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Water is brown
Lot of rain on Wednesday. Too much. Water is nasty this morning!!!
Mark Crawford
Jul 23, 20201 min read
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Hot out!
The last few days the bite has been tough. Olive has been the hot fly for us but seeing a lot of bigger fish run up and mouth the fly and...
Mark Crawford
Jul 21, 20201 min read
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Lot of rain
Had over 2 inches of rain on Friday right over Mammoth Spring. The river in town looks ok. Just got a report from below bayou access that...
Mark Crawford
Jul 18, 20201 min read
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King Salmon Michigan
Its getting close to that time of year when the King Salmon run up the Pere Marquette on the Michigan peninsula. If your interested in...
Mark Crawford
Jul 17, 20202 min read
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Guided trip with Hunter Crawford
Had a blast today with Hunter at the oars. So proud of the man he has become. Gotta say he is a natural. Quick humor and great attitude...
Mark Crawford
Jul 15, 20201 min read
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Fish early!
River is looking good this week. The last few days water clarity has been heavily green tinted this week. Not sure why. Hasnt hurt the...
Mark Crawford
Jul 15, 20201 min read
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Benjamin Wiltz
We have been slowly working on the next chapter of SpringRiverFliesandGuides. I am working on getting inventory in the fly shop, open...
Mark Crawford
Jul 12, 20202 min read
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Openings next week
I had some last minute calculations next week. I now have Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday open. Next week. Send me a text and we can have...
Mark Crawford
Jul 10, 20201 min read
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River looking good
I let the wild indians have the river over the weekend and got out today and fishing was slow. Got hits on everything we used and caught...
Mark Crawford
Jul 6, 20201 min read
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River still looking good!
Had some rain on Wednesday. It didnt affect the river. It did look like it got the south fork up. Which is down by Hardy.
Mark Crawford
Jul 2, 20201 min read
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Good day!
We had a big storm move thru this afternoon. I dont think it messed up the river but did not get a chance to check. Will update in...
Mark Crawford
Jul 1, 20201 min read
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River looks fantastic!
No rain all week. It was in the forecast but has not happened. The river is looking really good. 518 cfs at the spring and water clarity...
Mark Crawford
Jun 30, 20201 min read
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The river is hot!
Having a great week of catching! River has finally began to drop and clear up. The last 2 days olive woolly buggers have been crazy hot!...
Mark Crawford
Jun 25, 20201 min read
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River is looking good!!
Got a little rain on Monday but not much. River is looking good and getting lower. We did a smallmouth bass float today and caught some...
Mark Crawford
Jun 23, 20201 min read
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River looks good
River is finally starting to look normal again. 530 cfs at the spring with 350 cfs avg flow. Its still up about a foot. Got some rain...
Mark Crawford
Jun 22, 20201 min read
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Smallmouth
We had a great time floating the smallmouth stretch on Thursday. Started at Many Islands and was all trout for the morning and when we...
Mark Crawford
Jun 19, 20201 min read
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Slowly clearing
Doing well catching the last few days. Its been all about getting down deep. On the fly a heavy woolly bugger has been hot. On spin gear,...
Mark Crawford
Jun 18, 20201 min read
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Catching
Water is still poor clarity. Taking its sweet time clearing up. It will clear up quick. Soon... water levels are still up. Be careful...
Mark Crawford
Jun 16, 20201 min read
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Catching fish
It looks like the last few days the water out of the Spring itself is poor clarity. Catching plenty of trout. Should clear right up any...
Mark Crawford
Jun 14, 20201 min read
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Getting there
Water is running at 580 cfs, 350 avg and water clarity was poor today. The river still had a brown stain this morning. We went anyway and...
Mark Crawford
Jun 12, 20201 min read
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