Bruce Derington 0 Report post Posted October 20 Finally wet a line this past week , good to be in the water again Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RickZieger 0 Report post Posted October 20 Those are some nice fish. Rick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
partsman 0 Report post Posted October 20 Sweet Bruce, love the Great Lakes rainbows! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chugbug27 0 Report post Posted October 21 Nice! Jealous Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted October 21 Good for you. Nice steelies. Can you show us the flies you used? I'd love to see them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DFoster 0 Report post Posted October 21 Really nice fish Bruce! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Derington 0 Report post Posted October 21 16 hours ago, Mark Knapp said: Good for you. Nice steelies. Can you show us the flies you used? I'd love to see them. Caught many on these zebra midges, size 14-18; Double Touble nymphs #14; peach estaz egg , Clown egg with bead , Sqiurmy Wormy ( best producer); White Death Zonker; Jig with blended color ( ug bug) Bottom photo is the double trouble Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted October 21 18 minutes ago, Bruce Derington said: Caught many on these zebra midges, size 14-18; Double Touble nymphs #14; peach estaz egg , Clown egg with bead , Sqiurmy Wormy ( best producer); White Death Zonker; Jig with blended color ( ug bug) Bottom photo is the double trouble Very interesting. Thank you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heff2 0 Report post Posted October 24 looks like a great day on the water Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MuskyFlyGuy 0 Report post Posted October 24 Beautiful fish Bruce! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicrider 0 Report post Posted October 26 I hate you and your photos. Not really but it kills me that the days and years I spent on the streams of Lake Superior and Lake Michigan for steelhead and salmon are over. Our fish out of Lake Superior, my main rivers, ran smaller and probably a 3-4# average for the true rainbows with the Kamloops getting into the 6-8#s range. The third year returning Chinooks regularly punch past 10#s and my biggest in MN was 24#s. Lake Michigan fish ran larger with 10# bows and 20+ average on Chinooks with my biggest being 36#s. When I spent years fishing the rivers up north for fish lake that and like those you have available you can see why I really miss those days. 3-5# bass are fun but nothing like you have there. Congrats and keep enjoying it. By the way, the large majority of our fish were on simple #4 hooks with either tied yarn you almost call a fly or just snelled hooks with yarn tucked under the snell. In Michigan the snelled yarn tagged with a small rubber egg was our standard killer. Nice to see real flies being used these days, especially nymphs under floats, something we never used. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted October 27 On 10/21/2024 at 9:50 AM, Bruce Derington said: Caught many on these zebra midges, size 14-18; Double Touble nymphs #14; peach estaz egg , Clown egg with bead , Sqiurmy Wormy ( best producer); White Death Zonker; Jig with blended color ( ug bug) Bottom photo is the double trouble All the way from soup to nuts. I was thinking steelhead flies were more specified. Shows you what I know. I've only caught them on Muddlers and egg patterns. I'm going to open up my repertoire. Thanks for the post. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
