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Late June Fly Fishing Report

Posted by Ted Kraimer - June 27, 2019

As June winds down, we seem to be waiting for more mayfly hatches to ramp up.

Fishing the past week has been tough on the local rivers which have warmed up into the mid 60’s. Hatch densities and fish looking up for bugs has been less than what we have come to expect for this time of year with just a light trickle of bugs emerging and riding the surface. On the days when the stars are aligned and some cloud cover/overcast days coincide with some hatch activity, fishing is far much better.

The Hex Hatch on the Manistee has been off – a few bugs have been witnessed but really no significant emergence has taken place yet. The rivers are busy this time of year with people anticipating the big mayfly and the big fish that eat them, so be sure to share the river.

Isonychias, Brown Drakes, Little Yellow Sally Stones, Medium Brown Stones, Golden Stones, Cahills and an errant Sulphur have been on the water, but again not in impressive densities. Not sure if all the high water we have had the past 6 weeks have pushed bugs around affecting the hatch cycles and densities or if we are just experiencing one of those years where mother nature does what she wants and doesn’t necessarily follow a script.

Bass and bluegill fishing on certain lakes has been decent especially when the sun is high making the trout fishing difficult. The water on the Grand Traverse Bays are warming up and the carp and smallmouth fishing is improving the further north you go as the water becomes more comfortable for them. It will be a busy week-plus out there with the 4th of July Holiday so look for early mornings to be your best fishing on the bays.

Good luck.

Ted

Trout– Match-the-Hatch fishing through June including the big bugs. Terrestrial & Tricos in July and August.
Fall Fishing – Salmon begins in September which leads to Steelhead in October and November.

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