Ted’s Fishing Report: Early June, 2010

Normal is a relative thing, but after some really warm conditions the past week’s weather has put our hatches and the fish’s behavior back in line to a normal progression. The Upper Manistee and Boardman Rivers received some much needed rain and the rivers have cooled...

Ted’s Fishing Report: Early June, 2010

Temperatures in the 70’s isn’t typically considered cool for this time of year, but after what we have experienced the past two weeks, it feels cool and good. This is good – water temperatures in the rivers were getting way too high stressing out fish and making...

Ted’s Fishing Report: Late May, 2010

The recent hot weather has made for some good fishing, but the time and place is key right now to really cash-in. Trout anglers are finding that the bugs are consistent with this time of the year on the Upper Manistee and Boardman Rivers. Since it has been hot, the...

Ted’s Fishing Report: Mid July, 2009

The up and down, inconsistent weather has our Hex hatch continuing a little longer than anyone would have guessed at the beginning of the season. Numerous days of cool (sometimes cold) weather put the pugs on hold while little warm-ups triggered small emergences.  The...