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[navairum]

....but I won't tell you where

 

So I went sucker fishing today and had some good luck going 4/5.  I tried czech nymphing but had no luck, once I switched to my #6 red/black woolybugger the game was on!

 

I ended up walking part of the water that I've never gone to before (despite living here a while) and came across a hole that looked beautiful.  I thought to myself 'if this was <insert steel river name> that would be a great run/pool for steelhead' - queue 5 minutes of throwing the bugger, slow stripping.....then WHAM.  My first rainbow on the fly (I assume its not a steelie as its a very, very long distance from any mainbody).

 

Take a look, released to spawn again (sat in the water while taking the pics, tried avoiding all the rocks!). She looks pretty skinny, wondering if thats from being spawned out - or just not eating alot.

Thoughts?

 

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[staffman]

Congratulations on a fine catch !

[NiagaraSteel]

Nice job! Im thinking a steelhead, you'd be surprised how far they go. It could be a resi but it would have to be stocked, but i doubt it.

[guzatron]

Huh maybe should have stayed in town today haha, I was carp fishing the other week and a guy was telling me he was seeing them jumping at a certain dam but didn't really believe him lol. Guess I should have a try

[navairum]

I've been to that dam and only ever seen about a trillion carp (which also jump..) so I dunno how legit that is....although I've heard the whispers.... lol

the plot thickens...

[guzatron]

True , there's a video of a guy on YouTube of a guy landing a nook . That had me puzzled

[guzatron]

True , there's a video of a guy on YouTube of a guy landing a nook . That had me puzzled

[steelhead101]

thats a steelhead, check out A PERFECT DRIFT GUIDE SERVICE website, they take a ton of photos of ontario resident rainbows and they are much shorter and stockier than that and have much different colour variations. with the high water this year we seen some steelhead yesterday that literally made it to the end of the river and they didn't even have a knick on them.

[guzatron]

Where would these steel be coming from ?

[NiagaraSteel]

Lake erie

[navairum]

Erie? I would have assumed they come up from St.Clair through the thames - is there an erie trib that intersects the thames (I'm not saying this was or wasn't caught in the thames, but thats our source of water here)

[navairum]

Also - I'm curious, do you think its spawned out, or just skinny?

[guzatron]

I figured at clair too , after I followed it downstream on a map right to that point

[staffman]

Returns from the stocking done by the Thames River Anglers club.

[FrequentFlyer]

either erie or lake huron, steelhead will travel huge distances to spawn, it would surprse you

[navairum]

Thanks gents, I'm going to head out again tomorrow and see if i can strike gold chrome twice

[Tyler0420]

Looks spawned out. (Saggy stomach)