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Michigan's rivers are small, short and shallow, and few are navigable. The principal ones include the Au Sable, Thunder Bay, Cheboygan, and Saginaw, flowing into Lake Huron; Ontonagon, and Tahquamenon into Lake Superior, and the St. Joseph, Kalamazoo, Grand, and Escanaba into Lake Michigan. The state has more than 11,000 inland lakes and more than 36,000 miles (58,000 km) of rivers and streams and no point in Michigan is more than 6 miles (10 km) from an inland lake or more than 85 miles (137 km) from one of the Great Lakes.

Michigan fly fisherman are fortunate to be surrounded by more than 36,500 miles of rivers and streams, 12,500 miles of which are classified as cold water trout streams. Great Lakes salmon and steelhead fishing ranks among Michigan’s premier fly fishing opportunities.
 
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Michigan Fly Fishing Articles
Fly Fishing the St Joseph River
fly fishing for trout, steelhead, and salmon on the St Joseph (St Joes) river  
www.ontheflyoutfitters.com/ST_MI_StJosephs.htm
Grand River
The Grand begins as a very slow-moving stream and continues this way for about 30 miles.  
flyanglersonline.com/features/greatrivers/grand
Lower Peninsula Streams: List and Map  
www.trailstotrout.com/blueribbon.html#lowermap
Rogue River info  
www.michigantroutstreams.com/logs/rogue_river.htm
Smallmouth: Thornapple, Kalamazoo rivers
I have had days where I counted bass not by numbers but by how much skin I had left on my thumb after lipping fish after fish into the boat.  
greatlakesescapes.com/directories.cfm?host=detroit&id=236&topic=hunt
fishdetails
St Joseph River
Located in St. Joseph, Michigan the St. Joseph River is the first major tributary to Lake Michigan on the Michigan  
steelheadsite.com/locations/miriverdesc.html
St. Joseph River
Located in Michigan and Indiana, the St. Joseph is a huge river with prolific runs of steelhead and salmon. "Summer run" Skamania steelhead are found in this fishery during the spring and summer month  
www.flyfishingconnection.com/stjoseph.html

Michigan Fly Fishing Clubs
Kalamazoo Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited  
www.kvctu.org
Leon P. Martuch Chapter of Trout Unlimited  
www.martuchtu.org

Michigan Fly Fishing Maps
Flat River Map  
www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10319-95778--,00.html
Lower Kalamazoo Natural River Map  
www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10319-95805--,00.html
Rogue Natural River Map  
www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10319-95815--,00.html
Rogue River Map
giant size and printer-friendly versions  
www.trailstotrout.com/rogue_info.html

Michigan Fly Fishing Reports
Flat River report  
www.troutmoor.net/reports.php?river_id=3
Lake Michigan Fishing Reports  
www.fishline.com
Michigan Southwestern Lower Peninsula Fishing Report  
www.flymartonline.com/article414.html#2
Rogue River report  
www.troutmoor.net/reports.php?river_id=2
Rouge & Muskegon Reports  
www.thornapple.com/reports.php

Michigan Fly Fishing Forums
Fly Fishing Info Center
good source for Michigan reports  
www.flymartonline.com/forums.html
MI reports/forum  
www.flymartonline.com/forum5.html
Midwest Trout Fishing  
www.midwesttroutfishing.com/michigan/michiganGuestBook.asp
Lake Michigan & Tribs
Not Necessarily Fly Fishing  
www.glao.com/reports/michfish.htm
Lake Huron & Tribs
Not Necessarily Fly Fishing  
www.glao.com/reports/huronfish.htm
Michigan Fishing Reports  
mi.lake-link.com/fishreports/index.cfm?
Chandeleur Outfitters Discussion Forum  
65.18.214.235/cgi-bin/plugins/BBS/chandeleuroutfitters_ubb/Ultimate.
cgi?action=intro
Michigans Baldwin Bait & Tackle Forum  
www.fishbaldwin.com/Forum
Michigan Trout Bums Forums  
206.40.48.186/~TroutBums/login
Michigan Sportsman Forums  
www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum/index.php?
Michigan Sportsman Forums.  
www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum
Quest Outdoors Fishing Forums
Michigan, Ohio, and Canada fishing  
www.questoutdoors.net/phpBB2

Michigan Fly Fishing Shops
Aries Tackle
Copemish  
www.ariestackle.com
M. Chance Flyfishing Specialties
5100 Marsh Road Okemos, MI 517-349-6696 48864  
www.mchanceflyfishing.com/index.html
Northwoods Wilderness Outfitters
N-4088 Pine Mountain Road, Iron Mountain, MI 49801 906 774-9009  
www.northwoodsoutfitters.com
TroutBums
Grayling  
www.troutbums.com
Ultimateflyfishing.com
Rochester Hills  
www.ultimateflyfishing.com
Baldwin Bait & Tackle
9331 S. M-37 Baldwin, MI 49304 877-4-BALDWIN  
www.fishbaldwin.com
Jays Outdoors
P.O. Box 238 8800 S. Clare Avenue Clare, Michigan 48617 1-989-386-1500  
www.jaysoutdoors.com/fishing
The Troutsman
5421 E. Main St. South Boardman, MI 49680 1-877-636-5603  
www.troutsman.com
Pere Marquette River Lodge
1414 Waverly Road Dimondale, MI 48821 231) 745-3972  
www.pmlodge.com/shop/
Schmidt Outfitters
918 Seaman Rd, Wellston, Michigan 49689 888-221-9056  
www.schmidtoutfitters.com
The Great Lakes Fly Fishing Company
8460 Algoma Ave NE Rockford, MI 49341 (616) 866-6060  
www.troutmoor.net
Gates Au Sable Lodge
471 Stephan Bridge Road Grayling, MI 49738 989 348-8462  
www.gateslodge.com
The Northern Angler
312 S. Union, Suite B Traverse City, Michigan 49684 (231) 933-4730  
www.thenorthernangler.com
Hanks Fly Fishing Unlimited
1015 South Baldwin Rd Lake Orion, Michigan 48360 248-393-1500  
www.hanksflyfishing.com
Golden Drake Flyshop
280 McGregor Road Pinckney, Michigan 48169 (734) 426-2256  
www.goldendrake.com
Au Sable Angler
479 S. M-33 (Mt. Tom Rd.) Mio, MI 48647 (989) 826-8500  
www.ausableangler.com
Little Forks Outfitters
143 E. Main St. Midland, MI 48640 989-832-4100  
www.littleforks.com