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UPCOMING FALL and WINTER TRIPS

Fish your way through the winter!


Here are some trips worth considering...

EL PESCADOR


SAN PEDRO, BELIZE

A RECIPIENT OF NUMEROUS AWARDS AND ACCOLADES, AND KNOWN AS A WORLD CLASS FLY FISHING RESORT, EL PESCADOR IS A TOP CHOICE FOR ANGLERS, ECO-ADVENTURERS, COUPLES AND FAMILIES LOOKING FOR THE BEST OF BELIZE.


JUNE 15 — DECEMEBER 14, 2021 "TWO HEADS FOR ONE" ANGLING PACKAGES

Book 3, 4, 5, or six day packages for the regular price, and take a fishing pal FREE! It's the best deal of the year in the Caribbean. Bonefish, permit, tarpon...

ALL INCLUSIVE BELIZE VACATION PACKAGES

Our packages start with our all-inclusive standard package. You can add any additional activities to it for a fee. Most people customize a package to include the level and type of activities desirable to them. That's why El Pescador is the perfect place for your dream Belize vacation.


We also offer an all-inclusive fishing package plan for serious anglers as well as an all-inclusive diving package. Additionally, adventure packages are available for those seeking a broader Belize vacation experience.

When you have an idea what activities you would like, contact us. We will help you plan and price your unique vacation at El Pescador.

WHAT'S INCLUDED?

  • The number of nights lodging specified in your package in a standard room
  • Roundtrip land, air and sea transfers between Belize International Airport and El Pescador
  • 3 meals per day and hors d'oeuvres
  • Belizean beverages (including soda, beer and rum) consumed at our bar
  • 9% Hotel tax, 12.5% GST tax
  • Complimentary use of all amenities (pools, WIFI, gym, paddle boards, kayaks, bikes, etc)
  • Welcome drink

CLICK HERE FOR RATES AND SPECIAL PRICES!

https://www.elpescador.com/vacation-packages

Call Streamside (231) 933-9300 to book your trip.










SOUTH FORK HOLSTON RIVER


BRISTOL, TENNESSEE

Fly fiish the beautiful South Holston River in northeast Tennessee for rainbow and brown trout near Bristol Tennessee. Your host for this trip will be custom boatbuilder and Michigan river guide, Phil Croff. The South Holston River is a fantastic tail water fishery that boasts more than 9000 rainbow and brown trout per mile! The South Holsten utilizes a bottom draw dam that stays very cold all year and supports a very healthy trout population.

Two day, 3-day, and 4-day packages available February 15, 2021 through March 19, 2021.



The 2-day package includes:

    • Two nights lodging
    • Two days guided fishing plus mousing at night upon request
    • Big home cooked breakfast each morning
    • Snack drink and light food on the water
    • Dinner is available from several local restaurants.
    • Price for this package is $575 per person based on double occupancy.

*prices for additional nights and guided fishing are available upon request


The lodge is located only 2 hours from Gatlinburg, Tennessee, one hour from Asheville, North Carolina, approximately 8 hours from Detroit, 12 hours from Traverse City.

Trips are available from February 15, 2021 through March 19, 2021.

 

 








To book your trip, contact Phil Croff (231 330-5762.

 



KOOTENAI RIVER TRIPS


LIBBY, MONTANA

Linehan Outfitting Company offers trout fishing on the fantastic Kootenai River in Libby, Montana. Just west and south of Kalispell, Montana and Glacier National Park, the Kootenai River flows out of the massive Libby Dam on the border of US and Canada. Fish for Kootenai rainbows (wild indigenous strain of rainbow trout, bull trout, and some browns as well. Linehan Outfitters has won the prestigious Orvis Outfitter of the Year award. Stay in one of the fantastic Yaak cabins or the fabulous River house on the River just outside of Libby.



For rates or to sign up, call (800) 596-0034, or call Streamside and we'll get rates and availabilities for you.

click here to find out more:

https://fishmontana.com/


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September 12, 2020    Forum

DON'T PACK UP THE GEAR - IT'S HOPPER TIME!


As the summer months arrive and the giant mayfly hatches slowly fade into distant memories of late nights, big fish, and massive riseforms, many fly anglers retire their gear for the season. Others embrace the midday warm sunshine and grassy banks to wander the river listening for the clicking of grasshoppers along the banks as the sun rises above the treetops. By late July, grasshoppers, beetles, and ants have matured and are gathering by the river’s edge to eat, drink, and mate.

Warm temperatures at midday brings these insects to the river to drink and eat the lush grassy banks and as the air warms, winds increase and blow them into the river. Large trout recognize this and align themselves along the bank waiting for them to fall into the river.

Ant colonies, now growing and expanding their sandy tunnels are regularly washed into the river by heavy rains that often accompany hot summer afternoon temperatures. Once again, trout become aware of this and key in on these tiny morsels.





Beetle populations grow this time of year in the dark shadows of the cedar swamps that line many sections of the cold water streams. They too become prey for the trout that lay along the edges of these swampy sections.

Just as many think the mayfly hatches are finished for the season, here comes the tiny tricorythodes (#20) hatch in late July. Fearful of baking in the hot, midday sunshine, the little trico’s emerge in the cool
overnight, and early morning air. Don’t be caught off guard in the morning if clouds of these tiny mayflies gather, mate, and spin to the water bringing every trout in the river to the surface to feed.










Here are few tips that may help your success during this season. First, trico fishing is specialized and requires that you prepare to arrive early, fish longer leaders and fine tippets in the 6X and 7X diameters. If you intend to look for the feeders in the early morning light, be prepared with all phases of the hatch — emergers, duns, and spinners.

Hopper fishing utilizes larger flies in the #8 to #12 sizes. They are fairly wind resistant and require tippets in the 4X to 5X range. If you’re fishing faster, Western rivers, shorter 7½ foot leaders will be fine. In Michigan, 9 foot leaders are better for the slower, flatter water.

If hopper fishing is your game for the day, take your time getting started. Grasshoppers won’t arrive at the river to drink until the sun is high in the sky and the winds have begun to build. Remember, it’s the wind that builds in the afternoon sun that provides the insects to the trout. So, trout are not looking for them until the sun reaches above the treetops. Plan to fish areas that receive direct sunlight. It’s the grassy banks that boast good populations of hoppers. So fish sections that allow you to wade downstream and cast to the deep undercut, grassy banks. Listen for the clicking sound that adult grasshoppers make. That’s a sure sign that trout will be looking for these big morsels.

As you wade downstream in Michigan streams, be aware of your surroundings. If you suddenly find yourself in a dark, section shaded by cedar trees, change from a hopper to a beetle pattern. Beetles inhabit the rotted logs and decaying regions of the wet cedar swamps. Then as you emerge from the darkness to more grassy banks basking in the sunshine, change back to your hopper pattern.

Fishing terrestrials out West is a little different than fishing them on an Eastern river where one is unable to walk a bank because of the brush that grows thickly along its banks. Along the western rivers of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah, Eastern tag alder lined banks are replaced by open banks and sagebrush. This allows anglers to walk banks and fish upstream. In this situation, you can cast upstream tight to the bank ten or fifteen feet upstream and lift the rod as the fly comes down stream toward you. You can then walk a few steps up the bank and cast agai

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July 21, 2020    Tips, Forum

CONTACT INFORMATION

Address:
Streamside Orvis
300 E Front Street, Suite 101

Traverse City, MI 49684  

Phone:
(231) 933-9300  

Email:
StreamsideOrvis@mail.com

STORE HOURS

Monday–Thursday
10am–6pm

Friday
10am–7pm

Saturday
10am–6pm

Sunday
11am–4pm




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