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why arent you goin out for trout bud? opener is on saturday?

Lake Erie is the cleanest of all the Great Lakes!

I'd definitely challenge you on that one. Erie is fed by the "chemical valley" through sarnia. The discharge in that area, the St. Clair river.....Lake St. Clair, and finally the Detroit River is absurd!!! There are quite a number of places in that area where I wouldn't even light a match!

I haven't really seen any recent studies though, maybe it is the cleanest........

I would add however, that Erie has probably made the biggest comeback since the 60's/70's as far as pollution goes.

It'd be nice to see some info on what they have based the stocking initiative on. Erie is pretty shallow, and pretty polluted. Obviously Lake Trout should be there......but the question is how long will they survive with the water conditions as they are??

I'd like to see some pics as well!!

Brookies on the fly!!

The Chinooks that I'm seeing are definitely spring spawners.

I've defintely heard of this before in a fly fishing mag sometime........I'm gonna have to find that one!!

The smaller jacks definitely make it within casting distance of shore. Warm water discharge from energy plants and such are also good areas to try. It would be pointless to target them in the rivers as any that make it in there are probably pretty confused.....and there won't be many. But.......breakwalls, estuaries and the like are great places for another couple of weeks to try for some Jacks......I like to toss fry flies out for them.......match the hatch if ya catch my drift!!

Beautiful.....whats her name?

Its terribly sad any way you look at it!! Look at the water levels we're seeing all across Ontario in river....and even the Great Lakes. Cap this.....Cap that.........use this.......but not that.........but yeah, you can still take it, thats OK. Things are gonna dry up pretty quick everywhere!

nice feesh!!! very shiney indeed!!

yup, from hwy 2 to the lake is open.......but really only the pier is open. Everything else closes last day of december.

I'm going to continue tying flies for opener!

these are really good for early season resident browns and brookies!!!

Gotta tie lots of em up!!!

Great article! Everyone should read!!

I'm not too worried at all. I'll let the steelhead bums catch all the chrome I'll be after brookies and browns. Maybe on the monday I'll get out for some steel once the mayhem has settled a little!!!

A couple of times a year, I clean my cork handles with this method:

1. Very Fine grit sandpaper - moistened, and using a bar of hand soap, lather up the sand paper and lightly clean the handle.

2. Moist cloth - wipe down the handle to get rid of soapiness and grime

3. as mentioned, wood filler, let it dry then gently sand again

dave

AHHHHHHH!!!!!! Its the ANTI-FISH!!!!!

I have thought of Fly Fishing, was actually looking at set ups at BPS a few weeks ago, Just don't know if I want to invest in that yet.

 

Slippery Slope once I start looking at Fly Rods, then the dude tells me that Fly fishing for Bass is fun too.....I am thinking "Crap now I have to get a 5/6 rod and a 8/9 rod, different flies....." My bank card was starting to burn in my pocket.

Fly Fishing for anything is great man. For different situations, yeah you'd need a couple of different rods. I mainly use a 4wt and a 7wt. I have others, but I look at them as toys more less. 4wt gets me into resident trout, bass and pike in rivers, I guess really anything in rivers. My 7wt comes out for lake fishing for bass, pike, musky, carp etc.......as well as migratory species moving in from the lakes. Reels are a little different. I really focus on how much line/backing a reel will hold more than anything. Its really mostly a line holder, your palm can be used for drag effectively with a little practice....until you become addicted anyways. And, of course you can couple that with the fly tying addiction that soon follows the fly fishing addiction!!

Thats a pretty broad question man! It really all depends on where you plan to focus your efforts. ie: lakes or streams, resident trout or migratory trout, cold or warm water fish.........the list could go on and on and on!!!

Have you thought about fly fishing at all??

You've got lots of opportunity out there! If you have a boat, lakes just might be your thing for trout. If not, you'd be best to stick with river fishing. Check the regs for extended/year round open seasons for trout and salmon on some of the tribs that flow into Lake O out your way. The headwaters/tribs of those rivers should provide some resident trout fishing for you. Access is likely limited as it is all around southern ontario for resident trout waters. I wouldn't expect anyone to lead you to some of their prime trout streams.......just pull out a map and follow them rivers upstream!!! You've still got 2 weeks till opener to do a little exploring!!!

dave

Check out this bass guitar player....he starts tapping half way thru the video

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dWb-aCWR8U

victor rocks,

saw him a few years ago with ben harper.........

how would they have all those wonderful veggies without the cow dung and fish emulsion fertilizer???????

whackos!!

I guess people poo could do the trick as well, but they're not ready to go there yet!!!!

Clearly neither bill has anything to do with legally fishing and hunting.

This sort of thing always gets blown out of proportion!

All I would like to add, if it does not affect hunters and fisherman who are legally enjoying the sport, then put it in the bill and gain some support from the people who hunt and fish.

well said!

With 500 bucks, I'd probably go for a nice rod and reel (250-300 bucks) then a nice tying kit including materials, vise, and maybe a book for the fly tying beginner, then with whatever coin is left over, a gift certificate for that same shop!!! That'd make me pretty happy!!!

you got it 4reel!

Hey Kickingfrog,

There is a section from one trib to another that is now (as of 2008 regs) catch and release only. Just look under the exceptions and extended season sections to find the info you need!!