Michigan Streamside Custom Rod and Guide Service

After record warm weather in September and October it’s finally starting to feel like November in Northern Michigan. The early portion of our Atlantic run was really slowed by warm temps and low water. Even without ideal conditions overall fishing has been pretty good most days. Currently conditions are ideal for swinging and stripping streamers. […]

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What a great few weeks here in northern Michigan!!!.Full of great success in the grouse woods and on the rivers. It’s hard to pick what outdoor activity you want to do this time of year in Michigan. Go chase your bird dogs around the grouse woods or throw streamers for Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, Coho […]

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Finally starting to feel like Fall around NE Michigan!  Record warm weather for September and first half of October.  Late October, November and December is not a numbers game for Brown Trout on the Au Sable. It’s for those looking to hunt for Big Browns with streamers. Our wild Browns are just starting to spawn […]

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When it comes to bird hunting dogs we got them! Mystic is English Setter and Honey is Lab are the two stars now for pointing grouse/woodcock and duck hunting. Both being used for guide trip. Rhett is Weimaraner and starting his first year of upland birds. Watson is Lab and start his first year on […]

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Cam and I had a good six weeks staying over on Platte Lake this September and early October doing guided trips for King Salmon. Season started a bit late with high heat and heavy rains in late August. The whole month of September was way to warm making for a more spread out run. We […]

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We have had some good pike and muskie fishing going on right now. Muskie can be very challenging fish on a fly; but we do have a great watershed that is producing an average 3 to 6 follows or more in a day. Dave (Pic Above) with his first muskie, in the first half hour […]

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