There are scarce few things that we do in fly fishing that can compare to taking a fresh, fall steelhead on a swung fly. Ask anyone that has done it and they will tell you that the take from these…
I had a client several years ago who asked me, after not catching a steelhead for his third year in row, “How many (Expletive) times do I have to hire you guys before I actually catch a fish?” With my…
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 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…