Peters/Piney Creeks 5/25

Went over to the local creeks with Dad, Corey and Andrea. Weather was hot and humid, fish were glued to the bottom. Corey caught a nice trout, and Andrea pulled in a nice trout and a sunfish on the fly rod. Dad and I went home skunked! No pics...

Chartiers May 22nd

Dad, Corey and I were up early to get onto Chartiers Creek as early as we could. The rain had fallen all night and showed no signs of stopping The water was actually pretty low, but its usual coffee with too much cream color. Started off right, landing this Largemouth on the second cast. Casted around until our arms nearly fell off.
Dad with a health little guy.

I went over to the little water fall and was throwing a small maribu clouser when all hell broke loose. Something grabbed the fly, and took off running. My initial thought was that I had foul hooked a carp... Fought the fish in fast water, finally good a look at its shoulders? Striped Bass? Fought it closer and closer, and to our amazement what I landed was a 27" Walleye

After that it was tough going, the water level was rising, so we got out of there. Home to dry out and upload these pics asap!

Chartiers Creek 5/16

Met up with Mickey Sunday morning on Chartiers Creek to find some Smallies. Mickey started the day off right with this Walleye. Other than that, fishing was fairly slow. Landed a rock bass, little smallie and a carp later but fishing was slowww.

May 15 Crash Course

So the Intro to Fly Fishing class that Andrea was signed up for got cancelled. She was bummed, but still wanted to get out. With recent rains i thought Chartiers would be blown out. It was not. After a quicky crash course on the less than finer points of fly fishing, she was largely left to sort it out on her own... A very fast learner I left her alone and got a few smallies of my own.

Largely left alone, andrea managed a few hookups, but wasnt sticking them good enough. Lesson learnt.

She was about done and ready to go home to Molson I had to stop for one more fish...

Niagara Escarpment 5/8

Rolled into Innisfil, ON well after dark. The last two hours of the trip were in a complete downpour accompanied with constant flashes of lightning. Quick hello's and it was time for bed.

More rain and a significant temp drop overnight, up at 5am. Drove around in the dark and rain until we found our spot.

Breakfast of Champs

First spot was a small man made pool on an otherwise pristine brookie stream. Hooked up with one brookie, landed another, and was sawed off by a toothy predator.The Noisy and Mad Rivers come fast off of the Niagara Escarpment before meeting up with meandering meadow rivers.

High and Brown

Some pics from the fancy camera of my host.

Woke up to this...
Happy Mother's Day

Oil Creek May 1st

Up early and a long ride north, then east, then northeast, landed me at the Petroleum Center in Oil Creek State Park. Josh, Dru, and Smitty were close behind. Figured i'd try swinging a bugger until a hatch and the subsequent rises started. No sooner were my boots wet that i saw a dozen risers in a minute, off went the bugger, on went the caddis. They were incredible selective all day. Had my best luck in the morning on a hotbutt caddis size 18.

Smitty dominated the troots with his secret parachute emerger pattern.

Loaded up the rods and drove further north to the Drake Well

Everyone landed fish on this section, the hot fly was still the emerger pattern.

some fish