Christopheraaron
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Oh well, I guess that limits the rivers it could be haha. For those of us that already know where this is, which I imagine is most, has anyone else gotten rainbows that high up? I guess that's where they stock them, but I've never caught one until now.
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I guess I should bring some bombers next time
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Hmmm, don't atlantics have clear dorsals?
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LOL, ya a lot of people think that at first when they see it. I think if I ever get a bamboo stick I'll be too afraid to use it, fiberglass has a warranty
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Definitely is, and a lot of it is a lot more accessible than people may think. Sadly not atlantics, just very silver browns (had to check the fins, thought they were at first too). I do think I got an atlantic last week though, didn't get to check the fin before it jumped from my hand but I'm going to say it was one anyways LOL.
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At 2:54, what was that? Lighting a burner?
Ya, gas burner. One thing I kind of wonder about this method is dealing with wind, building bottom bp certainly helps a bit with that.
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I don't think there's anything I enjoy more than fly fishing trout streams less than 30 feet across with ultra light fly gear. I only have 1 "secret" creek and it isn't even all that secret, but that's fine by me as I find the popular trout streams often have amazing fishing and when you take into consideration how many people fish them they really aren't even all that pressured compared to say any steelhead river in the world!
For a couple months I have been staring at a beautiful little 2wt butterstick in the corner of my room waiting for a chance to try it out, I had thought that this opportunity would have been on trout opener but looking at the rains we had and the still cold water temperature it had to wait. But in the last week the water has finally climbed above that 50* mark and I knew then it was time to fish.
One nice thing about this time of year is the water is cold enough that the fishing only really heats up around noon, so after sleeping in on Saturday the car was packed. Waders, vest, fly box, rods, reels, leaders, let's go fishing!
I would talk about how the water looked, how many people were there, what bugs were hatching, but I think it would become too obvious what river this is if I did, so here are some pics.
This last fish I've been waiting for for a long time. My previous PB for a brook trout was only 10.5", over 3 years of brook trout fishing and I had yet to hit the magic 12" mark. So here's what happened. The pool I fish is a deep riffle the empties into a pond, usually I ignore the head of this pool because it's not very conducive to dry fly fishing, but I decided what the heck since the fish were hitting so well and decided to put my fly under the low handing pine branches to see it anything lived there, turns out something was! I could just see a head rise to take the fly, I set the hook, it bent the rod in half and started doing the classic big fish bulldog, and just as quickly as it began it ended as with one head shake the hook was spit. I felt pretty awful about that but knew that fish was still there, he wasn't moving and he had to keep eating. So I fished for 10 minutes downstream of the fish and then punched another cast into the head of the pool. First cast and he took it, this time I wasn't making the same mistakes, rod tip to the side, take my time, slide the fish into the net and its picture time.
Tight lines,
Chris
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Awesome guys! Now Brian, you had your sign, right?
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TBH I haven't fished really above the 401, but, if you aren't seeing any deep water, go downstream. Also, I believe you are looking for a streamside rod.
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Making trip to the US?
There is a great grub killer available from Lowes. $20/bag. Has an ingredient called Merit. Manufactured by Bayer.
http://www.bayeradvanced.com/grub-control
Not available or legal in Canada, but I bring it back every spring from vacation. Also has a fertilizer in it. Available in NY state.
Great product. I don't have my lawn being torn up by skunks, possums, voles etc.
like some folks.
Don't ya love that the same company who makes aspirin makes grub killer? LOL
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Thanks for the advice.
I was by the Airport. I thought it was fine since there were many other people fishing. I could be misjudging the depth?
Don't trust other fishermen, half of them are flossing fish and a quarter of them don't have a clue that they might not be fishing ethically, just stick to deeper pools if at all possible.
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I do not want to disturb the environment of swanning fish.
How about fishing a little deeper than 2' then? I've fished Oshawa enough to know there are plenty of areas deeper than that, if you're fishing in water that shallow you're fishing spawning fish.
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Grab a big mallet; whack a vole!
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Awesome shot of the killdeer! One of your best yet I'd say!
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They grow that quickly eh? I've honestly never taken the time to actually gauge how fast they grow.
I guess I'll be back at er tomorrow as all the rain we got last night may have resulted in a growth spurt....
I was probably just overlooking them the one day, but they definitely did pop up pretty fast!
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It's weird, I was out yesterday, didn't see a single head, then today they're all over the place!
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I was there on Easter. I removed an anchor from the spoon and cast for 3 hrs. I had only one hit. There was a huge winter kill in the bough lakes. The small Bird Lake was full of dead fish (mostly bass like) and smelled like sewage.
Last Saturday I visited Puslinch Lake; I saw dead fish along the shore line. If the same happened with Little Lake in Orangeville we got a huge pike and bass loss in the closest to Toronto the most productive lakes/ponds.
Sorry, are you saying you were fishing for pike in mountsberg?
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Ah, I was thinking of down the same until I saw the forecast, now I wish I had just done it! Nice little brown there!
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HAHAHA!! Flies!!!!
You can't catch lakers on flies!!!!!
Yup I remember those pics. (The other) Dave bought a bunch last year for lakers.
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Hmmm, flies! LOL
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For some reason he talks to the viewers and his wife like they are 5 years old.
Yup, that's the part that most gets me.
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List away
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Are you sure they were tied overseas? Many people assume that but quite a few shops tie their own or buy local, blue ribbon flies, reel flies, me, are a few that come to mind
If they're tied overseas then they are a little expensive but they aren't way out there. BTW, if anyone wants these flies, I'll sell them to ya for $5.50, cheaper than Kelly's site and no shipping charge
Algonquin Opener - Brook Trout (Pics)
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I had a feeling that was the lake, really need to get out there! Great report guys!