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Rainbows and Eggs and Good combination
with Mark Brown
While
looking back through my Fishing Journal I happened upon an entry I had
made April of 1998. A few friends & I while fishing yarn and bead egg
patterns, hooked over 30 steelhead and released all but one for the
smoker. While cleaning this fish, we examined its stomach contents and
found it to be mostly void of aquatic insects, but full of
"sucker" eggs…which led us all to assume the 30+ steelhead we
had released earlier, also gorged themselves on eggs. It’s no secret
that the Great Lakes steelhead is a pushover for a well-presented egg
pattern. While the numbers of
Steelhead on the Great Lakes tributaries has declined in recent years, the
number of fishermen has not. Let us all be concerned and responsible
conservationists first and Fly fishermen second....Practice "Catch
and Release". More
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"Some wiseguy once defined a
fishing line as a piece of string with a worm on one end and a damn fool on the
other. This is a silly definition, of course---for many fishermen use flies
instead of worms." Ed Zern
With
Mark Brown
 Spin
verses Fly... Both these presentations will catch fish on a consistent
basis...but in the early spring I think the Drift system out performs a Fly
pattern. The early spring rains combined with snowmelt, transform Great Lakes
tributaries to vehement torrents of chocolate milk. This can make fishing
Steelhead difficult at times. We know the fish are there, but finding and
hooking is not always an easy proposition. Drift Fishing may be the answer
during these high water periods. Later in the year as the water levels begin to
stabilize and the river waters clear, a fly presentation is by far the better
choice. More
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Center
Pin / Float With: Brendan O'Farrell
From what I gather, anglers on the West Coast of Canada were among the
first North Americans to adopt center pin style fishing from Europe. While
drifting down large glacial rivers in small "drift boats" it was
found that presenting baits, lures and flies under large cork and
Styrofoam floats with a center pin reel was an ideal technique for big
ocean run Salmon and Steelhead. It wasn't until the late 70's or early
80's that center pin reels started to show up in the Great Lakes regions
of Ontario, Canada.
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A Wisconsin boy on
the big waters Skeena River system around
Terrace BC. In the world of swinging Spey,
does it get any better? It was said once…by
whom I’m not sure “If you Keep your powder
dry, eye on the horizon, and go slow on a
surefooted animal, the worm will turn for you.”
In the world of the Spey fly fisher’s I
think you’ll find the worm in perpetual
motion, the lure
of deep, clear glacial rivers expressly those
that hold Steelhead… for the Spey fisher’s
are always irresistible! Spey fishing…
A very efficient, and elegant fly-fishing
technique adopted from the Highlands of
Scotland, a extremely useful technique with
its origin dating back some 150 years. Born
out of the mother of necessity this technique
lends its self very nicely to big, brushy
steelhead rivers along which back-cast is not
an opinion. If you’re looking to expand your
fly-fishing techniques… maybe just add one
more trick to your bag… may I suggest the
following sites to help you in the pursuit…Good
luck my friend.
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