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| Muskegon River |
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Each summer, smallmouth bass move up the Muskegon to feel on its prolific crayfish
and steelhead and salmon smolts. Our clients readily see the fish in the clear
water and watch them aggressively take the fly-sometimes with two or more other
smallmouth competing with the hooked fish to snatch away the fly.
We cope with the heat of summer by getting on the water shortly after sunrise.
The air is cool, the fish active, and the atmospherics unmatched. Virtually no
one is on the river, except for our ospreys, eagles, herons, ducks, deer, and
turkeys. We quietly float the river in our drift boats and jet boats-guides positioning
our casting fishermen in the front and rear of the boat over promising lies.
By noon when temperatures can begin to become uncomfortable, we're off the river-a
half day float, most gratifying and pleasant. Of course, full day floats are
also available for even more action.
Most smallmouths are taken on streamers stripped with sink tip lines. Some,
though, smack our surface flies, fished with floating lines. Running to four
pounds, Muskegon smallmouth are superbly conditioned and therefore fight hard
and long. Fortunately, these fine sporting fish are beginning to get the attention
they have long deserved. In short, we River Quest guides cannot recommend these
summer floats highly enough. This fly fishing experience is excellent in every
way and is offered to our clients at a lesser rate than our full day floats.
Give fly fishing for smallies a try, and you'll be back for more.
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