Tag Archive: fishing

Sandy Run

It was mid-April and the sandies (sand bass; aka white bass) were running. I had a day off from work right after a hard rain so I headed to a known spot, the mouth of a running creek dumping into the lake. Throwing a three inch white grub, it only took a little under two…

Steelhead Bum or Bummed Steelheader

I had grandiose plans for the weekend of spending all day on the stream chasing spring steelhead and having fun relaxing. Turns out Mother Nature had other plans and dumped a whole pile of rain on us this week causing the rivers to all blow out. And to top it all off it’s snowing, blowing…

Change of plans

Well every once and awhile fishing plans fall through. Today was one of those days, I got the text at 6:30 this morning the my fishing partner was sick. This actually really rare with the group of guys I fish with, so I was caught off guard with no back-up plans. So what to do…

Chromers

Dad and I finally got out to chase some fine Michigan steelhead. We headed to our favorite river, the famed Pere Marquette. When we arrived at the butt crack of dawn we encountered a Clackacraft traffic jam…. I knew it was going to be a busy day on the river. The fishing was tough, the…

Chasing Chrome

Heading North to the Pere Marquette river with Doc. Driving through the storm on our way to chase some chrome steelhead. The report is that the fish are in and they are hot. We’re going to see if we can’t play with a few and enjoy this warm spring weather. Tight lines, PT

Chasing Chromers With PT

Nothing quite like enjoying a beautiful spring day fly fishing for steelhead with my brother. Always a good time. Tight Lines, Opie