1. 46" long. Buried the 30lb Boga Grip. Largest Channel on a fly ever according to Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame.

    Channel Catfish with a Crayfish Fly

    1. Noah Shapiro 0
      Wow nice
  2. 5/14/08 site casting suspended over a wreck. 21lb. Released.

    Permit with a Crab Fly

    1. Magik TV 0
      They are a lovely fight! Caught one that size in FL last year. Beautiful fish!
  3. 12lb Atlantic salmon site nymphing in the river. Largest Atlantic in the state of Michigan 2009. Released.

    Atlantic Salmon with a Feather Duster Nymph

  4. 3o plus pounds. Bottomed out the Boga Grip. Deep water blind casting. Fall fish staging to spawn. Big female. Released. 48" long. 8wt. fly rod.

    Chinook Salmon with a Green Caddis Worm Nymph

    1. Kevin McCarthy 0
      Wow nice
    2. M I 0
      I fished that river many times could never get a bite
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  5. 18lb Rainbow fly fishing 38". Released.

    Rainbow Trout with a Fly Rod and nymph

    1. Brody Linkous 0
      nice fish
    2. Noah Shapiro 0
      Nice steely
    3. Erich Senft 0
      This past winter ? Nice steelhead man !
    4. russ welch 0
      loax wm🚾
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  6. Sight casting to a resting fish. It couldn't resist a Bunny Fly. 46" long and 26 1/2 pounds. Released.

    Northern Pike

    1. Robert Coleman 0
      Awesome Pike Scott! 👍👍👍👍
    2. Noah Shapiro 0
      Nice
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  7. 10ft. Approx 275lb.

    Blue Marlin with a trolling lure

  8. 9ft. Approx. 145lb.
    Taken while fishing the Stu Apte Invitational Fly Fishing Sailfish Tournament. Won the Top Individual honors.

    Sailfish with a Pink Tubefly

    1. Erich Senft 0
      Sick !
  9. Blind casting in November.

    Brown Trout with a Perch Fly

    1. Noah Shapiro 0
      Wow nice
  10. 87 1/2" x 41". Estimated to weigh 212lb. by the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust Board of Directors. Possibly the largest Tarpon ever landed on a fly. Released ...more alive so we will never know for sure.

    Tarpon with a Fly

    1. Noah Shapiro 0
      Great job Scott
    2. Robert Coleman 0
      Awesome! And a sweet picture too! Congrats Scott! 👍👍👍👍
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About

I am an avid fly fisherman. I have been guiding in Michigan for over 25 years. I have taught fly casting for Trout Unlimited for 31 years and ...more now run a school in northern Michigan. I hold 53 World Records on a fly and have chased fish from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific and the Arctic Circle to Central America. I have run a dental office in Adrian, Michigan for 39 years.


Fishing Favorites

  • Species Trout, Salmon and Pike plus most saltwater species.
  • Waterway AuSable and Manistee Rivers in Michigan
  • Lure Streamer Flies primarily

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