Letort Spring Run and Yellow Breeches 9/27

I've heard the name, read the stories, seen the pictures... Letort Spring Run.

Left at 430am with Kevin, heading East on the Turnpike for 3.5 hours, met up with dudes at 8am sharp. Fished the Letort in a few locations, saw some hawgs, fishing was tough to downright impossible.

Had a Sheetz MTO lunch then headed south to the Yellow Breeches and The Run

Finally landed a trout on the 3wt that i bought LAST JANUARY! A small wild brown on a green Elk Hair Caddis dry.

Back to the Letort, I fished from a tree.

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Photo by W.C.

Photo by W.C.


The Letort prooved it's legend as one of the toughest places to fish. The Yellow Breeches was more my speed.

3 bodies of Southern Canadian water... one freggin' perch

Visited the Great North this past weekend for a farewell party for Jeff as he heads to the Canadian Armed Forces in October.

Early morning on Sturgeon Lake hunting smallies...

No smallies, just one perch that hit a perch x-rap about its same size.

Soulja Boy?

Then over to Innisfil Beach, Ontario for the party. While waiting for the party to start, we walked over to Lake Simcoe to check it out. Super clear water, no fish.

Casting Shadows

Had a nice party... A local hatch was coming off.

Got up way later than expected on Sunday morning, didnt get into the river until 1pm. Walked a long way on a sore foot... Had one hit an egg sucking leech and take off upstream into a fallen tree, snap. One hit an epoxy egg, took off 20 yards downstream and around a bend and snap. Fell off a 6 foot undercut bank when it gave through on a soft spot. would have paid to catch that on video. Left foot/ankle got stuck so I was danglin there for a bit before i fell the full way down. luckily a tree below broke my fall and I didnt land in the water with the new St. Croix 9 weight. Only saw about 6 in about 2.5 hours. Foreign dudes had one on a rope at that big hole where i parked. only saw two upstream. seems most fish were doing the nasty and not interested in my offerings.
Nottawasaga River shots

Sunset on 407 West

Best of Luck Jeff

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Mountain Weekend

The Saturday of Labor Day weekend Eric and I had planned a Yough River float from Confluence to Ohiopyle. 11 Miles of tailwater from the Yough River Dam.

Box of streamers, terrestrials, and big nymphs.

Day Break on the Yough
The One Fly?
Where the Cassleman River meets the Yough
One of the two big bass I caught on the trip. Cudos to Eric for maneuvering the canoe in the rapids.

The new reel for Steel
Some Bugs.

All the rods at the end of the day.

Headed back to Eric's for home made perogies, grilled chicken, summer salad, salmon and other kind of fish. Along with some IC Lights, and a hot shower it was bedtime by 9:45. Up around 8am on Sunday to try a closer stream that runs into a decent sized lake. Erica fed us Blueberry Jags and it was off to the stream. A solid mile or two hike back into the woods, and we found the cold, very cold, and clear stream.

We were sure it would be full of natives, or stockies... neither.
Just full of two yinzer fly guys...

And this guy...
Fished out way down to where the stream empties into the lake. Caught some bluegills and smaller bass which was fun while it lasted. Hiked out and headed home.

View coming off of Laurel Ridge.