Manistee River Steelhead Report
Steelhead fishing report for the Manistee River below Tippy Dam. Now booking Winter and Spring Steelhead Trips.
Entries by Jon Ray
Mangled Fly Guide Service is growing
Jeff Topp and Ed McCoy First let me start by wishing everyone a Happy New Year from Mangled Fly! Secondly, I would like to take this opportunity to make an exciting new announcement. Mangled Fly would like to welcome two new members to the team! Allow me to introduce fellow guides and new team members; […]
Upper Manistee River Trout Fishing
Upper Manistee Trout fishing report. Brown Trout and Brook Trout fishing on the Upper Manistee River.
Big Announcment
I have some very exciting news to share with you all! After 17 plus years of guiding for Chuck and Cherie Hawkins and Hawkins Outfitters, the time has come for me to venture out on my own. Mangled Fly will now be more than just a photo and video blog; it will be home to […]
Pic of the Day – New Steelhead Swing Colors
View this post on Instagram As trout anglers we get obsessed with matching the hatch. As a steelhead angler not sure that strategy works all the time. Not sure what this fly imitates but as a mangledfly it’s beautiful to me. A post shared by Jon Ray (@mangledfly) on Nov 2, 2019 at 3:33am PDT […]
Mangled Fly Sale
Not everything but most everything is on Sale right now. We are clearing out the inventory to make room for new stuff coming soon. Fingers crossed before Christmas for some new items so make sure to come back and check out the new swag. But in the mean time get some great deals on the […]
Pics and Videos of the Day – Jumping Steelhead
Jumping Manistee River Steelhead Todays post is a few hightlights from the past few days on Mangled Fly’s social media accounts if you haven’t followed us go check out the feed we have been updating a couple times a week on Instagram and our Facebook page. Video above was shot this week on my iPhone […]
Pic of the Day – Jeff Topp Steelhead
Check out this great fish from Guide Jeff Topp’s boat. Client is Steve B. with a Big Manistee River steelhead View this post on Instagram A post shared by Capt. Jeff Topp (@jefftopp_fishing) on Oct 22, 2019 at 3:02am PDT
Fall Steelhead 2019 Update
Fall steelhead 2019 update. The Manistee River continues to fish pretty well for fall steelhead. The last few days fish numbers have slowed down as we haven’t received a push of fish in a few days, but with a good number of steelhead in the upper sections opportunity still prevails. While pressure remains high with […]
Pic of the Day – Big Steelhead
Well so far the Steelhead run of 2019 is very similar to 2018, they are big again. If you remember one of my posts from last year I have the same feeling for this year. The elusive 20 pound steelhead is going to make it’s entrance at some point. Yesterday we had a 15-16 pound […]