The air is crisp, the leaves crackling, and the rivers are alive with fish. In the distance a gunshot rings out while you fight a King Salmon. Your thoughts turn to hunting. "The fishing is great, why not combine it with a little bird hunting..." Join us at the Pere Marquette River Lodge for Cast & Blast trips in the fall to flyfish for Salmon or Steelhead and hunt for Ruffed Grouse and Woodcock.

Head guide Walt Grau specializes in providing the highest quality cast & blast guiding in Michigan. All three are highly experienced river guides who share a love for wingshooting with pointers. Walt hunts with Fletch, a German Shorthaired Pointer. Sean has a rare breed of pointer, a Wirehaired Pointing Griffon named Emma. Tom Johnson has a Brittany Spaniel and a pair of German Shorthairs. You can bring your own dog as well, but dogs are only allowed in the cabins, not the lodge.

Ruffed Grouse season begins September 15 and runs to November 14, the day before firearm deer season starts. The season reopens from December 1-31, a great time to catch fresh chrome steelhead and enjoy a little wingshooting as well. Woodcock season begins around September 19 and closes November 5. The opening date varies from year to year based on DNR estimates of the Woodcock population.

You can do our Cast & Blast adventures as a combined activity in one day or separate days of fishing and hunting. Combine a morning of flyfishing with an afternoon of bird hunting for $395 for one or two people. If you choose to do them separately, cost for a full day of hunting only is $325. Flyfishing guiding for 10 hour trip (about 7-9 hours fishing) costs $325.