TR Southeast MN

On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:14:28 -0500, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

My original plan was to camp along the Au Sable and fish the
Holy Waters of Michigan using my little cedarstrip canoe and
a bicycle shuttle but when I read the fishing reports from the
fly shops along the Au Sable I changed my mind. The hex hatch
was still in full swing and it is an exercise in futility to
float flies over fish during the day that are keyed in to feasting
at night. And I don't fish at night.

*snipped*

I finished the day right there in the State Park where I was camping
and fished East Beaver Creek. East Beaver Creek lies wholly within
the State Park so is well taken care of and quite pretty. A footbridge
crosses Beaver Creek just downstream of the confluence of East & West
Beaver so that you can see both from the bridge. Both run cold and
fish well for browns and brookies. I'll be back.

Friends have been trying to get me over there for years. Your TR might
be the push I needed. Thanks.

g.c.

George Cleveland wrote:

Friends have been trying to get me over there for years. Your TR might
be the push I needed. Thanks.

It's a beautiful part of the world, very much like the driftless
area on the Wisconsin side as you'd expect, but a few more trees
and a few less cows. East Beaver Creek in particular, running in
its entirety in a State Park is just gorgeous. You can fish
upstream from the confluence where it merges with West Beaver to
form Beaver Creek two and a half miles right up to the Big Spring
where it starts. And there's a hiking path right alongside all
the way so you can bail at any time and hike out. East Beaver is
also one of the southeast streams that opens for winter fishing
on January 1. I might just have to fish it in the winter sometime.

--
Ken Fortenberry