Rogue River

Floated the upper Rogue river last night with good friend Mike. A few bugs were out, but mostly just caddis and midges (aka river dust). Took the kayak and did the night thing...nice way to go! Did see some yellow sally's last night. Fish are starting to look at mice!!!

Storm on Silver Lake

As some of you may know, my parents live on Silver lake in Rockford. During the storm on Wednesday the 2nd of July they had a freak gust of wind flip the ski boat out of the hoist and shear the top of the hoist off. All of the lines from the pontoon were busted off. No one else on the lake had any issues.

Fly Water on PM

Somewhere in the flywater during the Flood of '08. Sounds like they were able to get the boat out. I am sure whomever found the boat left all contents intact.

Summer Trout Fishing

Went fishing with fellow guide and friend Matt Zudwig of www.trout-guide.com and had a decent night of throwing streamers and finally having some gray drakes fall. Gravenger Variants worked well. Water on the Muskegon is coming down slowly. As it falls we will see more and more feeding on top. Be on the lookout for Sulphurs and Iso's. The Hex has started in the northern streams. Also, night-time mousing has started and should be good once the weather warms back up. Hope everyone is getting out and wetting those lines. Don't forget to keep tying! Nick

Report from Camp

With several inches of rain in the North Country, the rivers were up and stained. Made for some interesting fishing. Many theories were cast about what the fish would be into.....or not. We rolled a few fish, caught a few fish, and just plain missed a few. I will try to post some pics of flies that are being used this year for the streamer bite. Hendricksons on the AuSable with a few fishing looking up. Used a Rio 200 grain with a six weight. Also used a 300 gr. with the higher water. It definitely got the fly down. Had a great time and it sure felt good to put the 5wt in the hands and fish a floating line that is not as thick as tow rope.

Counting down the hours...

Getting real excited about Trout Camp '08. 3 days of trout fishing with my fishing buddies. I have some real snazzy flies tied up that sure look good in the vise, but will they catch fish? I sure hope so! I am hoping to get into some Hennies while we are up there. The fish can really turn on to these when the time and weather is right. I will post when I return.

4/21/08

Sunny and hot! After a slow start in the morning and a great meal of Mongolian Beef, we were reenergized and got focused on putting some fish in the boat. As the day got brighter, smaller and more natural patterns put a tug on the end of our lines. Thanks to Father and Son duo Steve and Ryan from the Chicago area. Had a great time getting you into some fish.