THESE TWO "CATS".............PUT THE "GGRRRR...........BABY IN SWINGING!!!!

( Missy "the new Celtic Steelhead slayer( two hander spey style, mind you mates!.......princess, conqueror!) ( Dr. Canh Tran........DIABOLICAL MAN OF MYSTERY......with his first swinging spey steelhead!)

( I came up with this pattern two nights ago..........low water, clear sunny days.............Dr.CANH.......very evil man!!!(lol)..... we named the fly....."the CANH-VICT?????............now Missy has baptized the pattern in Celtic blood and toil!!!!)

CONGRATULATIONS !!!!, TO THE DIABOLICAL "man of mystery", Mr. Canh Tran from Chicago.........and the world famous " Horse Whisperer-Missy!", who is now called the"SHE PRINCESS STEELHEAD SLAYER!"

Had the great pleasure of guiding them the last two days( and my soul brother, Charlie Polsky!) to their first chrome steelhead swinging flies.........the strikes and battles were blistering with aerial jumps...!!!...........OMG'S.......WTF"S...........and some magnificent fall steelhead.

If you guys see me limping for the next week, I tore my hamstring muscle netting Missy's fish.....BUT!!!........it was well worth it!! Missy had her first lesson in spey casting with the two hander today and did"MAVOULAS , DARLING!"....I have three more days with the "SHE STEELHEAD SLAYING PRINCESS", and the best is yet to come!!!!

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Posted in: FOXHUNTING , gray drake , nymphing for steelhead , spey fishing , sweden , swinging flies , trout eagle lodge and outfitters

PERFECT SPATE......PERFECT SWEDE......PEREFCT STEELHEAD!

(The steely Swede doctor- John Bloomgren)

( clown-in around)

(Little black stone- Allocapnia/Tanniopterix)

Spate is a word for "heavy river flows- or run-off". The English gave it that name to tell Atlantic Salmon anglers that"the run is on its way!"

So we have it for the Muskegon. A week ago we were saying" If we don't get some rain- we are gonna be screwed fro spring!!". Water was at summer lows, we were scrapping bottom in certain areas that were at flood stage. An inch or two of rain and snow melt brought us from 1,420 cfs- to 4,290! Just the way we like it on the Mighty Mo- if you know the river and its hidden jewels.

Had the pleasure today of guiding the "big guy"- John Bloomgren.One of the finest steelheaders and nicest guys you'll ever have meet- not to mention one of the elite nuclear engineers in the U.S.!

The "steely Swede" landed one of the most prefect female hens I've seen in years- it jumped 4 times in 36 degree water!!!.

The water was a mud stain in the morning- turning pea green by the afternoon-looking fishy and the big hens are a commeth.

I love it when" the river is blown out".It makes you work harder and the rewards and hard fought battles are so much more special!

Little black stones did big time hatching and egg-laying in the afternoon sun-SPRING IS OFFICIALLY HERE!

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Posted in: atlantic salmon , black stones , brown trout , clown eggs , england , gray drake , muskegon steelhead , nuclear engineer , spate , sweden , trout and eagle