12.5 miles
Michigan · freestone
12.5 miles
Intermediate · Wade / boat
August on the hatch chart — names and sizes, not a catch report.
Filled months are when that insect is on the chart. Best months for this river are lit.
| Insect | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midge (Chironomidae) |
Hatch-chart nymphs, dries, and streamers for this river. Not a crowdsourced catch report.
Open the Brule River (Michigan UP) fly list →3 listed points. Map is Vellum land and Teal water — a desk chart, not a satellite.
USDA Ottawa National Forest Brule Lake boat ramp and Stateline Picnic Area, reached south of US-2 on M-73 then Lake Ottawa Road and West Brule Road. USDA: 46.0435, -88.8505. Head of the M-73 corridor.
Named public highway crossing. USGS site 04059906 Brule River at State Hwy M-189 near Caspian. Downstream bound of the historic Blue Ribbon miles.
Live USGS gauge 04060993 Brule River at US Highway 2 near Florence. Public highway access downstream of the Blue Ribbon reach.
Michigan DNR no longer maintains an active Blue Ribbon list; current rules are stream Types 1-4. This is the Iron County Brule on the Wisconsin border, not the Bois Brule in Douglas County, Wisconsin. Confirm the 2026 Michigan Fishing Regulations and the Inland Trout and Salmon map for the M-73 to M-189 reach, and Wisconsin DNR rules on the south bank. Michigan fishing license required on the Michigan side.
The Michigan Brule is the Iron County border river, not the Wisconsin Bois Brule already in the database as brule-river-wisconsin. Historic Blue Ribbon water ran 12.5 miles from M-73 to M-189. Michigan DNR no longer keeps an active Blue Ribbon list. Inland trout water is typed 1 through 4 now.
The river is the Michigan-Wisconsin line through this reach. Brook trout and brown trout hold the riffles. Live USGS gauge 04060993 reports discharge at US-2 near Florence, downstream of the Blue Ribbon miles.
Named public access includes the M-189 highway crossing (USGS 04059906), Brule Lake / Stateline on Ottawa National Forest at the M-73 head of the corridor, and the live US-2 gauge site. Confirm both Michigan and Wisconsin licenses and the 2026 Michigan Fishing Regulations before you fish a border river.
A published hatch calendar specific to the Michigan Brule was not found.
Au Gres River East Branch
Brown Trout · Rainbow Trout · Steelhead · Freestone
Freestone
Brown Trout · Rainbow Trout · Steelhead
Freestone
Brown Trout · Brook Trout · Rainbow Trout
Baldwin River
Brown Trout · Brook Trout · Freestone
Freestone
Brown Trout · Brook Trout
Bear Creek (Manistee)
Brown Trout · Brook Trout · Steelhead · Freestone
Freestone
Brown Trout · Brook Trout · Steelhead
Freestone
Brown Trout · Brook Trout · Rainbow Trout
Canada Creek
Brook Trout · Freestone
Freestone
Brook Trout
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