River Reports
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May/June 2025
The local trout opener was mostly a bust as water levels were high, fast and dirty. In fact the first two weeks of May was mostly unfishable do to the heavy rains. Later May and the first week of June the system fished pretty well. A good amount of smaller juvenile steelhead and browns were…
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January 2025
A very Happy New Year Michigan Fly Fisherman! It’s been a down right cold January and the fishing has been mostly hit or miss. There has been some local success on the Clinton river in southeast MI. The fish have been smaller in size with a good amount of skippers being caught. The best success…
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June 2023
As I write this post we are in a serious drought with local waters very low and warming with ambient temperatures in the upper 80’s and low 90’s. The opener this season brought many anglers out to the local waters with adverse stream conditions. High water and high turbidity made the bite tough and the…
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October 2022
We had a good season fishing locally with more rainbows, steelhead parr and smolts to hand. Fewer nice sized browns this season but good action! A special thank you to all who booked this year with Woodland Rivers! The local creek was mostly clear and low this season but with stealth tactics and light line…
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May 2022
The opening Trout weekend brought a lot of anglers to the creeks, streams and rivers across Michigan. The local bite was a bit slow for the morning hours and not many hatches to report. Saw an occasional blue winged olive make its angelic flight off of the water but the fish were not keying in…
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March 2022
It was a cold and snowy few months here in Michigan. March is proving to warm up and some of the sluggish winter fish have now turned on to the feed. The upper Clinton fished slow for us this season and we are looking forward to the annual Trout Opener the last Saturday of April.…
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November/December 2021
Well folks, it was a relatively warm fall with a few good rains that got the river up and nicely stained. With the new construction at Avon and Dequindre it has deterred many anglers as well as possible fish to make it up through the park stretch. The fishing in Auburn Hills has picked up…
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September/October 2021
A very warm October thus far and September was mostly pleasant as well. The local fishing has changed over from our local Paint Creek which came to a seasonal close the last day of September and we are now focusing our attention on the Upper Clinton. We had several Guided Float Trips out this fall…