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Betsie River fly fishing
photos from August 2006
The early season salmon run
was fantastic this year on the Betsie River!
Here are some of the August photos.
September 1st - Greg with another big Chinook
Salmon.
August 31st - Carl with a nice big Chinook Salmon
from the Betsie River. Big numbers of salmon
around today in the deep sand holes.
August 31st - Mike with a bright silver Chinook
Salmon. Best flies today were Black Woolly
Buggers, Muddlers, PM Wigglers, Black Stones and Hex
Nymphs.
August 30th - Greg Miller and guide Ted Kraimer
with a big silver Chinook Salmon on the Betsie
River. Had a excellent two boat float trip
today with big numbers of salmon around! Look
for fishing to just keep getting better.
August 30st - Scott with another silver Chinook
Salmon that was landed today. Water levels
have dropped and cleared up since the weekend rains.
River is in great shape but more rain is needed.
August 30st - Mario landed a bunch of nice fresh
Kings today on the Betsie River and here is one of
them. Best flies today were natural nymphs -
sparrows, pm wigglers, and muddlers.
August 29th - Sandy Arnoff with a nice big King
Salmon on the Betsie River. Had excellent
fishing today and just a perfect day for a late
summer float.
August 29th - Big groups of salmon like this have
been very common of late on the Betsie River.
August 29th - Craig with one of a bunch of salmon
that were landed today on Betsie River.
August 28th - Jamie Hicks with his first Chinook
Salmon. Had lots of fish on the move today
from the weekends rain.
August 27th - Jim Anson with a couple of real
nice fresh run Chinook Salmon on the Betsie River.
Water levels were up a bit from yesterday's heavy
storms and river was pretty dirty this morning.
As the day went on river cleared up to perfect
conditions. Had good numbers of fresh fish on
the move up stream today. Look for
excellent fishing this week!
August 26th - Chad Reikowsky with a Betsie River
Chinook Salmon. Major storm hit in the late
morning and pretty much ended today's fishing a
little early. Look for this rain to bring good
numbers of fish in from Lake Michigan.
August 25th - Mike Sargent with a Betsie River
salmon. Water was pretty dirty today from last
nights rain but still had pretty good fishing.
Chartruse egg patterns were the top fly today.
August 24th - Chris Poulos with big silver Betsie
River Chinook Salmon. Had excellent fishing
today and just a great day on the river!
Yesterday rain brought in some very nice fresh
salmon from Lake Michigan.
August 24th - Mike Sargent with another beautiful
Betsie River Salmon. In the background Chris
has another fish on! Egg patterns, hex nymphs,
muddlers, and woolly buggers were the best patterns
of the day. More rain is in the forecast which
should just keep bring in more fish!
August 24th - Here is a fresh run Salmon with one
of finest fly reels on the market! This Abel
reel has a custom Brook Trout Graphics finish.
We our now a Abel dealer for those looking for these
fine reels.
August 24th - Mike Sargent with another great
fresh run Chinook Salmon from the Betsie River.
August 22nd - Here is a fresh Chinook Salmon that
hit a big streamer! This jointed Fire
Tiger streamer was tied by Craig Kopczyk who has
tied us some great salmon streamer. Streamer
was being fished on a 300 grain 24' sink tip line
with a down and across swing. This is great
way to fish these early run salmon.
August 20th - Here is a real nice fresh Chinook
Salmon from the Betsie River that was caught by
Larry Johstone. Had pretty good fishing today
in the very lower Betsie River. The last week
new fish have been moving in every day. Cold
nights seems to be the key of late for good pushes
of new fish. This is a great time of year for
those looking for fresh Kings and not many people
around. Next rain should really kick run into
high gear!
August 19th - David Frizzell with a nice big
Chinook Salmon on the Betsie River that was caught
on a small pale colored nuke egg. Found a few
nice big groups of fresh salmon today but fish were
not on the bite very well. Water levels are
extremely low and fish are very spooky right now.
Of late we have had best luck with pale colored nuke
eggs, sparrow nymphs, green caddis and small
muddlers. Typically these fresh August Chinook
will hit large streamers but so far this year they
have only run from them!
August 17th - Here is Frank with a fresh King
Salmon on the Betsie River. Today there was a
big increase in the numbers of salmon in the river.
The last two cool nights have brought good numbers
of salmon in from Lake Michigan. With no other
boats on the river it made for very good fishing!
August 17th - A beautiful August Betsie River
salmon!
August 15th - Floated the very lower Betsie River
this afternoon after a very non productive morning
float in the upper river. Found a few big
groups of silver Chinooks just moving in from Lake
Michigan! Water levels are very low and fish
can be spooked very easily. Small black wooly
buggers with some flash in them were the most
productive fly of the day.
August 4th - A few salmon have moved into the Betsie River. Excellent salmon fishing of late
off the mouth of the Betsie in Lake Michigan.
Next good rain should bring in a big push of these
fish. This time of year the lower section
(below US-31) can be a excellent place to look for
fresh run Kings.
Steelhead photos from the 2005 season (click here) Trout photos from the 2004 season (click here) Lake Huron brown trout photos from the 2003 & 2004 season (click here)
Michigan fly fishing opportunities this season include:
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