6 miles
Michigan · freestone
6 miles
Intermediate · Wade
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 Cooks Run fly list →3 listed points. Map is Vellum land and Teal water — a desk chart, not a satellite.
Michigan DEQ station 21MICH-360138, Cooks Run south of US-2, Stambaugh Township. Historic Blue Ribbon upstream bound at the highway.
Michigan DEQ / MiCorps station 21MICH_WQX-360189, Cooks Run at D/S NF 16. Named Forest Highway crossing south of US-2.
Michigan DEQ / MiCorps station 21MICH_WQX-360188, Cooks Run at Basswood Road. Named public road crossing toward the Paint.
Michigan DNR no longer maintains an active Blue Ribbon list; current rules are stream Types 1-4. Confirm the 2026 Michigan Fishing Regulations and the Inland Trout and Salmon map for Cooks Run in Iron County. Michigan fishing license required.
Cooks Run held a 6-mile historic Blue Ribbon trout reach in Iron County from US-2 to the Paint River. Michigan DNR no longer keeps an active Blue Ribbon list. Inland trout water is typed 1 through 4 now.
This is a South Branch Paint tributary in Ottawa National Forest, fished as its own water. Brook trout and brown trout hold the run. Named public sites include Cooks Run south of US-2, NF-16 downstream of the highway, Basswood Road, and a National Forest two-track off US-2.
No live USGS discharge gauge sits on Cooks Run. Confirm the 2026 Michigan Fishing Regulations and the Inland Trout and Salmon map before you fish. A published hatch calendar specific to Cooks Run 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
Brule River (Michigan UP)
Brook Trout · Brown Trout · Freestone
Freestone
Brook Trout · Brown Trout
If something here is thin or wrong, add what you know. It goes to review before it publishes.
Contribute to this riverNo USGS site is linked to Cooks Run. We do not invent a site id or guess a flow.
