# Weekly Michigan Trout Rollup: June 7, 2026

Chris Izworski, reporting on the state of Michigan trout water for the week ending Sunday, June 7, 2026.

The first full week of June brings Michigan’s trout rivers into their richest hour. Water temperatures have settled into the mid-fifties to low sixties, flows have pulled back from spring highs, and the evening hatches now run deep into twilight. Sulphurs are still coming off in good numbers on the technical spring creeks, brown drakes have started their brief window on darker water, and the Isonychia nymphs are active in faster runs. The Hex emergence, that cathedral event of northern Michigan summer, remains two weeks out on most systems, though a few early whispers have been reported on the warmest stretches of the Manistee. Wading is comfortable. Visibility is excellent. The window between runoff and midsummer doldrums is open.

Northern Lower Peninsula

The Au Sable system remains the center of gravity. Main stem flows at Mio are holding at 1,020 cubic feet per second, gauge height 3.8 feet, which is ideal for dry fly work and comfortable wading. The sulphur hatch continues each evening from approximately 7:30 to 9:00 p.m., particularly strong between Stephan Bridge and Burton’s Landing. Size 16 Sulphur Comparaduns and Sparkle Duns are taking fish in the slower glides. The South Branch is fishing well above Chase Bridge, with brown drakes beginning to show in the back eddies after dark. If you fish past 9:30 p.m., bring a size 10 Parachute Adams in brown or a simple Deer Hair Drake. The North Branch at Kellogg Bridge is clear and low, best fished with size 18 Blue-Winged Olives in the morning or small tan caddis in the afternoon. The Manistee below Tippy Dam is running at 1,850 cubic feet per second, slightly high but fishable, and Isonychia nymphs are producing in the faster pockets. A size 12 Hare’s Ear or Pheasant Tail, dead drifted tight to structure, will move fish between hatches. One specific recommendation: fish the Holy Waters section of the main Au Sable between Wakeley Bridge and the Clay Banks access on Monday or Tuesday evening. The sulphur emergence there has been dense and reliable, and the trout are looking up.

Western Lower Peninsula

The Pere Marquette is in excellent shape. Flows at Scottville are 310 cubic feet per second, gauge height 2.1 feet, and the river is clear enough to sight-fish in the long flats above Bowman Bridge. Sulphurs are coming off sporadically in the slower water, but the real story this week is the caddis activity. Tan and olive caddis, size 14 to 16, are emerging throughout the day, and an Elk Hair Caddis fished with a slight twitch will bring fish up from mid-column. The Boardman near Traverse City is running low and clear, ideal for pocket water nymphing with small beadheads. The upper Manistee, particularly the stretch from M-72 down to Cameron Bridge, is fishing well on Isonychia nymphs and small streamers. A size 10 Woolly Bugger in olive or black, swung through the deeper runs, has been consistent for better fish. Brown drakes are beginning to show on the Betsie River after 9:00 p.m., though the hatch is not yet fully synchronized. One specific recommendation: wade the Gleason’s Landing to Bowman Bridge section of the Pere Marquette on a calm evening this week. The caddis hatch peaks between 6:00 and 7:30 p.m., and you will have risers in every seam.

Upper Peninsula

Water temperatures across the U.P. are cooler, which extends the sulphur emergence later into June than on rivers farther south. The Two Hearted is running clear at 180 cubic feet per second, and the fishing has been strong in the upper reaches near the High Bridge Road access. Stimulators and Ausable Wulffs, size 12 to 14, are working well as searching patterns, and there are enough caddis around to justify the larger silhouette. The Fox River below Seney is fishing well on small nymphs and soft hackles. The Sturgeon River near Nahma has good numbers of wild brookies, and a size 14 Royal Wulff or Adams will take fish all day in the pocket water. The Paint River system is worth attention for anglers willing to hike: the fish are small but eager, and the solitude is absolute. One specific recommendation: fish the Fox River near the Seney stretch midweek. The water is cold, the hatches are scattered, but a size 16 Pheasant Tail nymph with a small split shot will put brook trout in the net every half hour.

For live flow data, hatch updates, and detailed access notes across Michigan’s trout country, see the full network at michigantroutreport.com.