Whirlwind Ontario Tour July 9-18

Packed up some flies and drove North for a Canadian Wedding Confidence Fish
Wet FishAnd there was a Wedding. It was fun.

Toader

Doubled Over

You cant catch bass on a fly up here

Right, it's not a fly, its a crawfish fly

Go getchya big brother

Night before we left, i lost a huge musky that exploded on a big zarra spook. The fish came unbuttoned when two of the hookes straighted out on one of his jumps. I know where he lives and will return...

Then we drove even furthern north, and some east, and north once more.
Stopped to check out some natives
And found our big house in the skyThen fished

And Fished

Then HikedAnd Hiked some more

Then rented a canoe

And Fished. Andrea and I both landed some nice smallies on the little x-rap.
In my pre-trip research i found that this lake did hold Lake Trout. Got some laker flies sent to me, brought up the 9weight and some full sink line. Park Rangers pointed us towards the deepest spot. We paddled out, let out a ton of line, then drifted and stripped in line, letting it back out dozens of times until. Thump.

"Babe, I got one"

"Holy shit this is actually a fish, i got one"

In 100' of water hooking anything on a fly comes as a surprise.

Back he went to his depths.
Stopped on our island

Then another island. I fell in. But recovered to fish.

Drove back way way east then a little south.

Ate some poutineAnd Saw United!Then met up with Jeff to fish Lake Simcoe. Caught some snacks.

Went out with Mark to fish the mysterious Centenial Park Pond...
Not quite the game we were hoping for.

But they swim and eat flies.

Eh?

Father's Day/My Bday June 20

Loaded up the night before and headed to High Point Lake to hopefully land some toothy critters on the fly.Started early off by catching a nice chain pickerel on a big leech pattern.

Then this bass later on a spinner bait.

Corey caught a nice pike on a super fluke

Raz caught a nice pike on a perch colored flat-rap
I got this pickerel on a big double fly

Each landed nice fish. Also landed a Crappie that attacked my huge fly. weird. The pike just arent there in the numbers they used to be. Oh Well.

Evening on Chit Crick 7/7

Finally met up with Rob Walters to show him my section of Chartiers Creek. Temps had been super hot the last few weeks so we went later in the evening. Each tried our luck for some carp with no takers, then moved to the small waterfall.

God this bass a few minutes after setting the hook good in my finger. Bugs were terrible. Bass were hungry.
The second you'de turn on your headlamp the bugs would swarm without hesitation, so we hiked out in complete darkness.

Swampin' July 3rd

Slept outside the tent in Conneaut, got up early, headed over to the dam at Geneva Swamp with Andrea. Not really knowing what to expect, we tried our luck. We each landed a few crappies right away, then something toothy broke me off.

Went past the Gilligan's place on French Crick and fished downstream at Cochranton.

Surprisingly didnt get any bass to take.

Did manage to have one pike blow up on my white and red diver in some slack water.

Golfed the next morning then met up with the kids who were having their Kids Derby.

No age restrictions?

Two diligent competitors.