River Guide Books

Guidebooks are available for some of Michigan's most popular and rewarding streams:
  • Pigeon River Country (NEW) $32
  • Au Sable Holy Waters (Burton's Landing to Wakeley Bridge) $26
  • Lower Au Sable (McMaster's Bridge to Oscoda) $18
  • Pere Marquette $26
  • Boardman and Jordan River $26
  • Manistee $26

Each Guide book includes a history of the area, specific directions to access sites within a tenth of a mile, stream depth, bottom, width and current flow, trout cover, detailed maps and a schedule of crucial fly hatches. (You're sure to save more than the price of the guide in gas by using these guide books to help you find a place on the river that provides maximum angling pleasure.)

"When it's time to head north for the opener, just grab the guide and go"
ROGER BEUKEMA, The Oakland Press                  Click here to read Roger's article. [PDF]

Click here to view sample pages from our Au Sable Holy Waters guide. [PDF]

Click here to view sample pages from our new Pigeon River Country. [PDF]

Order securely online via PAYPAL!!  Click here to see the full online catalog.

Or to order through the mail please send a check or money order to:
Challenge Chapter
P.O. Box 625
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303

Shipping rates are $2 per item


Please include shipping and handling, listed above, and 6% Michigan sales tax. Sorry but we do not accept credit cards.

CD-ROM versions are available for the following river guides:

  • Au Sable Holy Waters (Burton's Landing to Wakeley Bridge)
  • Lower Au Sable
  • Pere Marquette River
  • Manistee River

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    Emergence Schedule

    Know your bugs! This complete 90-page guide to matching the insect hatches of Michigan trout streams, with each species detailed on its own page, is a must-have for both the serious and the novice fly fisherman. This excellent schedule provides the angler with the dates and times of day for zeroing in on maximum insect activity, the stretches of stream where the action will take place, and the right sequence of flies to use to fish all phases of the hatch. Compiled by member John J. P. Long, this excellent reference can be yours for $15.

    Click here for our online emergence schedule, this is condensed version of the full schedule detailed above.