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 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…
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…
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.…
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…
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