Upper Manistee River Fly-Fishing Report

Prime Time Dry Fly Open Dates

Chuck Hawkins: July 3,6,7

Jon Ray: July 1&3

Ed McCoy - June 6/30, July 6-7, 9

Russ Maddin: July 6-9

Tommy Lynch: July 1-4, 9

June 29th, 2009

Pictured is Chris with a 19” brown taken on a dry before dark and Jim and Chris with a pair of very nice fish from tonight! 6/28

Rainy day Hexes! Just enough bugs to get some fish working, make the right cast with the right fly and you have a recipe for success. Currently we have been seeing some good numbers of Isonychia, Cahill’s, BWO’s, Golden Stones, and Hexes. Fishing is good and should continue to be productive through the remainder of the hatch. Congratulations to Jim and Chris for taking advantage of their opportunities today and putting some nice fish in the net.

Tight Lines,


Ed

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June 28th, 2009

Jim G. with a day time 20", 6/27

Hot weather brought out the crowds this weekend, the big bugs hatched and people slammed the river. Fishing remained good, just had to think creative and not play the fairway's. Hex's, stone's, and early season hoppers are pulling fish up. As big stuff is grabbing there eye's.

Tight Lines,

JR

June 26th, 2009

Dave (top) and Jeff enjoy trout fishing on the Manistee, 6/24

Well it is not a secret, but the Hex has started up here on the Manistee. The big bugs are flying and now is the time to cash in on some big trout with dries. We still have a couple of days open so give us a call to get in on the action.


Tight Lines,

Ed

June 23rd, 2009

Tim S. with a nice drake eater brownie, 6/22

Drakes, stones and getting close to hex's. Warm temps are kicking the bigger bugs into gear. With extremely warm temps, look for trout to be out early and late.

Russ

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USGS 04124000 MANISTEE RIVER NEAR SHERMAN, MI

Station location information and 2008 data
Station location information and 2007 data
Station location information and 2006 data

Station operated in cooperation with Consumers Energy.

Discharge, cubic feet per second
	Most recent instantaneous value: 1,020   07-03-2009  12:30 Create presentation-quality graph Parameter 00060; DD 01
	Daily discharge statistics, in cfs, for Jul 4 based on 88 years of record more Min (2003) 20th percen- tile Median Mean Most Recent Instantaneous Value 80th percen- tile Max (1953) 726 832 939 970. 1,020 1080 1610

Gage height, feet
	Most recent instantaneous value: 11.97   07-03-2009  12:30 Create presentation-quality graph Parameter 00065; DD 02

Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
	Most recent instantaneous value: 13.7   07-03-2009  12:00 Create presentation-quality graph Parameter 00010; DD 03

Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
	Most recent instantaneous value: 9.4   07-03-2009  12:00 Create presentation-quality graph Parameter 00300; DD 05