Steve Fraley's Reports

Hey guys, just a quick update before the weekend... It's been a bit of a rollercoaster ride around here this past week or so between water temps that were too high to safely catch and release trout without undue stress thru most of the...

June 18, 2024 Update to report below! Heads up… The water temp at Mapleleaf already hit 68 before noon (Our cut off temp for fishing trout.) and most certainly will rise well above that today. Everything below that will be even higher and the lowest...

Hey guys, John just posted a new report on Wednesday if you missed it, but it's been a minute for me as well so I'll share a little too! First and foremost, a huge thanks to everyone that took a little time out of...

Please join us this Saturday, May 4th, 2024 at 9am for BBT’s 27th annual Pere Marquette River spring cleanup!!  Please call the shop to let them know you’re coming and with how many others if you can so that we can be better prepared (231...

Hey guys, just thought I'd toss up a quick report before the big opener weekend. Right now, it looks as though it may be a bit of a wet one, but warm for most of it and that's not a bad thing at all...

Hey guys, sorry, this one will be short again... I've just had a few inquiries about reports and thought I'd better post something. John did a fine job in his April 1 report if you haven't seen it and the truth is I haven't...

Hey guys, just a quick one from me as it's been a while and, quite frankly, I've been trying to hold off for better news. The stuff that you need to know is that the water is basically low and clear again and there...

New shop hours! 8am to 6pm Monday thru Thursday & 7am to 6pm Friday, Saturday & Sunday (231) 745-3529 We got some rain! (Yay!) Had a pretty good storm system move thru late Monday into the morning hours of Tuesday and got some much-needed flow...

Alert! We will be closed on Monday, February 26th for a BBT team building river exercise! Hey guys, just a quick little update as once again, it's been a while! Unfortunately, I have not been out nearly as much as anticipated since last report with...

Heck, I almost forgot to post this again at all this year and it's been going since Thanksgiving or December 1st I believe... In short, have you, or anyone you know, been contemplating a new rod, reel, waders, fly line, jacket, etc. or even...