Wednesday February 7, 7pm with Jon Ray & Ed McCoy of Hawkins Outfitters. 4. Wednesday February...
USED RODS FOR SALE
We’ve got some great used fly rods in the shop right now and would much rather sell them to you guys than have to mess with ebay. Here’s what we have: 1. Sage Graphite II DS2 9’6″ 8wt – $179 SOLD 2. Sage Graphite III RPL+ 9’0″ 6wt...