Entries by Jon Ray

Pic of the Day – Muskie Topwater

For those of you that know we have had an interesting learning curve when it comes to Muskie on Topwater. Have a future article in the bin that Ed and I are going to co-write going over some of the Do’s and Don’ts of Muskie on Topwater. With the help of some new foam products […]

Muskie on the Fly

Starting my 7th year of guiding in the fall for Muskie and with the help of Ed McCoy we got a great image of an Muskie on the Fly. If you have an interest in booking a trip for Muskie on the Fly in Northern Michigan send me an email. Ed and I both have […]

Pic of the Day – Walleye on the Fly

Mangled Fly Blog So let the games begin again, Mangled Fly Blog is going to come alive once again. I here by promise to have more content once again on the Mangled Fly site. I am sorry for the lack of content over the past year, but the focus is back and more images, reviews, […]

Pike Eats Trout

I sort of feel bad for the little trout, but the footage is amazing so thank you little trout for sacrificing yourself for this video clip. Check out the link below. View this post on Instagram Saturdays Boatfair in Gothenburg will be the first time I show some clips from our new film project. I […]

Jumping Brown Trout Video

This short clip below has me thinking of warmer times, looking forward to the upcoming trout season. Even though right now it feels so far away. Big week this week for tying and hope to generate some good content video wise. I know we will be tying a few good foam patterns for the July […]

Thank you 2018

View this post on Instagram Thank you 2018 can’t wait to see what 2019 brings. Happy New Year. #scientificanglers #scottflyrods #whitingfarms #hawkinsoutfitters #mangledfly #madeinmichigan A post shared by Mangledfly (@mangledfly) on Dec 31, 2018 at 6:55am PST Thank you 2018 it was a great year, a few of our most liked Images from our Instagram […]

Brown Trout Eating Something

Brown Trout Eating Minnows Been a fun fall of shooting Mother Nature dining out.  Started with the Heron and Pike images.  Now here is another image of the cycle of life.  Had the opportunity to fish below Tippy Dam for Brown Trout.  While working on a few patterns that that we will be adding to […]

Two Great Blue Herons eating Pike

Had the opportunity to shoot two different Great Blue Herons enjoying a shore side lunch this week.  I have never seen this before a Heron eating a Pike, but in less that one week it happened on two separate occasions. Great Blue Herons now have my attention to say the least with how they hunt […]

2018 XL Steelhead

XL Steelhead I like to think of the steelhead season like a hockey game.  It has three periods to the game, that last a total of 6-7 months.  Period one is the Fall-Run, then Winter Steelhead, and the final period is Spring Steelhead. In the first period of this game, the Fall Run  we have […]