The Fish Whisperer Guide Service, located in Baldwin Michigan and local to the
famous Pere Marquette River, is one of Michigan’s premier guide services. Tommy Lynch, owner, with over 20 years of guiding experience, and almost 30 years
of Fly Fishing under is belt, has stayed well ahead of the pack by becoming and innovator and not a follower all while being a great instructor.

Whether you’re interested in Stripping or Swinging Streamers for Browns & Steelhead, tightening your Indicator/Nymphing Skills for Trout or Steelhead, or even pulling “Creature-like” patterns through and on the water for Larger Browns that go “Gulp” in the night… Tommy has taken it to the next level and can keep you in the fish while keeping you out of any traffic.

The Fish Whisperer Guide service prides itself on being an instructor first, and a guide second… Sometimes you don’t need a guide as much as you need a casting instructor, and the measure of a good fly fishing guide isn’t the one who puts you
on the most fish with the least technique, (THAT IS WAY TOO EASY AND LACKS SPORT); it’s the guide who gives you a ton of technique so you can catch that ONE fish that means so much more than the lot of them. It’s not always about the destination, the sport within this grand sport of fly fishing can be found in the journey not the end result… For Tommy that has always been clear!

Please contact Terry by Friday at terryflyfish@hotmail.com or at (269)424-5138 if you will be eating at the meeting. They need a head count for dinners.

Since he was quite young, Kevin has fished West Michigan streams. In his early 20’s he began guiding as an alternative to graduate school. Now 17 years later, he has never looked back. Kevin’s passion is swinging flies for Midwestern steelhead, but he loves to fly fish for any predator that swims. He now resides in Newaygo, Michigan, guiding 180-200 days per year on the Muskegon River System (and fishing whenever he can). His flies have been published in books, magazines, and online and he has written articles for international, national, and regional fly fishing magazines. He is featured in a handful of DVDs and has authored current DVDs for steelhead and smallmouth bass.

In addition to fly fishing, Kevin has developed a real passion for outdoor photography. Through photography he hopes to capture the special character of Midwest fish, rivers, and wildlife.

Kevin has been with us before talking about fishing the Muskegon but this time he will share his passion for photography with us through a presentation titled “Fish, Wildlife, and Scenery of one of Michigan’s Great Rivers.” This will be a photo and video based program that focuses on the ecology of the river.

 

Jamie Clous grew up in Cadillac, MI fishing many of the local streams and rivers. He later went to college at Northern Michigan University where he earned a degree in business all the while honing his skills on the wild trout of the U.P. It is also where he started what would become his full time career as a guide.

Moving back to the Cadillac area after 6 year in the U.P. he had “a real job” long enough to realize it was not what he wanted to do forever. With the support of his wife and family, Jamie started out guiding for Fullers North Branch Outing Club on the AuSable River where he became head guide. He later moved to his current fly shop at Old AuSable Fly Shop where he brings a lifetime of local knowledge and 11 years of guide expertise to the table.