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( A Hex/yellow drake/ Danica  imitation- author image and tie) Summer's  giant drakes are one mayfly hatch period that guarantees big trout will be on the prowl for them. Besides the legendary Hexagenia/( light hex) and Rithrogena (dar

Recorded: 81 ° F Fishing: Fair Deschutes River Summer Steelhead Special Emergency Closure Report —————————————————————&

I t's early black stonefly time! (Tainy's and Allocaps) Bio-drift has started on warm sunny afternoons and the exotic predators are chowing down!!. The double red banded buck steelhead are chomping nymphs along with resident browns and bows

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

Was an awesome last 9 days with my boys from Indianapolis Lansing Traverse City New York City and Chicago. The steelhead so far this March have been some massive beasts - probably the biggest I've seen in 9 years like the Chinooks last fall... P

An epic week catching massive King Salmon on the Muskegon with some nice browns and steelhead from other rivers:P.M./White etc. Thank you Graeme Ferguson and John Hood from Orvis U.K. -Edinburgh Scotland and his band of great fly fishing competition

Michigan King Salmon Fishing Reports ~Salmon are here~ Welcome to the weekly Fishing Reports for the Muskegon Pere Marquette and Big Manistee River for Salmon Trout and Steelhead. Updated DNR fishing reports for Western Michigan rivers including Man

Winter is slowly approaching here in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula as November days grow colder.  Water temps are ranging from the mid 30’s to lower 40’s and water levels have substantially dropped. Steelhead Coho and Lake Run Bro

To Our Gray Drake Clients: Laurie and I sincerely hope that all of our valued clients and friends and families are staying well and weathering this unprecedented pandemic.    For most of us it is a bit surreal to experience our daily lives

  In case you haven't seen it yet Laurie and I have been launching a cool new magazine concept.The new issue just came out Jan 15th- our second issue and the accolades and subscripotions we atre recieveing have been truly amazing!- we hope

We have entered what is classified as the beginning of early winter fishing in West Michigan. The Grand River is slightly above normal water level and the color looks great. Water temperature is in the upper 30’s at this time. A mix of chrome a

Fishing from shore is where most people start. But as they get experienced in fishing they want to go further. This is where boat fishing comes in. Fishing in Manistee river is lot more fun when done on boat. So if you are planning a fishing trip to

 (Salmo salar-born and raised in the Great Lakes.On a pelagic bait fish streamer) With our rivers blown out and flooding ( highest level at this time of year recorded!). might be time to look for Coho Kings Browns Steels and Atlantic's alon

We are off to a good start amigos!!!..I'm predicting the winter/spring run of Steelhead/2020 will be one of the strongest runs of steelhead we have seen in the past 6 years..My predictions for epic fail or successes in the past 20 years have had

 A fond look/ slide transparency collage back on this ever developing Great Lakes Atlantic salmon Mecca!- enjoy the ride! ( For you Johnny Giuliani:  aka Mayor of  Sault International and the proud Italian Papa G. Johnny Bugsy Miller:

Mid-October finds the weather and fisheries in-line with the calendar. The river banks are popping with color as the leaves and salmon change color while some chrome steelhead show up. The salmon run is past the peak however a fresh one shows up occa

  After nearly 3 decades of writing magazine articles and books for other publishers guiding relentlessly for over 25 years and fishing around the globe I am extremely excited to announce that I am launching my own digital magazine called “

 25 years ago we named our lodge and outfitters Gray Drake Lodge for a reason. The Muskegon River has one of the most dense and long lasting gray drake mayfly hatches on the planet! Only the Pere Marquette and other nearby rivers sourcing 

Finding the best fishing spots in Michigan is difficult. Not because there are few. It’s because there are so many of them. It has bigger coastline 11000 inland lakes and 3000 rivers. And you will find a plethora of fish species. You can see w