The hunt for more Rainbows!

[Cody309]

Hey everyone,

I managed to get out to my favourite little lake over the weekend and attempt to catch some more Rainbows. It seems I may have discovered an itch upon catching my first one last weekend! I fought the weather on Friday, and went out with no luck in terms of trout, but picked up this little guy on a copper john nymph:



The weather was much improved on Saturday, so my buddy and I hit up the lake again. I couldn't resist taking a photo for you all



We were out there from around 2pm - 6pm with mostly bass action - a few nice ones we picked up (I was using a brown wooley bugger, and my friend was spin-casting with a spinner-bait):





At about 5:15pm we decided to start rowing back in, but stopped for a few last casts, and I guess we hit the holy grail I hooked up on 2 rainbows and landed them both. What a fight! A few VERY nice runs, and the second fish had a beautiful dance across the top of the water. I LOVE THESE FISH!!!! All of them were successfully released due to barbless hooks and minimal time out of the water!

First rainbow:


Second rainbow - what a fight this one was!


I was at the local fair today and purchased some flies from a local vendor who hand-crafts all of his lures (spin-casting, as well as flies). He was ever so kind to hint at the "possibility" of some trout being in a stream VERY close to my house. Alas, I'm google-mapping right now and will be grabbing the fly-rod to head off and see what I can find!

Tight lines!

Cody

 

[ChaseChrome]

That's a sweet bow Cody...congrats!!
CC

 

[Cody309]

That's a sweet bow Cody...congrats!!
CC

Thanks, CC! I may have to try my hand at Brown trout today as apparently that's what some folks have caught in the stream where I've been directed

We'll see I guess - what a beautiful day for an adventure anyhow!

 

[grubman]

That second pic is just awesome, it could be a post card with the caption "This could/should be you right now". Nice catches, that bow is beautiful. Bass on a fly is what I hope to get soon. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Dozer]

Those bows are so beautiful, thank you for the report

 

[FishingNoob]

Great report! Those bass and trout are beautiful! Good luck on the browns.

 

[Rain-Bow]

That's a nice looking lake and even nicer fish!

 

[rocheleauc]

Love the bows

Many thanks for sharing.

 

[Cody309]

Love the bows

Many thanks for sharing.

Thanks everyone! As for the browns, nothing today - I think the area requires more legwork than I really had time for today. Either way, it was still gorgeous just being outside!

Cheers,

Cody

 

[skinginboy]

Hey guys... never fished a small lake for trout. .. how do I go about finding one. . .rocky bottom..maybe coldstream fed?? Any around T.O.. ... not lookin for any secret spots so dont get your panties in a bunch Thanx LOL

 

[Cody309]

Hey guys... never fished a small lake for trout. .. how do I go about finding one. . .rocky bottom..maybe coldstream fed?? Any around T.O.. ... not lookin for any secret spots so dont get your panties in a bunch Thanx LOL

Hey carp-lips

I'm not sure of any locations in the GTA as I'm about 3 hours east - however, I can give you some pointers that helped me out a lot. Cold-stream or sping-fed is definitely a plus. The rainbow in the lake I was fishing were DEEP (cooler water, therefore more oxygenated). I had to get my line down around 30-40 ft to start getting hits. Another key is to look for any surface activity. Once I see trout feeding on the surface, I have an idea of where they are feeding. I watched a lot of programs (TV, and YouTube) and did a lot of reading of stuff done by Brian Chan - that guy is a guru for still-water trout fishing out west. Another great tip that a forum member passed a long to me was to not over complicate things. At the end of the day, rainbows are just fish

Good luck buddy!

Cheers,

Cody

 

[hightechdecks]

some pond rainbows for variety, thx bro

 

[skinginboy]

Hey thanks for the tip! Next year i'm going to do alot of small stream fishing for trouts. Prob gunna start in fergus/alora. . . forks of the credit then . .. . .well, sure someone will tag along for atrip and find somewhere. Heck i love to fish, and a day of specks sounds like fun to me too. Any avid fly fisherman out there who likes to fish a hard to get to streams like on the vids of "bingo bango"??!! LOLOL

 

[AKnook]

Ahh the mighty copper john. One of my favorite flies when fishing a small creek. Great looking bows you got there, love the colors.

 

[Cody309]

Ahh the mighty copper john. One of my favorite flies when fishing a small creek. Great looking bows you got there, love the colors.

Thanks AKnook - only wish I could experience some of the salmon I've seen in your posts! The pic you posted here is pretty sweet as well. I would eventually like to start taking some higher quality photos of these fish, but am a little nervous to take my DSLR into the boat Don't mind packing it along side a river or creek, but I'd get a bit nervous with it when in a lake

The bass absolutely smashed the copper john - actually thought he was a trout at first because of the amount of fight the little guy put up. Either way, I plan to be back at it again this weekend, with hopefully some more pics to follow!

Cheers,

Cody

 

[piju]

Ahh the mighty copper john. One of my favorite flies when fishing a small creek. Great looking bows you got there, love the colors.

 

[AKnook]

Thanks AKnook - only wish I could experience some of the salmon I've seen in your posts! The pic you posted here is pretty sweet as well. I would eventually like to start taking some higher quality photos of these fish, but am a little nervous to take my DSLR into the boat Don't mind packing it along side a river or creek, but I'd get a bit nervous with it when in a lake

The bass absolutely smashed the copper john - actually thought he was a trout at first because of the amount of fight the little guy put up. Either way, I plan to be back at it again this weekend, with hopefully some more pics to follow!

Cheers,

Cody

I have dunked my fair share of electronics. I have gone through 4 phones, a video camera and a camera. The camera for some reason after leaving it alone for about 2 months started working again. lol. This winter I am getting a waterproof/element proof camera. I really want to take some great under water shots of some of my fish.

The copper john is my go to fly for one of the small creeks I fish. The rainbows go nuts for it. I didn't pick up fly fishing until leaving Ontario, would be cool to catch a bass on the fly. Again, congrats on your catch. I look forward to seeing more pics. Fish on!

 

[AKnook]

What a great shot, looks like you hooked him square in the middle of the mouth

Yea it was dead on the middle on his nose. I stood on a large rock looking down at this deep pool. There were a few boulders in the middle of the pool that could be hiding fish from my view. I drifted the fly through the boulders and sure enough I saw the fish strike the fly. I immediatly set the hook. I can never get enough of seeing fish strike. So exciting. I caught a couple fish from that pool but this one's colors really stood out.

 

[piju]

 

[Spinninreel]

I catch rainbows all summer long in lakes and have never had to go beyond 15ft down. The water I fish is clear and deep and what I find is they like to come up from below and grab the bait.