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| Muskegon River |
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| Mid October-December |
The quality of steelhead fly fishing on the Muskegon River is
of the highest caliber. Not only does one cast in beautiful,
natural surroundings, but with miles of river to run in our ship-too-shore
radio equipped jet boats, we River Quest guides are able to put
our clients on steelhead consistently. Running to 18 pounds,
Muskegon River steelhead readily take the fly. With the
typically higher water levels of spring, we fish from the boats,
only to spot wade the river when the lower water levels of May
allow.
Most spring steelhead float trips see us deep nymphing with two
fly combinations, typically with small dark nymphs and egg flies.
As the spring run progresses, we sight fish as well as drift runs
and glides. River Quest guides take pride in the fact that
our clients' success rates run high. Fishermen for whom
steelhead have been an elusive quarry find success with us-much
to our mutual delight. Fly casting to steelhead moving to
and fro over bright gravel on a warming Spring day excites like
nothing else; all of nature coming alive while the client, rod
bent and reel spinning, grins ear-to-ear.
Fall and winter steelhead fishing is a particularly memorable
experience because the steelhead, hard and chrome, fight even more
spectacularly than the spring fish, which are challenging enough
in their own right. Multiple water clearing leaps are common. Freed
of the rigors of spring spawning, fall steelhead are the best conditioned
fish we hook. We fish light rods with floating fly lines,
strike indicators, and two flies as conditions allow. Deep
nymphing and swinging Spey flies round out our fly fishing approaches. Although
the weather can sometimes test the mettle of guide and clients
alike, the high quality of the fish and fight they bring makes
fall steelheading one of our guides' personal fly fishing favorites.
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