Christopheraaron

Nice work! It'll be interesting to see what happens with a 13'6" float rod sticking out going down the notty LOL.

I can't vote, but if I could I wouldn't for the big parties. Nothing I have seen or heard makes me think any higher of these idiots, green would be my first choice as I'd sooner live on the street than see the environment go any further south.

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Small lake. No gas motors. but looks like fun.

I've done it, it's fun but you're looking at some tough fishing, there are usually about 150 or so participants a day and on a small lake that doesn't leave much space. That said if you know where to go there are some big fish in that lake.

I'm thinking it was just the tag that got eaten too. Wonder why they didn't mention that as an option.

Because it's not as exciting

I'd bet it was either another shark that took a bite out of it in a fight.

OFC, OFF, KA, NA, Hipwader, Floatboard, Fly tying forum, Classic fly tying forum, Ultralight fly fishing, Fibreglass fly rodders, Speyclave, Ice shanty, Spoonpullers (only joined to sell a reel though), and I might be on the simcoe board, can't remember if I signed up.

Awesome! I love the mirrors, way nicer than commons.

One of the strangest and best.

Just started taking b12, let's see if it's all that it's hyped up to be!

you need a harbour permit and

humber river launch and ashbridges bay

and if you dont mind kissing a bit of bum sometimes they are nice and let you launch at ontario place

 

dont forget leaders lots of big fish there

 

Cheers

peter

Yes, except if you want to take a canoe or kayak out then you don't need the permit. A boat is only really needed for out in the middle of the bay, most areas are fishable from shore, but there are some great spots you can get to in a boat

Pretty nasty around here as well, but I'm finding the blackflies to be worse than the last couple years, got about 30 bites at least yesterday morning.

Hmmm, would have been last fall when I lost half of my grey's bewick in the river, that wasn't very fun. Of course I've also snapped, stepped on and slammed my fair share of rods as well. As far as glasses go I just us ea cheap pair of berkleys, they work well enough for me and I'm not scared to lose them.

So, are we fly fishin this time? LOL

Hey Brad, I may be able to make it, I'll let you know tonight. Same area as last time?

The little devil is in the attic above our bedroom , driving us crazy and costing us money

So you're going to start shooting at it? Sounds like it would be easier to trap it if it's just one animal wouldn't it?

Yellow bellied fly catcher shot is great, nice work Joey!

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Sunday I got a text from Dundassteelheader, asking if I wanted to go out for brook trout, already being on my river for 2 days naturally I said hell yes! Fishing was tough this weekend with the cold front, on Sunday there was a massive hatch of hendricksons on the river I fished which made for a 30+ fish day with good numbers of fish over 11", but for whatever reason overnight the fish completely disappeared.

We got to the river at around 8:30 and started where I had landed most of my fish the day before, we fished it with dries, nymphed it and threw spinners though it without a sniff. So we headed down to the better morning spot, where the sun first hits the water and fish are most active in the morning, not even a fish sighted. Ok I said there's one more pool in this area where we should be able to sight fish to some fish, sure enough there were fish sitting there eating something (my guess is hendrickson nymphs or chironomids). The only problem with this pool is that it's upwards of 8ft deep and there is no room to get your fly down if the fish aren't rising. After 15 minutes of failed nymphing we decided it might be more productive to head downstream and try for the bigger resident browns.

Neither of us had fished this area before so it was an exploratory mission which yielded terrific results, I would post pics of the area but it's so close to a road I would be worried someone would recognize it. After just making my first swing through a nice little cut I hammered this small 11" or so brown.

A trip upstream gave me one more fish (a little bigger) hooked but not landed. We quickly discovered that our flies and setups were way undergunned for these waters and with only those 2 fish hooked we headed back upstream to see if the brookies had come out now that there was some cloud cover. There were now a few hendricksons flying about along with small fish rising, and when I say small I mean too small to even consider eating a #14. We picked off a few little guys and tried everything we could think of to get bigger fish but it was not to be. Sean still had to get back home so he called it a day while I stayed to see what I could salvage of the day.

At around 4pm the rain finally hit, and so did the fish! Even with next to no bug activity fish were rising all over the place, but they were extremely picky. The only things I was able to get them on were #14 quill body adam's and sparse #16 parachutes, these are the results.

Now to get a little off track and go on a rant. I would say that the area I fish is one of the most popular areas around for citiots to go on the weekend, every day I am asked at least 10 times what I'm fishing for, have to retrieve 5 soccer balls and I constantly have to put up with kids throwing stones in the water while their parents watch. That I can deal with, but this is what I can't. A guy comes over to me, around 30 years old I'd say, asks what I'm fishing for, what they're eating, not anything strange. He leaves, and arrives 20 minutes later with a 9' steelhead rod and a box of worms! I should clarify that I am fishing a no kill zone, with no organic bait. Before he can even start another person tells him the regs, he says he wasn't aware of them. So he throws on a pink steelhead worm under a massive drennan float and starts dropping it right on top of the rising fish (and over my line)! Not five minutes later there are two of them doing it! By now every single fish is spooked, so I left and came back ten minutes later when the both of them had given up. I really don't miss steelheading at all.

Anyways, another hour went by, I caught a couple more mid sized fish, missed a couple of decent ones, any then the rain came back. I couldn't really track my 16 dry fly anymore to I switched up to the fly I am most ashamed to fish, a #10 bugger. I kid you not when I say this was my second cast, a new pb for me, at least 15" probably 16".

I ended the day on that high note and wrapped it up. Oh, and here are a few pics from the day before.

tight lines,

Chris

Oh and if there's any question.....They're Here!!!

 

Well you just messed my day up, now I'll have that song stuck in it! I'll be fishing resident trout today and then maybe some more of the same or pike tomorrow, Monday not sure...

Angling specialties in Concord definitely sells them, call and see if they ship.

Nice catch! The Grand river steelhead fishery is mostly a fall fishery (as far as I know, correct me if I'm wrong) so I'd say you got very lucky getting to catch one so late! You may get another this spring but you'll certainly do better if you go down in around October.

Mitchell is a good lake for small boat for sure, look at rivers too, the Holland is in your area and has some decent fishing.

LOL, second time I've heard that story and it just keeps getting better!

 

Don't think I told you about this one Chris.

I was thinking of the one Brad mentioned to me, based on the portage/paddle length and second portage length it sure sounds like it.