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Michigan trout streams

Every Wild Brown Trout Tells a Story

July 31, 2023 By Matthew Supinski

I don't fish- I hunt...trout that is! Every step I take into my secret little world on my tiny spring creeks in the national forest down my road, is a spiritual hallowed journey of learning and reverence. Each wild brown trout I catch in these historic icy- cold, skinny waters, teaches me … [Read more...] about Every Wild Brown Trout Tells a Story

Filed Under: brook trout, brown trout, caddis, culinary, Dry Fly, emergers, epicurean cusisine, Fly Fishing, foodies, foraging for food, Hallowed Waters Journal, Michigan Fly Fishing, Michigan trout streams, Midge Fishing, small trout streams, The Brown Trout-Atlantic Salmon Nexus Book, Tricorythodes, Trout, Trout Unlimited, Uncategorized, wild mushrooms Tagged With: #troutunlimited

The Enigmatic Masking Hatch

June 21, 2023 By Matthew Supinski

( Image: A freshly hatched Sulphur dun that crawled up on my waders on the West Branch of the Delaware in the Catskills as it was shedding its nymphal shuck that looks like a Pheasant Tail nymph - thus the case for a Sulphur dry with a brown Z-lon tail shuck and a PT dropper during this hatch- … [Read more...] about The Enigmatic Masking Hatch

Filed Under: Au Sable, Big Spring Run, brown trout, caddis, Catskill fly fishing, Chironomid, Delaware wild trout, Driftless Area, Dry Fly, emergers, Falling Springs Run, Fly Fishing, Hallowed Waters Journal, Hex Hatch, limestone spring creeks, mayfly, Michigan Fly Fishing, Michigan trout streams, Midge Fishing, Montana fly fishing, Montana Spring Creeks, Pennsylvania fly fishing, Selectivity book, sulfur hatch, Tricorythodes, Uncategorized

MICROMANAGING MINUTIAE-OVERCOMING TINY FLY PHOBIA

December 20, 2022 By Matthew Supinski

Midges and Scuds are tiny minutiae extremely important in winter. These are a trout's daily bread and butter.

( Though many of us love to fish dries and swinging wets, Midges and micro crustaceans are a trout's bread and butter in the benthic bio drift in winter as pictured above. Thus entailing nymphing either traditional or Euro style. Though we tend to confuse midge larvae color with adults' coloration … [Read more...] about MICROMANAGING MINUTIAE-OVERCOMING TINY FLY PHOBIA

Filed Under: Big Spring Run, brook trout, brown trout, Catskill fly fishing, Chironomid, Delaware wild trout, Driftless Area, Dry Fly, Falling Springs Run, Fly Fishing, Hallowed Waters Journal, Letort Spring Run, limestone spring creeks, Michigan trout streams, Midge Fishing, midges, Montana fly fishing, Nymphing, Pennsylvania fly fishing, Pennsylvania wild brown trout, rainbow trout, Uncategorized Tagged With: #hallowedwaterjournal, #hallowedwatersjournal, #patrickfulkrod, #southholstenriver

Autumn Caddis & The Trout and Steelhead of October

October 21, 2022 By Matthew Supinski

( A gorgeous October Michigan rainbow- resident Eagle Lake California strain that Michigan has adopted- or Michigan strain steelhead that hasn't smolted due to its stubbornness- you be the judge. Regardless, this 15 inch fish jumped chrome silver and put up a blistering fight on a 12 foot 3 weight … [Read more...] about Autumn Caddis & The Trout and Steelhead of October

Filed Under: caddis, Delaware wild trout, Dry Fly, Fly Fishing, Great Lakes Steelhead, Hallowed Waters Journal, Michigan Fly Fishing, Michigan trout streams, Orvis company, orvis fly fishing, Pennsylvania fly fishing, rainbow trout, spey swinging, Steelhead, Trout, trout spey, Uncategorized, West Coast Steelhead Tagged With: #caddishatches, #carlrichards, #cohodryfly, #dryflysteelhead, #lafontaine, #octobercaddis, #octobersedge, #orvishelios, #steelheadalley, #swingingdryflies, #wakingflies

The Season’s Closing-Blessed by Wild Trout Gems in Veiled Hallows

October 5, 2022 By Matthew Supinski

"Small brooks make great rivers" (French Proverbs) Everything in the universe has a beginning and end. From a Nova, to Supernova to a Black Hole abyss, there is a transition. Except for the Almighty, if one chooses to believe; this is the one eternal spirit of the Alpha and Omega who's being … [Read more...] about The Season’s Closing-Blessed by Wild Trout Gems in Veiled Hallows

Filed Under: Au Sable, brook trout, brown trout, caddis, Carl Richards, Catskill fly fishing, Delaware wild trout, Driftless Area, Dry Fly, emergers, Fly Fishing, Hallowed Waters Journal, Letort Spring Run, mayfly, Michigan Fly Fishing, Michigan trout streams, midges, Montana fly fishing, Nymphing, Pennsylvania fly fishing, Pere Marquette, rainbow trout, small trout streams, The Brown Trout-Atlantic Salmon Nexus Book, Tricorythodes, Trout, Uncategorized Tagged With: #abelreels, #baetis, #bwo, #dryfly, #germanbachforellen, #manisteenationalforest, #michigandnr, #Muskegonriver, #nysdec

Dances with Tricos-The White Curse Demystified

July 8, 2022 By Matthew Supinski

Tricorythodes are the smallest mayflies on the planet. But in a given morning a selective brown, rainbow or brook trout can conume up to a thousand spinners for a very full belly on a daily basis for up to 4 months- a true super hatch!!

If you are a summertime trout stream fly fisher you will know the scenario about to be described all too well. You get to the stream armed with your favorite hopper or ant pattern. Or maybe a Sulphur/ BWO emerger on a big icy cold tailwater. And as you walk the banks you see little white clouds of … [Read more...] about Dances with Tricos-The White Curse Demystified

Filed Under: Au Sable, Big Spring Run, brown trout, Carl Richards, Catskill fly fishing, Delaware wild trout, Driftless Area, Dry Fly, emergers, England's chalk streams, Falling Springs Run, Fly Fishing, Hallowed Waters Journal, Hot Creek California, Letort Spring Run, limestone spring creeks, mayfly, Michigan Fly Fishing, Michigan trout streams, Montana fly fishing, Montana Spring Creeks, Nymphing, Orvis company, Paradise Valley Spring Creeks, Pennsylvania fly fishing, Pennsylvania wild brown trout, Selectivity book, Spring creek coulee, The Brown Trout-Atlantic Salmon Nexus Book, Tricorythodes, Trout, Uncategorized Tagged With: #abelreels, #alcaucci, #antingthehatch, #ants, #Bighorntricos, #Caenis, #carlrichards, #Daiichihooks, #fredarbona, #gatesausablelodge, #harelinedubbin, #hatchesbook, #keepemwet, #kenmiyata, #maxima, #MayfliesofMichigan, #NationalcapitolTU, #orvishelios, #orvissuperstrong, #orvistrico, #RiverTest, #scientificanglerslines, #scottgseries, #shastarainbows, #silvercreek, #spinnerfall, #sprucecreek, #THOMASANDTHOMASRODS, #tricos, #varivas, #VincentMarinaro

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