Do you stop fishing for smallmouth bass when summer ends? If you do, you could be missing the best bass fishing of the year and the chance at your biggest smallmouth. Mike Schultz–of . . .
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Videos: The Stories of the Adams and the Muddler Minnow
Our fly boxes are full of patterns–both famous and obscure–and each has a history. Someone, somewhere came up with the idea for the fly and then sat down and tied. Michigan fly-fishing legend Ray Schmidt has started a cool video series on classic . . .
Read MorePodcast: How to Catch Great Lakes Pacific Salmon, with Trent Jackson
I get frequent questions about targeting introduced Pacific salmon in the Great Lakes region, so I invited an expert to give us guidance on where and when to fish for them, tackle to use, and recommended flies. Trent Jackson, . . .
Read MoreRemembering Midwestern Fly-Fishing Legend Dick Pobst
In July, Dick Pobst—a legendary Michigan angler, entomologist, fly-shop owner, and author—passed away after a remarkable life. After a stint in the Army and a career in international business, Dick changed courses, . . .
Read MorePodcast: Return of the Grayling, with Nicole Watson
This week, I interview biologist Nicole Watson, who has a fascinating job. She is working on developing strains of arctic grayling that will hopefully be able to repopulate some of Michigan’s rivers. It’s not widely known that prior . . .
Read MoreClassic Podcast: Advanced Steelhead Tips with Chuck Hawkins
Catching steelies on the swing is the name of the game in Chuck’s boat…
Photo courtesy Chuck Hawkins
Photo courtesy Chuck Hawkins
This week, I interview Chuck Hawkins, one of the most experienced Great Lakes steelhead guides, who also travels the world in search of trout and other species. He’s a former Trout Bum of the . . .
Read MorePhoto and Story: A Summer Steelhead on a Mouse Pattern
Baptiste had come a long way to catch such a stunning fish on a mouse pattern.
Photo by Devon Carr
As fly fishers, we often believe that we deserve a fish. Perhaps you deserve that fish because you made so many great casts and drifts. or you believe that your bad luck is due to run out. This . . .
Read MoreVideo: Michigan Smallmouths on the Flats
We don’t get nearly enough good videos about fly-fishing for smallmouth bass, so I’m always excited to find a new one. Filmmaker Dory Breaux and his buddy Parker Gondella headed to Michigan, . . .
Read MoreBig and Meaty: Tommy Lynch’s Drunk and Disorderly Streamer
Written by: Tommy Lynch, The Fish Whisperer
Guide Tommy Lynch shows off a beast of a brown trout that fell for his D&D pattern.
Photo courtesy Tommy Lynch
When I was a kid, I always caught my biggest trout of the year on Rapala lures, which do such a great job mimicking baitfish. In many ways, when I am fishing and tying streamers, I am trying to recreate the attractive swimming motion of those lures, giving. . .
Read MorePhotos: The Hex Is On in Michigan!
Here’s a sight to get a dry-fly angler’s blood pumping: the annual arrival of the Hexes.
Photos courtesy Brian Kozminski, True North Trout
Every June, anglers in the Midwest start to get jittery, in anticipation of the first sighting of Hexagenia limbata, the monster mayfly known as the “Hex.” (Or, the forbidden fly.) Former . . .
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