Fly Fishing the Black River Michigan

Fly fishing the Black River in Michigan.
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[@adventuring_with_MK]

Great video, those were some beautiful fish and it looked like fun on the fly rod! Thanks for sharing!

[@andrewpotterphoto1]

Fly rod is the way to go! Thank You.

[@canadiangemstones7636]

That is a fabulous bit of water.

[@zachzeilinger4019]

Nice little Brooke's. Is this Black River, north of Harrisville? If yes, we've fished the mouth by the bridge/beach never upstream.

[@andrewpotterphoto1]

Yep! Sounds like a nice spot!

[@avragejoe1]

Very Nice fishing!

[@alexrudelic7801]

Really enjoy your fly fishing videos Andrew. I'm a student at UM and learned to fly fish on the Au Sable and Manistee last summer. What rod weight are you usually using?

[@andrewpotterphoto1]

Thanks Alex! I have 3 rods. On the Au Sable I use a 9ft 5 wt. I started using an 8ft 4wt on smaller rivers to give me a little more room to navigate around overhanging branches, plus it's a bit more fun to catch the smaller fish on it. There's a great smallmouth river by UM (the Huron). I have an 8wt I use there. A lot of rod weight has to do with the size flies you are using as well (heavier the fly, heavier the rod). Anyways, if I could only have two rods in Michigan it would be a 5wt and 8wt. That would get me through most situations.

[@arthururban8340]

One of my regrets is being a student at UM and not fly fishing the Huron..

[@elirose8583]

Is this the black river located in cheboygan?

[@andrewpotterphoto1]

Yeah, it's long with branches but part of it goes through Cheboygan.

[@Mpop144]

Love the video! Is this in the lower or upper peninsula?

[@andrewpotterphoto1]

Thanks! Lower Peninsula.

[@boomerrumor8252]

It's amazing how often a person can look down and find gold in the Black River

[@andrewpotterphoto1]

Absolutely!

[@jay-tea415]

Buddy of mine has property in croswell on this river and i hammered smallies in it surprisingly

[@andrewpotterphoto1]

Nice. That's my other favorite fish. I fish smallmouth on the huron.

[@bryantroyer8008]

Different black river. This one's north of Alpena

[@jamesfazica3603]

One of my favorite rivers to fish in Michigan. Great video! Thanks

[@andrewpotterphoto1]

I'm just scratching the surface on this river. Looking forward to exploring it more:) Thanks!

[@huskal468]

it took me 100 years to find out what black river holds the infamous brooke trout!

[@stevensaddler5530]

Which black river was this

[@andrewpotterphoto1]

Michigan LP

[@michaellennemann7850]

Dennis son?

[@robertrutkowski7186]

That first Brookie was kept out of the water way too long. Keep those fish wet and try to keep their stress down to a minimum.

[@gregkerr725]

which black river...michigan has two.

[@andrewpotterphoto1]

Lower Peninsula

[@Gondrongulujami]

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