0 items - Manistee Early July Written by Chris Ingalls Early July Manistee. Fishing is improving as we speak and with the prevailing south west winds it should continue on that pattern. Water is setting up well with good reports of kings beginning to be heard. A mid 30’s pound king was taken out of Manistee last week, […]
Read More »July 15, 2018 Announcements
We have Orange Pearl back in stock in 2″, 4″, and 6″. We have also re-stocked the Travel Packs and the Captain’s Packs. There will also be some new colors coming out soon. They will be released into the Bargain Boat first so they will be easy to find, so be on the lookout. Hope […]
Read More »June 2018 Fishing Report
Manistee 06-26-18 Fishing is still on the slow side, but still mature kings to be found. Best bite has been 100-120 fow straight out of port. Spoons still dominate, but bigger fish have been coming on meat and fly rigs dressed up in purples and greens. The trout grounds outside Onekama are setting up well […]
Read More »Five New Salmon Flies for 2018 Recipies
Hello everybody, Apologies for the delay, but here are the recipes for the new Flies developed for 2018 on the video that can be found below. Deb PDF: 2018 Tangled Tackle Fly Recipes Zip file with Pictures and PDF of Recipes: 2018 Tangled Tackle Fly Recipes
Read More »Peanut Flies
Learn to make Custom Peanut Flies Here’s a new video from Tangled Tackle showing how to make your own custom peanut flies using Purple Taco’s banded fly material. Easy and fun to do. Nothing better than catching something on a rig you created.
Read More »Manistee Video
The guys at Tangled Tackle put up a new video highlighting some of the incredible fishing going on right now on Lake Michigan. Check out their most recent fishing report for the details. Blue Maui Flies and River Pickle teasers and flies have been getting it done.
Read More »Manistee Fishing Report 06-03-18
06-02-18 Manistee Report Fishing has been outstanding around Manistee, and its neighboring ports for several days now. Limit catches are being reported more as the norm, rather than the unusual. Fish are healthy and full of fight. The best fishing we have found has been straight out of Manistee in 135 to 180 fow on […]
Read More »Giveaway!
04-06-18 Hello everyone, and hello spring….well maybe. With all the snow falling it’s sometimes hard to realize that it’s April and not January. But fear not, spring is here, it just doesn’t know it yet. We want everyone to know that we’re doing a GREAT giveaway that includes a complete fly tying kit from Purple […]
Read More »A few housekeeping announcements
By popular demand, we have enabled PayPal checkout! Our customers were always protected by PayPal when they shopped with us, but some did not feel comfortable entering their credit card number and wanted to be able to use their PayPal accounts. You are now able to do that. We get a number of questions about […]
Read More »Five New Fly Recipes
02-26-2018 You want new flies to tie? You got it. Five new fly recipes from the guys at Tangled Tackle. This makes a total of 25 fly recipes available to you on this website. Just scroll down to the bottom of this page to see the recipe list, pictures and a complete list of the […]
Read More »Custom Meat Rigs
02-17-2018 Our latest video is up showing how to finish off you custom meat rigs. Enjoy and be safe! _________________________________________
Read More »February 2018 Fishing Report (Part 2)
02-05-2018 Perch! Staring to hear some good reports of perch being caught on Portage Lake here in Manistee County. Reports are still scattered, but it seems the south shore near Camp Tosebo seems to be the most consistent. Depth is also a bit sporadic but it seems the best area is consistent with lining yourself […]
Read More »February 2018 Fishing Report
02-01-2018 Not to much to report unfortunately for the local fisheries. Perch have been hit and miss on Portage Lake. There is a good school of them moving around Andy’s Point, but you have to be in the right place at the right time. Lately I’ve heard the east side of the point has been […]
Read More »January 2018 Fishing Report
01/22/2018 So, is it salmon season yet? No, but there is some good fishing around none the less. I’ve heard good reports of steelhead on the Big Manistee lately, and the warm weather of late has had the parking lots full at Highbridge and White Fence. If you’re looking to get on the river now is […]
Read More »Happy New Year and New Videos Coming Soon!
Happy New Year from all of us at the Tangled Tackle fishing team! We have been asked to jump in on this blog from time to time to give everyone some updates on what’s up and coming, and to answer some questions. Of course we couldn’t resist the opportunity to talk some fishing so we jumped […]
Read More »Regular Cut vs. Bandaboo
It’s all about the width of the fringe. The width of the strands is about half of the standard material. One of the most frequently asked questions we get is “What is the difference between bandaboo and regular material?”. Both come in one yard packages on bands and can be used together or separately. Standard […]
Read More »Recipes From the Video
Edited 9/23/17 – Added the rest of the pictures Here are the recipes and pictures from the video. There is also a spreadsheet of the colors needed for all of the flies. Click on this link to download the PDF file of recipes: TT Fly Recipes Click on this link to download the Excel spreadsheet for a […]
Read More »New Website, and New Products
Welcome to the new website! The designers did a great job, and we think the new site will be much more user friendly and useful for more than just shopping. You will find some new products here. There are mylar colors listed that were previously only available to wholesale customers, new bead colors, new bullet head […]
Read More »Salmon Trollling Flys with Recipes
Here are five salmon trolling flies with the recipes describing how to create them.
Read More »How To Tie Your Own Salmon Trolling Flies
Learn how to tie your very own salmon trolling flies for the Great Lakes!
Read More »