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Are Atlantic salmon on your bucket list?... Michigan's Atlantic salmon program is now world class and my clients an I still own the IGFA world landlocked salmon record which can be easily broken given the size fish we saw last fall. It can now m

Salmon Fishing Scotland Tay Perthshire Salmon fishing report w/e 9th June 2018. The Tay Perthshire is now in June for salmon fishing with disappointing results in recent weeks and now with a far warmer forecast. Expectation is still optimistic on th

Salmon Fishing Scotland River Tay Prospects for the week commencing 5th September 2011. River Tay Prospects for the week commencing 5th September 2011. Currently the river is settled and the weather is to remain reasonably settled for the coming week

Swinging ( classic Atlantic Salmon down-and- across UK wet fly broadside swing inspired by A.H.E. Wood greased line technique) is not just limited to migrator y steelhead and salmon. Now is the perfect time to do the same floating line technique on

                                           ( Master steelheader Chris Desmond from Chicago with one of two absolute beasts of mint chrome f

( Jessica in the first pool of the day with me and her husband took this stunning chrome steelhead last week!-by far our best steelhead of this fall 2018!) Not only is she an amazing photographer she is a stunning young lady outdoors woman. Her pass

Salmon Fishing Scotland Tay Perthshire Salmon fishing report w/e 28th April 2018. The Tay Perthshire is now seen out April bar one day for salmon fishing with higher expectation in recent weeks and we have had a cold weather pattern generally up unt

(The Wild Rose WI strain  here MI uses in its hatchery programs is a gorgeous brown strain- problem is they take a long time to get their 'wild' on'- a little too domesticated...Ashallie with May 2015 Muskegon trutta perfection caug

It's perhaps the finest time of year on the Muskegon! It has been an extremely cool summer and fall is in the air with frost in the morning.The trout are loving it!!!!. Excellent hatches of caddis( last night was insane with bugs)....BWO

As the photo-period of day light gets longer the signal for new life is on! Chinook/Coho /Atlantic salmon and brown /brook trout fry will hatch and it will be 'game on for matching the sac fry  hatch!....salmonid cannibalism at its finest!

                                ( My  'ground zero' genetic prize: a crown German princess!- a true aristocratic beauty from its Black Forest generational b

Absolutely the best weather of the year lately here In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula! A variety of unique fishing has been available ranging from Atlantic Salmon Brook Trout to Smallmouth Bass. Something for everyone right now to choose from that&

( http://www.boyneoutfitters.com/ In Michigan's magnificent winter wonderland there could not be a better place to be in February than the world class Boyne Mountain Resort and Boyne Outfitters in the heart of the Nordic 

( a gorgeous landlocked Atlantic salmon of  November 2015 for Steve swung up to the surface in a snowstorm on a white intruder-Somebody has to tell these Atlantic's they are not in Iceland/Russia/Gaspe Quebec) I pinch myself that I'm dr

( my three favorite Great Lakes sunrise/sunset scenes shot in the last couple weeks- first on the Muskegon second on my nightly jogs in the Huron Manistee National forest that runs in our backyards- it surrounds us! and a gorgeous southern

Our warm summer continues & water temps continue to climb across the UP region.  Many areas stream temps are getting quite high to target resident trout.  Atlantic Salmon Steelhead & resident Rainbow Trout are available on the St Ma

Very sad read from the Atlantic Salmon newsletter: http://asf.ca/squandering-salmon.html But.....here is my opinion for what its worth- sorry for the preach! For someone like me that has caught his first Atlantic on a Baltic sea river on my Dad'

Look for our new web site for more details...email me at  matt@graydrake.com  to be on our mailing list. See you at the Gray Drake this year for what should be an excellent spring run of steelhead ( the arctic weather cancelled our fall ru

                           ( The magnificent Oxbow bends of  The hallowed Pere Marquette) When the Pere Marquette Railroad conductor snaked his fired-up locomotive past

Depending on what today's severe weather does to the rivers we have great water flows and excellent river temps on western Michigan rivers.