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Trout Report

Upper Manistee River Trout Fishing

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Manistee River Trout Report

Upper Manistee River

The Upper Manistee River Trout Fishing report for late April has us transitioning out of some pretty serious flooding.  This was probably the highest flows I have seen on the Upper Manistee River.  Most of April has provided some very high water and flood stage conditions. Water has been dropping and clearing this past week and is now fishable in the upper sections.

Wading is still currently going to be very challenging around the CCC bridge and Sharon access sites. The upper sections near 72 have been dropping and clearing up nicely while water temps have been mostly 52-55. Fishing was pretty tough heading into the Trout Opener this past weekend. Last week a huge impulse of worms hit the system.  The fishing has slowly been rebounding the past few days and we actually saw a couple of rising fish today!

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New Fly Release McCoy’s All Day Spinner

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McCoy's All Day Spinner
McCoy’s All Day Spinner

McCoy’s All Day Spinner – Isonychia

I am excited to announce a new fly pattern to be released by Montana Fly Company in 2021! The McCoy’s All Day Isonychia Spinner is very durable, has a very realistic profile, can be fished all day, and is a must have pattern for our Northern Michigan streams. This fly will be available in two sizes, #10 and #12, and will complete the Isonychia lineup in a series of foam based dry flies that I released through MFC in 2019.

The All Day Isonychia Spinner is a great searching pattern and is one of my go to favorites to target rising trout during an Isonychia Spinner fall. Make sure to check with your local fly shops for availability and I expect we will have a limited quantity available here online at Mangled Fly. Read more

May Dry Fly Video

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Worked with Chuck Hawkins yesterday and taped a couple video’s that we just posted on our Hawkins Youtube channel.  Did work separating audio from video and inserting photo’s inside the video to display detail.  Working with audio is not an easy as it sounds, but enjoy the video and hope it helps bring to light how good May dry fly fishing can be.