I had the oppourtunity to travel to Michigan's beautiful Upper Peninsula to our cabin for a short weekend trip. It is a 6 hour drive and tough to go up on a Friday and come home on a Sunday, but I love th place and go whenever the chance is given.


I was hoping to fish more than I did, but violent storms had been ripping through Michigan and I only had one chance to fish around 11 AM on Sunday.




I had a special location in mind. I had been checking it during my time there (during the storms) and it was still being pounded by fisherman.

I choose to switch locations and take a LONG hike to one of my favorite spots. As you can see, and island splits the river and creates two incredible runs with rock ledges under the water.


This was the results of my first drift through the run in the picture. Rainbow.


I made a little comotion and figured I would let the run settle down, so I tried the run on the other side of the island. I don't have a picture, but it is merely the same idea as above.

My first drift through and some ran with it like a brick wall. Thank goodness I had a light drag, and the fish just ran into the heart of the hole. It kept its nose down and I couldn't gain anything on the large fish in the heavy current. When the fish came up, I knew it was something special.


The largest Native German Brown I have ever seen taken out of the river. The pictures do the gut justice, but not the length.