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I am off Fridays buddy and off next Thursday if yer up for a fish .

Looks great buddy . Thanks for the advert 😆 I had a couple of 12x12 made for the side of the truck. Just need to get them on .

Was able to get out with my son and a buddy yesterday morning . Always good times . Started slow the 1st hour, but it got rocking . Went 5 for 5 for a few hours of fishing . Kept the only 2 for this season to smoke and vac pack for ice season . 1st 2 were on a tandem set up . Cleardrift 6mm soft bead salmon embryo egg . Next 3 were on a pinky worm . My buddy did this up for me . Very cool remix of the original photo.

Your going to love the Mariner . Is it a 4/2 split? The 115 I had was great for pre tourny . I could cruise around on 2 cylinders all day . When it was blast off,all four kicked in and she gone .

Starting your own fleet are ya ?

Tis the season. 4 days on the tribs. So many salmon this year . Trying to find holes without them is almost Impossible. So,just fish below them 😆. We sure need some rain though . Salmon are trapped in holes and sitting there with loose eggs in them . Couple of my rewards this weekend . This morning I had a nice buck smoke a stone I tied up . A variation.

Thanks for reaching out Chris . Was honored you asked,as I am sure your fellow steelheaders are well seasoned anglers . If I had time,there would of been some swing baits,but one never knows what might arrive in the mail wink wink . Thanks again

I have passed on the info and pics to a few buddys Mr. C Sad to see your selling .

Awesome job .

The eggs will absorb scent . I liquefy a bunch of skein roe and will dip them in the container when drifting slower drifts . Faster waters,not required .

My buddy Rob from Cleardrift, sent me his new salmon embryo poured soft beads and I put my twist tie to them . This IMO ,is the best alternative to keeping roe from fish that will produce many more fish to spawn and keep the future of fishing great . It took me some trial and error to get this tie workable without losing the eggs off the hook . I tested it last year pulling from snags and what not and seems to hold well . These beads absorb scent as well .

Thank you so much for the kind words Barry . I have about 10 guys that buy from me out there . It,s not many, but they trust me with what I do . I am very excited to see some of those in yaps. I have other news coming that will allow me to see first hand what the west coast is all about . That is for another day. Thank you again . Oh ,that red / black woolie, is the Coho killer here . Have tied hundreds the past 3 years.

River runs ,,,,,,, Some new ties headed to the west coast for trial run . Eastern Ontario guys are getting loaded up as well I drifted some olive woolies this morning ,but no takers . So went back to my old school fav . WHAM BAM Thanks for playing

I just kept seeing a full freezer,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I never did check for clippings/stocked fish . Possible it could be a different strain they are stocking ?

Seems thier diet from word is, they are eating up the gobies . I was surprised how dark it was as well .

Have not fished alot, but when I do,it,s more to test out my ties. My new high hooks have been killing it . Since I was very close to a deep drop off, I thought I would give a try for a white fish . Wasn't long before a fish came in and did a slow chase and hooked up . Thought it was a whitie as it was just swinging back and forth on the way up . Half way up, it was not to be . Big run back down . Laker. All good . Play it out,in the net, quick pic and back it went . Played with some pannies on the new high hooks . Working well .

Miss the days I could fabricate these kind of things for my friends . Nice looking rig Glen .

After 2 days of testing and with great results, production has begun. Already know thesewill be killa,so did a batch as well ..

Another great morning to get out . Take them while I can . Launched 5.30 am . Before heading out,tied up some number 8,s of the same that were working yesterday. They were chomping on them even more . 20250607_070107.mp4

Looks like north side .

It was a nice morning to get out buddy . Also great to see ya out there. Need to check windy,and see where I,ll be launching Saturday morning .

Here in Barrie,we had a light wind day and sun to get out on the tinny . Nothing but wind and rain since my last outing . Been waiting to get out to try a few new high hook baits I tied ,while hunting for some whities . Water temps are still cold, 54 deg,so just hoovered in the 40-20 fow range . Marked a few whities,but nothing taking . Lots of perch around ( no real size ) but, they were smashing the high hooks . That is all I really cared about . Knowing the baits were working . The fuzzy blood is more geared towards the ice season,but did take a few,but the mayfly larvae variant,was the out right winner this morning . They would just go up and snatch on . Some guys just need to be right on ya .

Where the wind blows,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Sorry, I should of been clearer Chris . The back bench seems close to the transom, which makes steering the electric hard . The balance is fine, but sitting in the middle bench would give me more space. Looking forward to many pleasurable outings.