MJL

I’ve only perused that site a few times but there are a number of things I just don’t get.

I never really understood the concept of having to pay an annual fee to promote a tackle company’s products? Shouldn’t it be the other way around? Surely if you wanted a free spool of power pro or a few boxes of Salmo lures, you could’ve just spent your registration fee $ at the local tackle shop instead. Or instead of putting $50 into NPS, why not donate to an organization like CRAA, Nottawasaga Steelheaders, MEA or the like or even joining a fishing club (like the Scarborough casting club or a bass fishing club) and make personal connections that way?

All the people I know who tried to pro-staff various products ended up spamming online message boards. At the end of it all, no one really cared for the products or the person. If you’re already a sponsored individual and you post reports on NPS about how great their products are, who are you actually promoting to?

What exactly are pro-staffers supposed to do when they are picked up by a company? On a resume, what would you actually put for a job description?

It's an interesting business concept.

Mike

Thanks guys. Glad you enjoyed the pictures

The last few weeks I've been feeling great (pretty much back to feeling like normal again aside from my sense of taste - besides sour & spicy I really can't taste anything else except for cheese). Yay for poutine

Rank with some of the best I've seen. What are you using for gear? Wow.

Thanks SB22. I used 2 cameras for the pictures in this report

Above water:

- Canon t3i +17-50mm f/2.8 lens - it's a fairly light combo (as far as DSLRs go) that I can wear around my neck and tuck inside the top of my waders when I'm hiking through the bush. Maybe one day I'll invest in a micro 4/3 or mirrorless system that fits in a pocket much better.

underwater:

- Canon 7D + 8-15mm F/4 fisheye lens inside an aquatech surf housing + dome port.

Cheers

I can see I need to trade in my old camera guy in for a new one. LOL

 

Them there are some purdy fish Mike.

 

 

WOW.

The best camera is the one that's on you. haha. You can bring it next time we fish together

Although if you really want to upgrade, you can send me your credit card info and I can put together a camera package that will never become obsolete...It will cost $9,000 but it will last you a life time

Thanks again

Mike

That red-belly brookie is by far the most amazing specimen I've ever seen

I really enjoyed this report. Thanks for sharing

Nicely done Chris

A few months ago, as sure as the sun will rise, the salmon made their annual return to my local streams. Fed by cold springs, the salmon pushed through despite scorching day time temperatures. I left the fishing gear behind and hiked the creeks with my camera. The water was low but not as clear as I would’ve liked. I mounted my camera onto a net handle and probed the pools to document this great migration.

Chinook salmon by MJLeung, on Flickr

Chinook shooting upriver

Chinook shooting upriver by MJLeung, on Flickr

Spawning pair in B&W

Spawning pair by MJLeung, on Flickr

Coho buck

Coho by MJLeung, on Flickr

Swimming against the flow

Swimming against the flow by MJLeung, on Flickr

The last 2 weeks I drove up and down rolling hills in farm country. I found my way through gravel and dirt roads winding through valleys, before going onto sketchy trails ridden with pot-holes and fallen branches.

Alone, I stalked the streams with ghost-like stealth carrying my fly rod and camera gear in hand. I had miles worth of river to wade without another person in sight. At the end of the journey, I eventually found freedom.

The perfect cast

The Perfect Swing

Swinging down & across by MJLeung, on Flickr

The perfect take

A mint gem

Male in spawning dress by MJLeung, on Flickr

Fish-eye views

brookie by MJLeung, on Flickr

Brookie on the dry fly

Royal Wulff Brookie by MJLeung, on Flickr

Half & half Brookie

Half & half Brookie by MJLeung, on Flickr

20" of spotted gold on the muddler minnow

Brown trout on the Muddler by MJLeung, on Flickr

Pretty little brownie on the Muddler minnow

Half & half brownie by MJLeung, on Flickr

Stalking the streams was just what I needed - It was therapy for the soul.

Hope you enjoyed

Mike

Great report Brad. It blows my mind that blackflies would be a problem at this time of year. I've never seen them after July. I guess I should leave a bug jacket in the car just in case.LOL

Nice brookies too

Fantastic report Mike.Those pike are giants!

Incredible specimen

Beautifully done! Your co-worker is super talented.

I got an error like that yesterday when I was trying to send a PM...It ended up sending 2 duplicate messages to that person

Tanks! Nicely done Mike. Great report

Totally awesome Ryan. Well done to the little fella

Nicely done Brian

On the brightside, at least it was a safe spawn.LOL

Awesome Dan...Those brookies have to be the prettiest fish on the planet

Nicely done Rob. I don't have any flatfish in my box but Kwikfish have taken some of my bigger resident browns

Hang in there Bruce.

I also had issues with nausea with the standard anti-nausea pills (ondansetron, dex & stemitil). Later I was given Emend (Aprepitant) and it worked very well during my high dose chemo sessions. It’s definitely something worth talking about to the pharmacist and oncologist. Nausea sucks especially when all you’re trying to afterwards is hydrate.

Sending my prayers to you and the missus.

Just awesome

Nicely done!

A quick Googling brought this up

http://www.coastalwindsports.com/WhoseLine.html

As FishLogic mentioned, both are made of the same material (Ultra High Molecular Polyethylene) by 2 different companies.

For the lines that I like, I choose PowerPro (Spectra) and sometimes Tuf-Line (They use both Spectra and Dyneema depending on the model). Personally I don't care what they're made of so long as they perform well.

Mike, the camera is not mine, ask youngone

That camera has already been to the bottom of Simcoe then.LOL

Nice vid Edwin. Which model of GoPro are you using? This winter can we try dropping it 120ft down into Simcoe?

Nice!

You are the last person I would expect to take vids.

X2...I'm surprised in this 3 minute video you didn't manage to hook or cut yourself. Your blood is still on my auger handle and it won't come off

Awesome report Mike. Looks like a great time with the family. Thanks for posting

Still lots of great places to fish, you just need to find them

But there's no fish in the Notty

Go down to Port Hope, find some guys from Quebec or some guys from eastern Europe, lol.. The next time they gank a big female with a marshmellow and a treble and are filleting it on the side of the bank ask to keep the roe, they won't want it.

They’ve evolved in Port Hope Bill...Now they’re slitting bucks looking for roe and leaving them on the ground

please stop posting in my thread if you're going to drag this off topic into a race argument.

 

I'm interested in the location of cleaning stations for the simple reason that I want to know where I can easily clean fish without having to mess up my kitchen. I don't have a tailgate and am not interested in looking for roe.

Ever consider one of these?

http://www.amazon.com/Portable-Camp-Cleaning-Table-Faucet/dp/B00AM23N3M

Set one up in the backyard, attach a hose and you’ve got a cleaning station. With gas at $1.30/L nowadays, it’ll save you from having to drive to Port Credit or Port Hope just to clean fish.

I know 30lb Gel-spun backing can groove Recoils no problem - I can't see why fireline or PowerPro wouldn't do the same. A few years ago I re-did all the guides on my friend's G-Loomis fly rods after he came back from Florida. Apparently tarpon and jacks were the culprit.LOL

Never had any problems with SIC, alconites or aluminum oxide guides myself.