Santa was good to us.

Headed north to MA for the holidays, packed my gear in hopes to sneak out for a day or two at one of my old stomping grounds. They had a few good storms up here early this fall which created some very high water the past month in the western part of the state. Headed out in hopes the rumors we heard about salmon
holding in the river were true... High water and crazy wind but we managed to have a really great day.

Pretty December Hooch Brown

Muskegon River with Jay Allen

I Had a chance to head up north to the Muskegon River in Newaygo Michigan to chase some Steel with guide Jay Allen from Riverquest Outfitters. Jay got us on some great fish dredging the deep runs with egg patterns and Marabous. These fish were just finishing up gourging on salmon eggs on the backsides of the redds and were screamers! Numerous jumps and runs, every fish was a different surprise. Thinking about moving to Michigan after that trip!

Jay Allen is one of the best up there and if your looking for a fishy guide look him up! 307-690-2962 or e-mail jay@theallenbrothers.com and check out his blog for all the latest river reports! http://fly-fishingmichigan.blogspot.com/

North GA Piglets

Johnny B came down for a savage like weekend of fishing. Numbers and size of fish were good. We fished around thirty six hours in four days. A few power bars and Atomic fire balls to get us through the day. We hit the Hooch Delayed harvest at Paces and Whitewater, where eggs and brightly colored czech nymphs did the trick on the fresh fish, we picked up a few decent hold over rainbows and browns which fell for some deeply placed czech nymphs. We hit another delayed harvest up north where the water was crystal clear and 7x and zebras were the only ticket to fool wary trout that were getting hammered by spin guys.
The fishing is getting good and with most of the locals heading to the delayed harvest areas it is a great time to head to the mountain streams for a good ol Georgia Slam!

Quote of the day:

“Next to prayer, fishing is the most personal relationship of man.”
-Herbert Hoover