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The Vexing Hex Hatch

June 22, 2021 By Matthew Supinski

The late night Hex banter may go like this: "It's on!...it's off! "We need more heat and humidity"... " This damn cold front is screwing the bugs up"...and always the should've been here talk: "had a ton of bugs in the air last night, it got cold too quick tonight", …and as always the "too many … [Read more...] about The Vexing Hex Hatch

Filed Under: Au Sable, Dry Fly, Hex Hatch, mayfly, Michigan Fly Fishing, Michigan trout streams, Pere Marquette, Trout, Uncategorized Tagged With: @watershallowed, #Aaronvanderwall., #AUSABLEMICHIGAN, #BobLinsenman, #Brianpitzer, #browntroutatlanticsalmonnexusbook, #charlescutter, #danica, #dryfly, #flyfishingmayflies, #gatesausablelodge, #graydrakelodge, #graydrakemurdermystery, #hallowedwatersjournal, #hexagenia, #hexhatch, #Northernangler, #peremarquetteriver, #PMTU, #rchalesmclravey, #recurvata, #tommylynch

What Happened to the Gray Drakes?-The Majesty and Travesty in One Year

June 10, 2021 By Matthew Supinski

It's been another year and episode of climate change 301. Rivers heating up way too early, droughts, crazy disappearance of hatches and of course the plague of cicadas and gypsy moths- apocalyptical eh? Everyone and every predating aquatic beast wants a piece of this big mayfly bug action. Fly … [Read more...] about What Happened to the Gray Drakes?-The Majesty and Travesty in One Year

Filed Under: Dry Fly, Fly Fishing, mayfly, Michigan Fly Fishing, Michigan trout streams, Uncategorized Tagged With: #dryfly, #flyfishingmayflies, #graydrakehatch, #graydrakelodge, #michiganhatches, #Muskegonriver, #peremarquette, #troutfishing

It’s Mayfly time-but why the caddis fuss?

May 23, 2021 By Matthew Supinski

It's mayfly season-right? So our hatch matching attention should be on those amazing, beautiful, and delicate mayflies we have waited all year for. But???...why are those bloody sedges, as the Brit's call them, making such a fuss? The caddis conundrum is a dilemma that has plagued hatch matchers for … [Read more...] about It’s Mayfly time-but why the caddis fuss?

Filed Under: caddis, Carl Richards, Catskill fly fishing, Delaware wild trout, Driftless Area, Dry Fly, England's chalk streams, Fly Fishing, Gary LaFontaine, limestone spring creeks, Mad River, mayfly, Michigan Fly Fishing, Michigan trout streams, Montana fly fishing, Nymphing, Pennsylvania fly fishing, Pennsylvania wild brown trout, small trout streams, sulfur hatch, Trout, Uncategorized Tagged With: #caddishatches, #dryfly, #hallowedwatersjournal, #mayflyhatches, #Muskegonriver

Why We Dry Fly-The DNA of Fly Fishing

May 17, 2021 By Matthew Supinski

The dry fly is to fly fishing what the ten commandments are to the bible. It is a religion , a lifestyle and obsession for those fly fishers that have embraced the deeper Zen and karma of our art and craft. Fly fishing; especially the dry fly pursuit, is not just another "action sport" like it is … [Read more...] about Why We Dry Fly-The DNA of Fly Fishing

Filed Under: Au Sable, Catskill fly fishing, Delaware wild trout, Driftless Area, Dry Fly, England's chalk streams, Falling Springs Run, Fly Fishing, Leigh Perkins, Letort Spring Run, limestone spring creeks, mayfly, Michigan Fly Fishing, Michigan trout streams, Montana fly fishing, Nymphing, Orvis CFO, Orvis company, orvis fly fishing, Pennsylvania fly fishing, Pennsylvania wild brown trout, Pere Marquette, small trout streams, sulfur hatch, Trout, Uncategorized Tagged With: #alcaucci, #catskillflytyingguild, #peterhayes

The Ultimate Sulphur Primer

May 14, 2021 By Matthew Supinski

It started! Those magnificent and perhaps most delicate and beautiful of all the mayflies have begun their evening dance. In the words of Ernest Schwiebert, whose artistic and analytical prose aligned and complimented so perfectly with the bold and adventurous Chicago born icon who visited the … [Read more...] about The Ultimate Sulphur Primer

Filed Under: Au Sable, Big Spring Run, Catskill fly fishing, Delaware wild trout, Driftless Area, Dry Fly, Fly Fishing, Letort Spring Run, limestone spring creeks, mayfly, Michigan Fly Fishing, Michigan trout streams, Nymphing, Pennsylvania fly fishing, Pennsylvania wild brown trout, Pere Marquette, small trout streams, sulfur hatch

Surfing Up Salmonids-Fresh Spring Chrome on the Hunt

May 10, 2021 By Matthew Supinski

The pinnacle of the trout/salmon/steelhead fly fishing experience has always revolved around the stream and river experience. But it is rather ironic that we focus and chase the migratory salmonids in areas like rivers and streams where they actually are not at their most aggressive and predatory … [Read more...] about Surfing Up Salmonids-Fresh Spring Chrome on the Hunt

Filed Under: #tubeflies, Atlantic salmon, Coho salmon, Fly Fishing, Great Lakes Steelhead, Maine Atlantic salmon Recovery, mayfly, Michigan Fly Fishing, Salmon, Scotland, sea trout, Spey, spey swinging, Steelhead, Streamers, Trout Tagged With: #hallowedwatersjournal, AlessioFalorni, BenDickenson, KarlWeixlmann, MartinJorgeson, MiachaelDeloia, MichaelDurckalec, Samanthadatta, StuartMcCallum, ToddTowle

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