Head Lamp Lazer

Like to night fish for big trout? Introducing the new Nielson Head Ray. Results are "stunning"; guaranteed you'll leave the fly rod at home. No more stumbling around in the dark with a 9 1/2 foot fly rod bouncing into trees, weeds, and other assorted obstacles.

Just listen for a feeding fish, turn your head in that direction, point and shoot. The stunned fish floats easily to the net.

Med School Hex

Chris D. who is helping out at the shop a bit got a fish of his life time on Thursday night.
27"-28" Brown...Chris hasn't had much time to fish since he's a first year Med Student at Michigan State. Nice Fish!!! Chris got the fish on Bear's clear wing Hex Spinner.

Upper Man Fishing Report - HEX?

Here is an up to date fishing report from Ed McCoay with Hawkins Fly Fishing
Ed has a few PRIME dates still available!
Give him a call and book a trip!

Ed McCoy - 27, 29, 30 & July 1,2
http://www.hawkinsflyfishing.com/RiverReports/ManisteeAboveTippy.php

Hex Report

"Hold On" Hex Fishing Is On!

Bugs are going on most of the rivers up North. Although, fishing conditions are far from perfect. The has been running HIGH the past 6 days along with the PM just getting hit with a bucket of water in the last 48 hours. Let's hope for the flows to start coming down by the weekend.
Here is a few shots from the past week of fishing on the Au Sable and Pere Marquett.
Besides Hex make sure you have in your box ISO's, Stone Flies and something big like a Frog or Mouse for after dark if the bugs don't show up.

Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Hex

It's time to grab your head lamp, bug spray, 6wt, 1x tippet and favorite beverage for the river. Grab a set along the bank and wait. Hex is running a bit early this year due to the warmer temps. By the weekend Hex should be on the menu for a lot of the Northern Michigan Streams.

Montana Fish

Here is a few fish pics from our groups trip to Craig, MT where we fished the Missouri River. If you'd like to join us on a trip out west let us know and we'll put you on our list.
info@nomadanglers.com

PM River Report

Here is an up to date report from our friend Jeff Hubbar @ outfittersnorth.com

The Pere Marquette is fishing well for Trout. The rains we received last week was a blessing. The Trout fishing became better and better as the week went on. Streamer fishing was the method of choice with a nice stain to the water and the cooler temps. Did see a few bugs as the afternoon's started to warm. The water is dropping fast now and starting to clear so streamer fishing will slow down a bit. With the warmer weather we saw Sunday I'm looking for Dry Fly fishing to pick up with Sulphurs and Gray Drakes on the menu. Flies last week were Streamers in Black,White and Olive. For Dries try in the evening Sulphurs,Gray Drakes and Bigger Brown Stones. If intersted in some Trout fishing not only on the Pere Marquette but Manistee and Muskegon rivers e-mail me or give me a call I have a couple open days left next month.

Trout flies so far have been small Streamers in Whites and White /Olive in mornings, afternoons have been Black,Olive or Ginger. For Dry Flies try Hendricksons, Small Stones,Caddis and don't forget about some big attractors such as Wulff's,Sofa Pillows and Chernobyls. Also in the evening start throwing some Sulpurs and Gray Drakes around it's only a matter of time before these patterns start getting good. If interested in some Trout fishing, you can contact me by e-mail or give me a call. I have a couple days left tyhis month and a few in June.

Au Sable Browns

Here are a few pics of NA Trent S. with a nice streamer brown from the lower Au Sable river.

Better Fish Pic

Here is the Brown that Jim P. caught again...

Upper Man Report - Ed@Hawkins

Fishing Report for the Upper Manistee River 5/5/10:

Fishing on the Upper continues to give us some good shots at some nice trout as of late. Bill and I hit the Upper today in hopes of cashing in on some streamer fishing and mixing it up with some dries. We did very well today on streamers despite the sunny skies, but the wind really killed our dry fly opportunities. Best flies were white, yellow, and olive streamers fished deep. The water looks really good right now as the rain has brought our levels back to more normal conditions for this time of year with a nice tea stain. Water temps are in the mid fifties and the fish we caught today were not bashful. We had sporadic Black and Tan Caddis, Hendrickson’s, BWO’s, and Medium Brown Stones hatching throughout the day, but the wind was not allowing the bugs to get the fish keyed in on them. The next few warm evenings should provide some good spinner falls and I have already had a few good fish lost on dries over the past week or so. Look for things to get cranking over the next few weeks as our sulphurs should get going by the middle of May.

Tight Lines,
Ed

Big Brown Big Man

Here is a pic from Jim P. of a 26" Brown taken on the Big Manistee on a streamer this past week. Though, it was the only fish caught that day, I would have taken it.