WFS 013 - Muskegon River Steelhead Fly Fishing Interview with Kevin Feenstra

Show Notes:  http://wetflyswing.com/13 In episode 013 of the Fly Fishing show I interviewed Kevin Feenstra, one of the first fly fisherman to start swinging flies for steelhead in the Michigan area and Great Lakes. Kevin has a guide service with a focus on the Muskegon River and covers a bunch of great topics on how he catches fish on the swing.  We get into single handed spey lines, fishing in high water and a number of other big topics.   Click below to listen to my Interview with Kevin Feenstra: Find the show:  itunes | stitcher | overcast Subscribe on Android Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe via RSS     Show Notes with Kevin Feenstra 5:50 - Jeff Hubbard focuses on the Pere Marquette and is a good guide. 06:40 - Muskegon River - How to fish it with a boat and by foot 15:30 - Why Kevin uses a short spey tip when fishing in super cold weather - Hint:  It's because the guides are freezing 18:20 - Pete Humphries fly fishing interview on Spey Casting 21:30 - Halloween Leech is one of Kevin's goto patterns. 24:30 - Some of Kevin's other fly patterns including the Aquatic nuissance and other sculpin patterns 25:20 - Rob Bryce interview on the Skeena River and tributaries 26:26 - Interview with Trey Combs on steelhead fishing and why you should know every pebble of one run 28:48 - Kevin Feenstra on Instagram - Check out the awesome photos here 38:20 - Scientific Angler has the Freight Liner Skagit line that works great for Great Lakes 38:50 - Jim Teeny was on the show in episode 005.  Check it out here 39:50 - Spey Pages is a good resource for all things spey 40:30 - Hawkins Guide Service 42:30 - The Pere Marquette is a famous Great Lakes steelhead river 46:35 - Jeff Lisky and Jerry Darkes are two great resources for the Midwest tribs. 50:50 - Spey Fest is one of the big spey claves for Kevin's area   You can connect with Kevin Here:  KevinFeenstraGuideService.com [caption id="attachment_2293" align="alignnone" width="440"] Kevin took this photo on the day of my interview with him[/caption] "Foam is Home" was one of the great quotes that Kevin provided in the interview today.   I wanted to give a big thank you to Kevin for coming on the show today and taking the time to provide the tips on Muskegon River Fly Fishing and the Great Lakes in general. I wasn't able to list it all in the show notes so let me know what your favorite part of the show was.  You can leave a comment below and connect with me directly. If you'd like to get the Steelhead Tips PDF Quick Guide which includes a pdf summary of all of the tips to date just click the link below or go to wetflyswing.com/free