Report from the Mitten State

S.Trutta · 07-06-12, 04:01 PM

We've had GA like heat for almost two weeks and I'm about to rip my hair out. Luckily the fishing has been really good...........

www.troutonthefly.blogspot.com

Rich

Mog · 07-06-12, 05:32 PM

Looks like a great summer up north for smallies.
When you gonna post those midnight big brown trips? We need some 'waked' mouse stories.

S.Trutta · 07-06-12, 07:33 PM

Funny you mention it.....a buddy and I are headed up to the Pere Marquette tonight for the first mousing trip of the year. Here fishy fishy........

Trouty Mouth · 07-06-12, 08:37 PM

You would have to post this today... Was regretting earlier probably not being able to get up to Port Austin to fish this Summer & then started thinking about fishing years ago on my beloved Flat River. Opened Grey's an there was an article about pheasant hunting in the Thumb. Came down to my PC and there was your post. Please tell me that you are hunting and fishing up there at every opportunity!

Wet Fly · 07-06-12, 09:41 PM

Great stuff, Rich. I always enjoy your reports. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to seeing the kype jaws in the dark.

Windknot · 07-07-12, 04:52 PM

Thanks for posting the blog link, Rich. I needed to see some bass, and you didn't disappoint!

It's almost 5pm, 92f w/46% humidity. El sucko.

S.Trutta · 07-15-12, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trouty Mouth

You would have to post this today... Was regretting earlier probably not being able to get up to Port Austin to fish this Summer & then started thinking about fishing years ago on my beloved Flat River. Opened Grey's an there was an article about pheasant hunting in the Thumb. Came down to my PC and there was your post. Please tell me that you are hunting and fishing up there at every opportunity!

I sure am....its why I chose Grand Rapids....I can shoot woodcock and grouse 45 mins from my house and catch trout/steelhead/bass/pike and a host of other fish 10-15 mins away. This allows me to get out after work a couple times a week in addition to my normal weekend stuff. I'm usually out at least 3 times per week year round, and 4-5 times when things are going strong.

Trouty Mouth · 07-15-12, 10:34 AM

At my old home on the Flat River north of Lowell, we had the coolest thing. You could launch your canoe, float a few miles down the river, paddle up a stream below a small dam, portage across, paddle across a beautiful impoundment lake, portage over another dam, and then float right back home some miles back down the river! I spent many a happy day in my youth doing that route, sometimes camping, sometimes just making a day of it. We had woodcocks, grouse, and ducks in the sloughs by the river. And if you kept your eye sharp, you might find beer stashed by partiers that planned to return later with their "girlfriends"...

S.Trutta · 07-16-12, 03:58 PM

I live a short ways from the Flat and although I havent fished it as much as I should I've fished it enough to have caught some nice smallies and was sawed off a month or so ago by one heck of pike right below the **** in Lowell! Small world.......

Rich

07-16-12, 06:27 PM

As always, a great read! Your posts are a great reminder to a great blog. Do not hesitate to remind us more often.

07-06-12, 04:01 PM	#1
S.Trutta Native Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 1,894	Report from the Mitten State We've had GA like heat for almost two weeks and I'm about to rip my hair out. Luckily the fishing has been really good........... www.troutonthefly.blogspot.com Rich __________________ "Fish hard or go home!!!"

07-06-12, 05:32 PM	#2
Mog Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hoschton, GA Posts: 1,577	Looks like a great summer up north for smallies. When you gonna post those midnight big brown trips? We need some 'waked' mouse stories. __________________ These brook trout will strike any fly you present, provided you don't get close enough to present it. -- Dick Blalock

07-06-12, 07:33 PM	#3
S.Trutta Native Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 1,894	Funny you mention it.....a buddy and I are headed up to the Pere Marquette tonight for the first mousing trip of the year. Here fishy fishy........ __________________ "Fish hard or go home!!!"

07-06-12, 09:41 PM	#5
Wet Fly Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Next door to Alice Posts: 1,543	Great stuff, Rich. I always enjoy your reports. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to seeing the kype jaws in the dark. __________________ WF De gustibus non disputandum est.

07-16-12, 03:58 PM	#9
S.Trutta Native Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 1,894	I live a short ways from the Flat and although I havent fished it as much as I should I've fished it enough to have caught some nice smallies and was sawed off a month or so ago by one heck of pike right below the **** in Lowell! Small world....... Rich __________________ "Fish hard or go home!!!"

07-06-12, 08:37 PM	#4
Trouty Mouth Native Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Roswell, GA Posts: 604	You would have to post this today... Was regretting earlier probably not being able to get up to Port Austin to fish this Summer & then started thinking about fishing years ago on my beloved Flat River. Opened Grey's an there was an article about pheasant hunting in the Thumb. Came down to my PC and there was your post. Please tell me that you are hunting and fishing up there at every opportunity!

07-07-12, 04:52 PM	#6
Windknot Director, Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Dacula, GA Posts: 12,690	Thanks for posting the blog link, Rich. I needed to see some bass, and you didn't disappoint! It's almost 5pm, 92f w/46% humidity. El sucko.

07-15-12, 10:34 AM	#8
Trouty Mouth Native Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Roswell, GA Posts: 604	At my old home on the Flat River north of Lowell, we had the coolest thing. You could launch your canoe, float a few miles down the river, paddle up a stream below a small dam, portage across, paddle across a beautiful impoundment lake, portage over another dam, and then float right back home some miles back down the river! I spent many a happy day in my youth doing that route, sometimes camping, sometimes just making a day of it. We had woodcocks, grouse, and ducks in the sloughs by the river. And if you kept your eye sharp, you might find beer stashed by partiers that planned to return later with their "girlfriends"...

07-16-12, 06:27 PM	#10
cucarachafly Guest Posts: n/a	As always, a great read! Your posts are a great reminder to a great blog. Do not hesitate to remind us more often.

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