Dedicated to quality experiences on the water
Northern Michigan Professional Guide Service
Guide Trips
Based out of Traverse City, Michigan. From day floats, all-inclusive travel, to week-long adventures. Green Drake Outfitters offers a wide range of professional and customizable guide services. Angling opportunities for trophy steelhead, trout, salmon and smallmouth bass.
Instruction
Learn to fly fish with Green Drake Outfitters. Personalized casting instruction, on-the-water tactics, individual fly-tying classes and more.
Blog and Fishing Report
Stay up to date with what’s happening at Green Drake Outfitters. Upcoming events, guide trip availability, and fishing reports updated regularly.
Why Choose Green Drake Outfitters?
With over a decade of professional guiding history, GDO combines a relentless work ethic and extensive angling expertise to ensure the highest quality experience. Green Drake Outfitters is a full-time, year-round guide service. We host a wide variety of vessels to match any river system, big or small. In addition to private land access to reach remote waterways, we utilize state and federal permits to make sure we have the best angling opportunities available. Passionate about our work and fisheries, there is nothing average about the GDO guided experience.
Testimonials
“Listen I fly fish throughout the world and have spent more than 50 days with this guide on a variety of streams and rivers. You will not find a more careful and competent guide, nor will you find someone more knowledgeable and enjoyable with whom to spend time with on a river.”
“Cole with Green Drake Outfitters was truly a joy to work with. He took my wife and I out for steelhead and showed us a great time, taught us a lot, and most importantly got us onto a lot of great fish. He is professional, knowledgeable, entertaining, and I cannot recommend him highly enough!”
“We had an amazing day on the water with Cole. He was the most patient, encouraging, calm, and enthusiastic guide we’ve ever fished with. It was so much fun chasing steelhead with him. Looking forward to booking another trip ASAP!”
“Cole is elite! Good luck finding a guide more dedicated to his clients. Non-stop attention to detail, conditions, and pure passion for making it happen. As genuine as they come. My dad and I are already on the books for another trip!”
“Cole’s expertise and dedication to guiding is unmatched! He has unwavering passion for creating an unforgettable day on the water and put his clients on fish. 10/10 would recommend Cole for your next fishing trip in MI’s NW lower peninsula”
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