Been a long run of Kings on the Betsie River this year! I started floating this river on August 20th and the August run was not super heavy but some nice pushes of hard fighting Kings did come thru the river. At the beginning of run we had a lot of cool weather in Northern […]
Typically August is just to hot for my liking! This year and has been much better with only a couple little heat waves. Even seeing a few leaves turning on the Maple trees! It sure is nice to see the Au Sable in good shape now also. Water levels are a bit low but temps […]
Not even past the mid way point of August and it just has that feeling Fall is coming soon! Plenty of rain and no heat waves of late. Even had a night down in the 40’s this week. Kings are coming close to our rivers in the Northwest Michigan. Big Browns are active at night […]
The rains continue in July and this time some very heavy rains fell yesterday afternoon/evening. The Big Waters and lower Au Sable is in great shape right now with water levels up and temps down a touch. Its Smallmouth time on the Au Sable River now and they love these conditions. I put in this […]
Something new for this year – offering guided fly fishing trips on Lake Huron streamer fishing for big Trout! I been fly fishing the shoreline of Lake Huron for the past 20 years plus and November/December is the time. Location depending on conditions: Oscoda, Tawas Bay, Alpena/Thunder Bay, Hammond Bay and Harrisville. When i first […]
Getting inventory back up for the current season and for my online fly sales. Just in lots streamers tied by Jason Haddix. Great Lakes Deceivers and variations of this pattern are top producers for our Summer Smallmouth Bass! Rattling Murdich Minnnow is another favorite for our summer fishing here in NE Michigan. https://michigan-streamside.com/product-category/flies/streamers/great-lakes-deceivers/ https://michigan-streamside.com/product-category/flies/streamers/rattling-murdich-minnows/ Rattling […]
Love these kind of days for July and its what the river needed – all day light rain and cool! After some extremely hot weather around the 4th of July this is our second rain of the week and Au Sable is back to being in great shape to fish. Still hex around the Au […]
Summer heat has finally settled in here in Northern Michigan and the parts of the Au Sable have gotten very warm. These trout will live if they are just left alone now and wait for a cooler period. Water temps below Mio Dam are over 70 degrees now day and night. Fighting these trout is […]
Forth week of Hex Hatch is starting now and hopefully it will keep going strong for a couple more! Currently we are in major cool down here in Northern Michigan and finally some much needed rain. The last couple nights fishing has been tougher and mostly hatching hex with very few spinners due to cold/rain. […]
Its been all Trout for me of late but Smallmouth time is coming here very soon as summer temps are heating up. The night time trout bite is good all summer long but for day time fishing its all Smallmouth Bass for me. These Smallies love the heat and July/August is ideal for the them! […]