Last Year Bronte Creek First Salmon

[Brian]

That's perfect timing...you're gonna get into fish.

 

[fishermandan420]

Ya id say. Good chance at cohos,lake run browns and steelies

 

[MATTD]

Thanks guys!! I am stayin 2km from Bronte so probably focus on that one for trout and salmon.

Here are some of my pics from my Nova Scotia trips
http://ink361.com/app/users/ig-228479854/brax68/photos

 

[fishermandan420]

If you have transportation the next trib east is a good bet as well

 

[AaronKrick]

Matt I was in NS at the Margaree fishing the summer run atlantics in the summer, water was low and no new fish were coming in. It was my first time fishing for them. I had 2 takes on the blue charm but each time I was a bit too anxious and pulled the fly right away from the fishes mouth. 2 TIMES!!!!! God I was p!ssed, especially since the first one looked at least 20 lbs. I see you really like fishing for the big browns, some sweet fish you got there.

 

[MATTD]

Margaree is a magical place in October fishing for Atlantics in the Fall colours of the Margaree Valley! Blue Charms are great flies for them all year round Hooking a 20lbs Atlantic would have been a battle ... Hope you get to come back and try again.
Browns are my fish of choice when the water is low and warm since they will take a nymph or big dry fly patterns around dark .
Hoping for a few hours of fly fishing when I visit in mid October

 

[MATTD]

Any Fly recommendations for Chinooks, Browns, COHO, Steelies?

Will swinging work or should other techniques like nyphming be used?

 

[rybak]

Any Fly recommendations for Chinooks, Browns, COHO, Steelies?

Will swinging work or should other techniques like nyphming be used?

Someone else will chime in with what worked for genuine steel and pinks, but I was on that creek yesterday. Just trying to get some top-water action and even though I could not find one decent size ( >10" ), I could not keep fish off a size 10 BH dry, black stone fly. It pulled in a couple dozen fish before I snagged it on a cedar and broke the hook. I found the key to getting bites was to make sure that the fly stays afloat. Cleaning the fly and applying some floatant.

cheers!

 

[MATTD]

Thanks Rybak! I use big foam mice for the Browns in Nova Scotia. Think they would work on the Salmon or Trout in mid October?

 

[Shmogley]

browns will hit the mice for sure if the conditions are good(in more pressured areas might take a while )

most guys using fly rods that i see here use beads/egg imitations or nymphs, sometimes in tandem with a bead/egg
for float fishing any of those or combining bead with a roe bag is popular too.

they all seem to catch fish
good luck bud

 

[MATTD]

Would any be willing to share via private message so areas on the Bronte to try within walking distance of petro park? I am familiar with the bridge and island area but am interested in going up stream if there are holding pools?
I am visiting inlaws mid October , will be fly fishing and 100% catch and release ( feel free to check my pics earlier in this thread)
Thanks

 

[Rain-Bow]

for some reason topwater baits don't really work here for migratories.

 

[Rain-Bow]

egg imitations near the bottom are always a good bet.