John Karakashian's Reports

Shop Hours 7am to 7pm Daily Burning the candle at both ends is an understatement and it's already October!  The season is flying bye and finally improving.  We saw some good movements of fish last week with a couple overcast days and a full moon....

Shop Hours are 7am to 7pm Daily Not much new to report...The river is LOW & CLEAR with no significant amount of rain in the extended forecast.  The river is slowly filling in, but still WAY behind normal for this time of year.  There has...

Shop Hours are 7am to 7pm Daily!!! It is really starting to feel like fall.  Cool, crisp mornings and low-70's by late afternoon and a few leaves are starting to turn.  The river is LOW & CLEAR with no significant rain in the extended forecast...

The river is still very low and clear for the time being.  We got a nice shot of rain in the upper portion of the watershed, but not as much as we hoped.  The water temps got warm over the last couple days and...

Shop Hours 8am - 6pm Daily Sorry for the major lapse in reports!  The summer kind of got away from me...between fishing, enjoying the summer and hanging out with friends & family time flew by way too fast.  But, no worries...we will be posting on...

Shop Hours are 8am to 6pm Daily Late nights and short days best describes the current situation.  Hexes have been hatching well on most nights, but absent a couple cold/rainy evenings.  There has been some highs, lows, great victories and tough loses..."Hexin' ain't easy!"  It's...

Shop Hours are 8am to 6pm Daily I have been dragging my feet to publish an updated report...Fishing has been decent, but not great.  We experienced both ends of the spectrum since my last report.  Excellent action to a very slow bite at times.  The...

Shop Hours are 8am to 6pm Daily It's been a lot of fun lately dry fly fishing the Pere Marquette River!!!  The river is low/clear and we really, really need some RAIN!  The action has been streaky (great to decent) depending upon conditions and volume...

Shop Hours are 8am to 6pm Daily I want to thank everyone that participated in our Spring River Clean-Up and few weeks ago!!!  We had a great turn out and picked up tons of trash.  The river is a much better place thanks to your...

Shop Hours 8am - 6pm Daily We will be hosting our Spring Clean-Up this Saturday...Please help us keep our amazing resource "Wild & Scenic"!  Every little bit counts towards good river karma.  Plan on meeting at the shop at 9am, select sections and then divide...