The Pere Marquette River is in great shape from the high water a couple weeks ago.  Water levels have started to drop and the color has a nice tea stain to it.  After low water levels last summer and fall, it’s great to have some water. The PM finally looks like a river again.  My Steelhead season is coming to a close and I would like to thank all of you who joined me. It was a great Spring of fishing.  The Steelhead numbers were good.  Having higher water throughout the season made for some consistent fishing day in and day out.  You can still find Steelhead throughout the river.  Swinging Streamers worked last week along with stripping.  Bigger brighter baitfish imitations seemed to be the ticket.  Flies that resembled Salmon Parr or Smolts worked well.  For Egg’s and Nymphs, bigger and brighter Clown Eggs along with Estaz Eggs sparked some interest in the higher water.  You can coax a steelhead or a resident brown trout to eat these egg patterns. Once again,  different Salmon Fry and Parr Patterns worked really well along with Egg-Sucking Leeches.  This week didn’t see too much for Dry Flies. It cooled off here and we got some rain later in the week.  I haven’t seen the Hendrickson’s, Caddis, or Little Black Stones like I did last week when we had the warmer weather.  Look for the Dry Fly Fishing to only get better as the river drops and gets warmer in temperature.  Right now, the water is in great shape for Stripping or Swinging streamers.