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One of America’s Toughest Trout Streams Is Right Here in Michigan: The Jordan River

by Capt. Tony Petrella | Jul 24, 2009 | Environment, Trips & Guides

God created the Jordan River. And by any account, He did a very, very good job of it. But it was hundreds of tough, agile loggers who turned it into the trout stream it is today—the most technically challenging piece of water I’ve ever fished anywhere in the United...

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