Third Coast Fly

The rain came, the river is up, the fish arrived and even better, they started bitting like crazy.  This has been the best week of fishing this fall.

The salmon are still in good numbers through out the spawning areas, with a big push of steelhead showing up a few days ago.  The icing on the cake is that the trout have been chowing the eggs, I cannot count how many really nice trout I’ve released the past few days.

We’ve got openings this weekend and into next week if anyone wants to jump in on some awesome fishing.

The Pere Marquette River is seeing a nice late push of salmon this season with steelhead numbers also increasing each day.  The water remains very low and clear, a situation that always makes the fish spooky and a tougher challenge.

Traditional fly lines versus chuck-and-duck are top choices in my boat.  With slow and low water weights hang continually as your trying to bounce bottom with chuck-and-duck style rigs.

Peach/pink eggs have works best the past few days.