Steelhead are the glamour fish of the Great Lakes and while they are not indigenous, they have been around long enough that they have been raised to the elite level of game fish. Although they take second fiddle to other…
Most of us that hunt for steelhead through their entire season (Sept to late May) will tell you that there is an opportunity to strip streamers with some success. Post spawn fish, upon vacating redds will quickly return to eating voraciously…
I had the opportunity recently to get my hands on the new Echo OHS (That’s ‘One handed spey’) and am convinced that this is a very innovative and fresh idea for Great Lakes steelhead. While rods in the 10′ to…
I once caught an Atlantic salmon that moved to or at least showed interest in the first cast for 10 consecutive fly changes. I finally hooked her 60 minutes later on the 11th, which oddly enough was the fly that I…
Golfers hit balls at the driving range to loosen up or work on their game. Baseball players do the same in batting cages. I played ball until I was 35 and even in the ol’ beer league, I would spend…
Perhaps the most endearing feature of fly fishing in southern Ontario (for that matter, fly fishing in Ontario) is that it’s tough to get bored of the same ole’ same ole’. On any given day in July for instance, one…
The final day of the Ontario trout season was a mix of frustration and excitement for this angler. I typically spend at least part of the day ushering out the season but this year I was afforded the majority of…
Sage has done it again with the recently introduced X. The latest in Sage’s line up promises to be a winner and may be the best fly rod they have ever produced. Now this is just one anglers review but…
Reports are coming in daily of salmon showing up on most Great Lakes systems and we would say at this point that we are on the down hill run. It looks like conditions will catch up and the early fall…
Where did trout season go? It seems like just last week I was standing on the river with GROF Guide Nick Groves on opening day, drinking a coffee and waiting for the light. Giddy as a couple of school kids.…