NOW IT'S THE FLORIDA GUYS TURN

With today being the start of a four day Michigan steelhead stint at the Gray Drake for J.P. Clark and brother Steve from Safe Harbor, Florida, chrome steelhead struck like a vengeance!

Steve cracked a huge chrome hen( one of several) that went ballastic, jumping 7 times and taking us a quarter mile downstream before landing it..........it was one of the hottest fall chrome fights I've seen in years! Steve , a New Jersey transplant to Florida and an avid N.Y Jets fan(poor guy), has fished the Salmon River of New York's Lake Ontario tribs along with his brother J.P.

They were truly impressed with the Muskegon and its feisty steels........more to come.

Conditions....ideal for fresh chrome(full moon)

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LAST FEW DAYS.NEW MEXICO COMES TO MICHIGAN!

Had a fantastic time with Mark and Denise Hopeman from Albuquerque,New Mexico.....it was Mark's birthday and he came to hook and land a steelhead on a fly with a fly rod.He fished Oregon's Deschutes but only hooked and saw a few.

Thanks guys.....thank you Jesus!!!!!!!! for the magnificent male"big dawgs" Mark and Denise landed.

River perfect-2960 cfs---------they ain't were you think they are.take water temps ....look for tertiary lies

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THEY'RE BACK!!!!!!!!!!

Chaz Shaw III from Chitown with an awesome chromer that leaped 6 times...SHWEET-------or maybe I should TWEET.......grats Chaz.....UHM..looks pretty wild to me ..no scuffs on the fins - no clips.MAYBE........

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THIS JUST COULD BE THE PERFECT STORM!!!!!!!

OMG...........this is kind of scary!

Let's think about this.We had close to 3.5 inches of rain Oct 30/31st......unheard of for this time of year.River went to almost 7,000 cfs on Friday.Never happened in 15 year history.Max was 2,950 in 1997------a very good year for fall steelhead.2004 and 2006 were also some of the best fall runs and we saw river levels close to 3,000 in the first week of October.

SO............we are now down to 4,260-water clearish green tint. We have a full moon blazing..........honest to God!.......if" the Lake" is full of steelhead ready to come up...............this may just be the Perfect Run?..........time will only tell...........but I've never seen more ideal conditions in the centuries(lol) I've been guiding and worshiping the mighty chrome.

FYI.............last year at this time the river was 908 cfs........the spawn dunkin meat killers down at the causeway in Muskegon ain't gonna like this.

My estimates are that at least 35-40% of the fall run bites the bullet before they ever reach Maple Island.Head to Pine st. ye mighty warriors in pursuit of steel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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