high and dirty but heading toward perfect.
April 8th, 2011 by guide
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Level – high (1620 cfs and falling)
Temp – around 40
Color – heavy color
Fishing – steelhead good
The Pere Marquette has good numbers of steelhead and I’m sure many more are on the way up through the lower river. Water levels in the fly water have dropped to about perfect with the middle river heading quickly toward perfect as well. It will be a while until the lower PM is in good shape, it just crested last night at almost 1700 cfs, that is a lot of water for the little PM.
Eggs, large nymphs and small streamers have produced best all week. In the high and dirty water the flies needed to be big and bold or they weren’t going to be seen. The big trout have been pretty aggressive with the higher water. The black stoneflies have been active everyday, they should be a good choice as the waters clear.
Nice Michigan brown trout from the Pere Marquette River.
An easy Michigan steelhead caddisfly pattern.
Sunset after a day of steelhead fishing.
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