Morgan Sherburne recently wrote an article for the Petoskey News that includes information on northern Lake Michigan smallmouth fishing and specifically Beaver Island.
By the end of a winter of steelheading, my enthusiasm for large, anadromous trout has usually significantly waned. I’m tired of being cold, wet and skunked… Read More.
A few weeks ago Mark and Jeff both landed their first steelhead. Last week Doug tried fly fishing for the very first time and to cap it off, landed his first steelhead. A great start into fly fishing.
FocalFish recently featured an article by Cameron Mortenson from The Fiberglass Manifesto about his trip last summer to Beaver Island. There is some great photography with the article. Click here for a link to the article.
Beaver Island is only 28 days away!
The steelhead fishing is still idling at ok. There are enough spawners around to have some action but that is about it. What has been spicing up the days is a good number of drop-backs moving down river. These rebrightened hens are eager and aggressive, a lot like fishing the fall.
The river is up a bit and has some color since the recent rains. I also heard that there are some new fish heading upstream, let’s hope this is more than a rumor.
The browns have been hot or cold. More cold for me lately but Steve did great stripping streamers a few days ago.
Stuart Van Dorn and Kurt Kopala just released the April issue of their on-line magazine A Tight Loop. We have several friends featured in this issue: Austin’s Producer (Grab Your Fly Charters), an interview with Cam Mortenson (The Fiberglass Manifesto) and Ian Anderson’s (The Drift) article on warm water leaders. There is even a video of me tying my best carp fly from last year, the Tailer Teaser.
