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Pic of the Day – Jeff Topp Steelhead

October 23, 2019/in steelhead fishing, Uncategorized/by Jon Ray

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

October 22, 2019/in steelhead fishing/by Jon Ray

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

October 16, 2019/in Picture of the Day, steelhead fishing/by Jon Ray

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 […]

Fall Steelhead on the Big Manistee River

October 12, 2019/in manistee river, steelhead fishing/by Jon Ray

Still have a few open dates at the end of November as well and plenty of availability in December too. Open Nov dates are 26,27,29. Contact me if your interested. As reports from my charter lake captains is this run of 2019 Fall Steelhead should be special. Have a great fall!

Bulls and Muskie – Videos

October 9, 2019/in Videos/by Jon Ray

Might be a stretch but something similar about Big Bulls and Muskie Fishing. Here are two videos from this week that grabbed my attention. While watching first video their is a quote that really does rings home. The cowboy talks about how intimidating this certain Bull is. I feel the same way when releasing muskie. […]

Pic of the Day – Muskie Fly

October 4, 2019/in Fly Tying, Muskie on the Fly, Picture of the Day/by Jon Ray

Pic of the Day – Muskie Topwater

October 2, 2019/in Muskie on the Fly/by Jon Ray

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

September 23, 2019/2 Comments/in Muskie on the Fly/by Jon Ray

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

September 18, 2019/in Picture of the Day/by Jon Ray

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

February 8, 2019/in Videos/by Jon Ray

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 […]