790 | Steelhead Fly Fishing on the Muskegon River with Kevin Feenstra (Episode 13 Re-Release)
Wet Fly Swing Fly Fishing Podcast
Dave Stewart
4.7 • 530 Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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We're bringing back one of the classics for this special summer re-release — an early episode that quickly became a listener favorite. Originally Episode 13, this conversation with Michigan guide Kevin Feenstra is packed with insights on swinging flies for steelhead on the Muskegon River.
Kevin breaks down his approach to fishing year-round, how he reads the water, and what makes the Muskegon such a unique place to chase steelhead. He also shares some of his thoughts on fly patterns, presentation, and how fish respond to changing water temps. If you're into steelhead, two-hand rods, or just love hearing from someone who truly understands their home water, this one's worth another listen.
Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/790
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Wet Fly Swing Fly Fishing Podcast, episode number 13. |
| 0:05.2 | Welcome to the Wet Fly Swing Fly Fishing Show, where you discover tips, tricks, and tools from the leading names in fly fishing today. |
| 0:13.4 | We'll help you on your fly fishing journey with classic stories covering steelhead fishing, fly tying, and much more. |
| 0:21.4 | How's it going, everyone? |
| 0:22.6 | Thanks for stopping by the fly fishing show. |
| 0:24.7 | In today's episode, I interview Kevin Feinstra from fiendstra outdoors.com. |
| 0:29.9 | Kevin covers Great Lakes Steelhead fishing in the Muskegon River, |
| 0:33.1 | gives us some single-handed spayline resources, |
| 0:35.8 | talks about using shorter scadget heads in colder water, |
| 0:38.6 | and why he doesn't fish for summer steelhead anymore. |
| 0:41.8 | Kevin also talks about how to find fish in higher water conditions and gives us the Halloween leech |
| 0:46.3 | and the aquatic nuisance, along with some other great Michigan flies. |
| 0:51.3 | So, without further ado, here's Kevin Feinstra. |
| 0:56.0 | How's it going, Kevin? |
| 1:02.2 | Hey, it's going great. Dave, thank you very much for having me. Yeah, no, I appreciate you coming on here. I have a bunch of questions from actually just got one yesterday, which I'll ask you a little bit |
| 1:08.4 | later. But yeah, there's a lot of people out there in your area fishing and a lot of people new to it and getting started. So it'd be cool to dig into some of that. And I heard your name for, well, I guess I've heard your name a number of places. I mean, you've got a long history there being one of the first people to really get into the whole spay casting and spay revolution however you want to |
| 1:28.6 | you know describe it so yeah this is great you ready to get started here i am ready whenever you are |
| 1:34.3 | yep absolutely okay good deal so i always start off just getting into a little bit of the history |
| 1:40.0 | of my guess so maybe you can give us a little background on how you got into fly fishing and |
| 1:45.2 | eventually steelhead fishing and ultimately into your guiding service, which is kind of leading |
| 1:50.7 | the way out there. Sure. I'd be happy to do that. I grew up in West Michigan, a little town |
| 1:58.1 | called Granville. Granville has become a much bigger town since I |
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