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It would seem I picked a day where rain fell hard over night in Fergus. Arrived to dirty water and green clumps of bottom growth floating down the river. This river system is huge and fish could be anywhere. Looked up and down the river deciding on a spot to try first. I see a nice spot where there a split. Start walking across and oops, man down. LOL Gather myself and get to my first rip. A beaded barbless nymph under an indicator, was my set up. Third drift and fish on. Then off,just as quick. Little chunky brown jumped and spit. EXCITED I WAS.Most of been the only fish in the section,as I did not get another hit. Fished this section for 2 hours then moved down to the next access spot. There were 3 guys fishing there already, so decided to move on and give Brad a call ( cuz I got lost ) and check out a spot he told me about. We met up for a coffee and off I was again. This spot I liked. Some slow deep water with rips up and down it. The scenery was AWESOME. I missed a real good hit at the end of a drift. Almost yanked the rod out of my hand. The water here was much clearer and less debris floating down. I noticed small birds were flying very close to the water,but could not see any bug action. Not sure why they were doing this. I tried dry fly's, but nothing was taking them off the surface, so back to the nymph and indicator. A couple of chubb, then my first grand brown. Nothing big,but my first. What a very cool river. A selfie. This river system is on my radar from now on. I will be back in September before closer. The fly shop was cool. Very friendly fella. Was great to meet you today Brad, and a BIG thanks for the help today.

When you get tired of working hard, trailer the boat across the highway and fish main basin of Nippising. South shore is a good area, if your boat is smaller but I usually work flats out in the main basin. Have a good trip!