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[Dryrod]

[font "Poor Richard"][green][size 3][cool]Have never done any fly fishing [or any other type] in Michigan. What is the main species of fish to catch on your rivers & how late in the year can one fly fish?[/size][/green][/font]
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[lonehunter]

For trouts we have the browns , brookies and bows . Hard core fly-fishermen do the steelhead , fresh runs and holdovers , some just do the salmon runs .
The real hardcore guys (davetclown and I ) do the carp on a flyrod , now there's some fishing !!!
Anyone else doing the hand casting ?
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[davetclown]

you can fly fish year round in michigan,

you just have to pick your areas from the catalog to see wich trout streams lakes and ponds stay open. some do close around september, those you cant fish at all with anything...

michigan is more known for its salmon runs spring fall and winter than it is known for its trout.. even tho we plant a lot of them, the majority of what we do release is caught and kept, and the majority of what we dont catch and keep in the trout catigory dies duing our hot summers and lack of cold springs to keep them alive... trout do well in our lakes, just not so well in our rivers and streams because of the carp... even catfish and bullheads have been reduced in habitat by carp in our streams.

if you have never hooked in to a carp on a fly rod, you should give it a try. even the little ones are a riot. and if you ever tie in to a bigun if your not a beleiver of god you will be cause you will be prayin that freight train dosnt snap your fairy wond...[] Its nothin to get spooled half dozen times on one fish before you tire him enough to get him in, un like other fish, carp have to be worn out before you can get them in... I cant tell ya how many times I about fell over laughing after seeing some one reaching over to pick up a carp when it had one more run left in him and about yank the pole out of his hand....[laugh]

we do have a few streams that stay open year round for trout, you just have to pick up the catilog that shows you wich ones do...
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[whitedog]

atlantic salmon are the best fish, you can get them on wet or dry flys, you tie into a 15 pound atlantic and you will get a air show of your life, I tie into a lot of atlantics while fly fishing for whitefish.

I havent had much time to fish in the last year and half, I have been working out of state and havent had much time at home, man has to work some time, I guess its my turn to work lol

I havent been here in some time to post, I am going to take time to read the board over today its raining very hard in upper michigan, the part is I winterized my boat over a month ago.

anyone intrested in fly fishing atlantics or whitefish in northern michigan can call me for pointers and areas to go, this type of fishing in my area is boat only fishing, my number is 906/635/8929
I am home most saturday evenings, I should be home working by the sounds of things next summer, so I could take anyone from the site out fishing then...

everyone take care and may the fish gods be on your side!!!
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[Dryrod]

[#005028][cool]Hi there whitedog and thank you for the feedback. Living here in arid SoCal we're not blessed with waters that contain salmon or for that matter much of anything else. Most of our lakes, reservoirs and the like are stocked. That is why I buy my Atlantic salmon in the supermarket. LOL BTW it is time that you wet a fly. A day fishing is not counted against you in the big book of life.[/#005028]
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