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…
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.…
Depending on who you talk to, somewhere between 70% and 90% of a trout’s diet is subsurface but learning to fish that part of the column is, to many new fly fishers, daunting. It’s easy to determine what is going…
If we had our way, everyday on the river would be rich with large mayflies and eager, rising trout but in the real world, trout and trout fishing is just not like that. For those who live near a river…
I had a conversation recently with a gentleman that walked into our shop looking for guns and ammo. After I explained to him that we didn’t deal in that category, the conversation shifted to fishing. He indicated that he has…
Should the upper Grand River be open to a year-round fishery? It’s a question we anglers have been asking ourselves for years. There are two camps here: the “Protect spawning fish” group and the “There’s not enough natural reproduction to…
OPEN MORE WATER Working streamers for bass or trout is one of the most effective ways to find big fish and one of my favorite ways to spend a morning is to cover a long stretch of water with just…
SPINNERS The most under fished stage of the mayfly is the spinner fall. It is also the most misunderstood stage, yet if you talk to anyone who regularly looks for it, they’ll tell you it can provide the most exiting…
What to use and when. For the purpose of explaining this, we’ll look at a typical hatch on an average day. Assuming that we know what insect is most likely to emerge and that we are prepared in terms of…
One of the more misunderstood areas of fly-fishing for trout is rise forms and their relation to fly selection. A trial and error method works well if there are no tell tale signs of the trout’s feeding activity. But…