Alfiegee

At least Hammer has a clue. Alfie.

So many good selections here, great songs and artists. I'm going to add 2 great Canadian song writers. First Gordon Lightfoot.I don't think any thing else needs to be said. Hard for me to forget, the Edmund Fitzgerald wrecked on the day I was born. Every time I hear that song on Nov.10, I'm there. Everybody should check out Stan Rodgers, a great folk singer from Hamilton. He was killed in a plane crash in the '80's but his music was great.

Wow. I can't believe so many guys have broken rods. In 40 years I only remember breaking 1 rod and that was because a 70 lb roll of tar paper rolled over it in the back of my truck, totally my fault. I have a 10'6 St Croix Wild River and it is excellent. I have seen people break rods so I always carry a back up if you will. My Orvis 8'6 fly rod is always with me too. I don't think I can really call it a back up tho as it sees as much use as the St Croix. I also didn't see anyone mention Mitchell in this thread. I have a 7' Mitchell spinning rod that has been thru everything in the last 10 years since I got it. Including a 25 lb carp 3 weeks ago. Alfie.

What the heck does that mean?

Ok yes there are a few places left, and I know them, but I would not say they are abundant. Most speck fishers will not give you the time of day if you ask for a good spot. Speck streams are well kept secrets. Alfie.

I know that, but I'm talking about a beautiful speckled trout,hypothetically. Anyone else catch a 20 incher lately? Hypothetically?

LOL No one is going to point you to brookies, they have become so rare these days. I know a few spots, they are my favorite fish but they just aren't around anymore in southern ontario. I can put you on them, but you'd have to take me. Do you fling a fly? Alfie.

Terry?

Can I come?

Was the nicest hypothetical fish I ever caught, I only wish I could have live released it so it could spawn again. Alfie.

I phoned the ministry and was told this is a very grey zone. Legally the hypothetical fish should have been released to be turtle food. But a C.O. may have seen things differently. The twilight zone indeed.. Alfie.

Specks hit hard when they are hungry and you occassionally get one in the gills. I have fished specks since I was 6. 40 years to be exact. 95% of specks that are hooked in the gills will not live. My hypothetical fish was bleeding badly and could not be revived I tried. I should have hypothetically just let it float away to be turtle food? Alfie.

Completely hypothetically,fly fishing on the upper Credit with barbless hooks. A 20 inch speck is hooked and landed. It is bleeding profusely from the gills and attempts to revive it fail. The upper Credit is a no kill zone, what do you do. It is illegal to keep the fish, but it is also illegal to abandon a fish or allow it to spoil. Hypothetically I hid the fish and got out of there. And hypothetically ate the evidence. What is one supposed to do? I wish I could have released the hypothetical fish as it would have been a good spawner and produced lots of young ones that also would have had the potential to reach that size. Alfie.

We did this unintentionally to people at a fly in camp last year. A friend of mine took me to a Speck lake north of the Soo. It was a 2 hr drive on old logging roads from the hwy but we made it towing a boat. We really didn't expect to see anyone there. We trolled around a point and here were 4 guys in 2 canoes fishing. They were as surprised to see us as we were them. They had paid quite a bit to be flown into this lake and here we were, in plain clothes I might add. They didn't take any offense to us being there, rather they wanted to know how they could drive in, in the future and said good for us. A little local knowledge can go a long way towards finding places like that. The trout fishing was great and the 6 of us shared the lake for the next 3 days. We were even invited to camp by their outpost cabin. Alfie.