Sorry that I haven't been updating this as much as I should. Since the last post I have gotten out a few times for some decent streamer fishing (when it was hot, it was on fire...unfortunately, the reciprocal held true as well.  Kirk and I made it out for a quick float as well there were a million bugs, unfortunately 999K of those were mosquitos.  We did catch a few and try to get some pics to share, however we had some technical difficulties.  

With family obligations and life in general, I haven't been out in over a week.  This is a problem that I hope to remedy this weekend.  I will bring the camera along this time for some pics to share

In the meantime, here are a couple of pictures of Jon Osborn, author of  16 Classic Michigan Flies,  with a Karma Kane rod after a day pursuing bull bluegill at an undisclosed western Michigan lake. Osborn "loved" the rod and has subsequently thrown away most of his graphite rods......a common occurrence after fishing with a Karma Kane Rod.

Until next time friends.

Sunday-  We moved downstate to the Pere Marquette River. The weather was warmer and so was the water compared to the Upper Man. We got off to a much  later start which, actually, worked out.  The water was still high,
but clearing nicely. Perfect overcast day with warming water.  This
was the best day for fishing.  We caught quite a few really nice trout
(biggest two were around 18").  Many more 11-13's were caught as well.  The streamers on the day all had white.  The most successful were white conehead wooly buggers and mad pups.

The highlights on the day may have been the fish, but the comedy of watching two newbies on the sticks had to be a close second.  In the upper fly water, I did most of the rowing due to how tight the river is, but after a while, the itch to fish took over.  After caroming off from trees, banks and anything else you can think of, they really started to get the hang of the whole drift boat thing.  One of the two was quite a natural at it, while the other...not so much.  (Practice makes perfect, Todd.)

The upper fly water was made even more difficult by two trees that blocked passage down the river, but we just found a way over it.  Our friends at Baldwin Bait and Tackle (BBT) were going to clear both of them today, so it should be smooth sailing.  Be careful if you go downriver, I heard that there was another tree down below Rainbow Rapids.

Later in the day, we did see a few Henny's and BWO's start to pop.  There were even a few fish that decided to look up, but they seemed pretty small (at least that is what I keep telling myself).

After a great day on the river with some good friends, better drinks and the best fish (trout), it was time to head to our local watering hole Na-Tah-Ka Tavern (South).  After some dinner, we awaited another piscine pursuer, who arrived in, lets just say that he was in less than a cheery mood.  Understandable so, when we all venture outside to see that his Trailblazer was missing a grill and a headlight.  The deer should have bobbed instead of weaved.

The final day of our adventure produced fish, but not as well as the previous.  We were on the water by 9 with one man down.  After hitting Bambi, our friend  was a less than eager to venture out into the bright sunshine due to the previous night's fiasco.

As for fishing, it started off really slow and only picked up.  We did bring some good size fish, just not the numbers from the previous day.  It was really
bright and sunny, which was nice for floating, but not so much the fishing.  It was pretty telling that every time we had a few clouds, we turned fish.  Again, the streamers were white coneheads and mad pups.

Towards the end of the day, the fishing started to pick up.  Unfortunately, we all had to get home at a decent time.

That is all for now.  I am planning on heading out again this weekend after putting in a couple of docks for family members.  I will let you know how it goes.  Hopefully, the Henny's will show and we can get the dry fly action working.  I have a new 4/5 weight bamboo rod that needs to get broken in.  In the meantime, enjoy a few more pics from the weekend