We still have some great openings for guide trips and at the Motel (please contact the shop for Motel availability). Our guide trip dates start opening up after October 12th. We should have plenty of great salmon fishing in mid-October with this year’s run being late, plus we will start looking for steelhead at that time. Prime dates that are up for grabs to the first caller! Give us a call...1-877-422-5394.
Fishing has been very good lately. We have seen a nice push of fish from the rain and increased water level. Many fish swam upstream without stopping in pools during those conditions, but we have been finding them in secondary runs and dark water near gravel.
Salmon season is still in full swing up here!
Water levels are fine in the upper sections, but the middle and lower river are still holding a nice stain. Everything is wadable and the fish are throughout the system. The highest concentration of fish is near gravel. Tons of fish are spawning, but there are plenty staging and waiting. The trout bite is turning on and we have seen a couple steelhead on our lines over the last week. This weather is setting us up for a great fall for steelhead fishing.
Good flies for kings have been: Psycho stones, Purple speys, flashy fry patterns, egg sucking leeches, cream nuke eggs, orange glow bugs and of course chartreuse nukes. On the trout front smaller more nature flies like eggs, eggs and more eggs with lighter tippet. The streamer fishing for brown was good in the higher/stained water level too.
Here are some photos from the last week of trips. I do not have time to post a blow by blow report, plus I am feeling under the weather. The colors are great up here right now and the fishing is still going strong. What a great time…gotta love this time of year in northern Michigan!!! Thanks to everyone that was in the boat over the last week…Woody, Harry, Ryan, Shane, Jim, Noah, Connor, Paul, Mike, Gloria, Mike and Dan….THANKS!!!
Harry with a first cast fish!
Woody with a great fish
Harry with a last cast fish!
Shane with his fist ever salmon on the fly!
Ryan with his first to the net…well done!
A good old fashion DOUBLE!
Noah with a huge Buck
Jim with his largest king of the day
Noah with another large buck
Paul landed this nice buck early in the morning
Connor with a great fish on a fly!
A special Father/son double, that includes a dandy brown trout!
Mike with his first ever king on the fly!
Gloria and I with a very large buck that she landed…well done!
Dan and I with a fresh buck
Mike with a BIG male.
I will keep you posted as things develop. Hopefully, I will see you around the shop, Motel or on the river. Until next time, take care and good luck fishing!
September Fly of the Month – Woolly Spey
Recipe:
Hook – TMC #2457 size6
Body – A couple wraps of Chartreuse floss tied in at the back of the shank, then a couple wraps of Red floss, then purple estaz and a black schlappen feather palmered to the eye of the hook. This fly is also effective in all black, white and purple.
Information on our Destination travel-
Alaska 2010 – July 31st to August 7th and August 7th to the 14th
The package price per person based on double occupancy is $1,995.00 for one week. This includes:
• Six full days guided fishing
• All your lodging and meals
• Lodge boats that are available around the clock for personal use
• Transportation to and from the Airport in King Salmon, AK
Argentina 2010
We also have openings for our annual Argentina trip (January 16 – 23, 2010). The package price per person based on double occupancy is US $2,995.00 and includes:
• Six full days guided fishing (with expert, local bilingual (Spanish-English) fly-fishing guide)
• All your lodging, meals and beverages.
• Transportation to and from the Airport in Bariloche
Please contact the shop to sign up for either (or both) of these exceptional trips!
Later & Fish-On!
John
