Don Quixote de la Michigan

Chasing giant mayflies on the Rogue and Muskegon rivers

Making a date to fish the Hexagenia hatch can feel like arranging to swap contraband. "Take a nap in the afternoon," Glen said. "Then eat a good supper and meet me in the asphalt lot behind the warehouse, ready to fish, at 8:45." Glen Blackwood operates Great Lakes Fly Fishing Company, a fine little fly shop near the Rogue River in Rockford, Michigan. We had met only a few minutes earlier, when I walked into Glen's shop for the first time. I had been in Michigan for less than 24 hours and my first order of business was locating a first-rate fly shop. Read more – offline – from the current issue; subscribe to FRR.