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Gonna be a brown trout bonanza when those buggers start to emerge

Was pretty mucky in the morning. By the time I decided to start snapping pics it had cleared up quite a bit.

Its there if you look hard enough. I'll post a treasure map later dude

No idea where abouts you live, but if you're headed to this area and want to get out, shoot me a message. I live in Guelph, plenty of decent trout fishing around here. These fish aren't from around here though... The least I could do is show you some setups and techniques anyways.

That coupled with the right fly and technique definitely gets the job done.

Thanks folks. 'Tis the season for big browns. Doesn't last long in this area.

Got out for the weekend with a buddy of mine for some brown trout fishing. The two of us grew up in the area, but he hadn't been back to fish for many years. He's new to the fly, but he's catching on rather quick. The area saw lots of rain the days leading up to the weekend, so I wasn't sure what to expect. Driving up most of the streams and creeks were chocolate milk...not promising. When we arrived, we were greeted by high water and about 6 inches of visibility. Perfect conditions for big browns. The river. Very high water. There were tons of these guys hatching, but not much surface activity at all really. Ready to hunt! We stuck with big flies for the most part to try and dodge the smaller fish. The odd time we did switch it up to either a dry fly or a smaller streamer we ended up with plenty of these guys. Its a good way to pass the time between the pools that hold the bigger fish. A couple more river shots. Tim ripping a big streamer through a nice pool. Thunder head! The storm bypassed us though. At this point the river was clearing up quite a bit and we were actually hoping for a good downpour to dirty things up again. Never happened though. And the fish... Like I said, conditions were prime. The water was up a good foot or so from usual flow. Quite a few sections the water was up on the grass/weeds on the banks. Big streamers, big fish, 'nuff said... Was a pretty epic weekend as far as southern Ontario trout streams go. I think I'll go back next weekend and have a bit more fun. Hopefully the surface activity picks up a little so I can toss some big dries out next time.

Managed to sneak away from the city for the long weekend. Spent all three nights sleeping beside the river. A few pics from the adventure. Spent a bit of time in the afternoons foraging for tasty wild edibles....one of my favourite spring time treats - wild leeks! And a couple of the nicer fish. A couple more weeks until the Green Drakes start doing their thing out there. Can't wait!

Bruce at Tamar will give you a ton of advice. Cross lake is definitely a good bet. Its really not that bad getting in there. Everything is marked. Play safe and you'll be fine. Watch out for the wind.....

Was definitely a good opener folks. Was up again in the same area last weekend and did just as well if not better.

Made our annual trip into the bush for opener. As usual we avoided the steelhead crowds and headed for thick cover and feisty browns. Road to nowhere.... Camp made....time for beer! Bruce County beef cooked the way it should be... Morning comes pretty early. The night was relatively warm at about 5 degrees, we kept the fire stoked all night for added warmth. We're up around 7 gearing up. Lots of water in the river and we're all pretty pumped to start the season. Justin pulls his trusty 5wt out of hiding only to find this...... He was stuck using his 9 foot steelhead rod for the day...not fun on this creek... Needless to say, he wasn't going to let a busted rod stop him from fishing. The rest of the weekend was perfect. Aside from the bright sun in the afternoons putting a lot of the fish down, we managed a few and had a great time. Nothing huge, but plenty of feisty fish to keep us busy. Largest fish was around 16" that flipped me the bird at my feet before I could capture him and put him in my camera. Merry Fishmas y'all!! I'm back up there tonight through sunday. Should be prime dry fly time now....

Again, there are countless types of leader out there. Some with start with 20 or 50 lb and decrease in diameter until reaching the end of the leader. These will range in very heavy sizes such as 0x down to much lighter, delicate sizes such as 8x and lighter.

The size of mono or fluoro that you use will be dependant on conditions. If you're talking about line for a level leader that you'll be attaching tippet to, try starting in the 8-12 lb range.

Loop to loop is fine, as is a surgeon knot (double or triple) as is a blood knot.... Here are a million knots for you to play with: http://www.animatedknots.com/

Exactly.....

Just to keep things interesting.... I've been tossing flies a long long time. My typical setup doesn't include a tapered leader. I run a length of 6-12lb mono or fluoro depending the situation. To that I add lengths of tippet as required. This I run for nymphing and larger sized dries like stimulators, mice and hopper patterns. Streamers, I'll usually run a length of sink tip from 4 to 12 feet depending on the water. Attached to that, 15lb fluoro....4 feet of it, no more, but possibly less. There's one situation I'll use a tapered leader. The tiniest of dry flies. sizes 18 and smaller definitely benefit from a tapered leader. As others have mentioned, turning over tiny flies is tough...

I live here. Carp on the fly is my main game here. The bass and pike are puny for the most part, but you'll find a few big guys in there. The Eramosa is fished less then the speed. If you want larger fish, and are willing to put in the time, thats the river you want to focus on......

This ^^ And get yourself some sinktips as well, you'll be happy....

Lookin like some real nice water! One thing I'd recommend.... If you plan on continuing with the bushwhacking, get yourself a thermacell and strap it to your belt or backpack. You won't see any bugs for miles doing that

Here's a bit of whats going on in the bug world right now.... Grey Fox Dun Grey Fox Spinner Green Drake Dun Mind you, this species is on a pretty steep decline and won't be found in most streams... Green Drake Spinner Mottled Stonfly Craneflies

For the most part, just consider everything to be 2-3 weeks ahead of schedule. Early season hatches are largely based on the number of days the water has been above X temperature for different species. Hendricksons are pretty much done now aside from upper reaches of coldwater systems. Grey fox and Green drakes are just getting started. Sulphurs are popping up here and there as well. Caddis are thick just about everywhere now. Craneflies are out and about, midges as usual.... Stoneflies have begun! Get those stimulators out! dave

well, spelt is a species of wheat actually....

Not a good move bud... definitely illegal.

Not quite......more like the dominoe effect!

That sums it up nicely! Its a casting video, made to showcase various casts. The practicality of those casts will entirely depend on where you are fishing. Most places I fish, every cast is invented on the spot.