WiperDawg 0 Report post Posted May 1, 2012 Fish hard on Opening Day for Trout in Rivers Hooked some nice Sea Run Brook Trout on Smelt Imitations. Also coincidentally hooked some kelt (Atlantic salmon returning to sea) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyFishin'Jam 0 Report post Posted May 2, 2012 Well the season opened on the weekend, finally! I left it until now to start scouting and fly testing, but should have a few more weeks of steelhead action. I only managed to land one yesterday, got my ass kicked by a couple of larger ones, my buddy managed a huge male and i landed smallest of the day. The best part of the day was figuring out they wanted meat, larger flies. I spent a good couple of hours messing about with smaller patterns, then put on an intruder and within 5 casts the action begun. So i am really happy with some of my ties i had done during winter, how they swam, sink rates etc. So i guess back to the water tomorrow? I have a score to settle with a very thick steel Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyFishin'Jam 0 Report post Posted May 8, 2012 I am having a bonanza with the intruders i have tied, the steelhead really like to smack them hard 3 more today plus a big sucker. Got a pic of one quickly. Still looking for something big, lets see what i can do in the next few weeks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piker20 0 Report post Posted May 8, 2012 Thats a very good looking fish. Are the steelhead that colour straight from salt or do they colour up a bit once in fresh water? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wavey1988 0 Report post Posted May 8, 2012 Tough day today, overcast, the lake was flooded too, managed to winkle a few out European Perch was all I had to fly. I had a few more to float fished bait though And this is what it was like Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyFishin'Jam 0 Report post Posted May 9, 2012 Thats a very good looking fish. Are the steelhead that colour straight from salt or do they colour up a bit once in fresh water? Usually the fresh fish are completely chrome, once they have spent a bit of time in the river they take up coloration. Quite interesting, they are sometimes very difficult to see and you can sit on the bank staring at a run for half an hour before you notice some grey smudges. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piker20 0 Report post Posted May 9, 2012 Sounds like the sea trout here. The first time I fished a new spot last year I waded out past the fish. They just seem to sit in knee deep water and you can't see a thing till they hit the fly. Awesome fishing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyFishin'Jam 0 Report post Posted May 11, 2012 1 more, sorry the fish was all flopping around and going crazy, really bad photo LOL - i just wanted to get him back asap, not very big but gave a good fight - went way downstream. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Druce 0 Report post Posted May 29, 2012 Fish hard on Opening Day for Trout in Rivers Hooked some nice Sea Run Brook Trout on Smelt Imitations. Also coincidentally hooked some kelt (Atlantic salmon returning to sea) perfect fish! good times dude Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluegill576 0 Report post Posted May 29, 2012 First nice bass of the year from the Haw River. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fly360 0 Report post Posted May 31, 2012 couple bass and a nice pickerel Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piker20 0 Report post Posted May 31, 2012 Lovely looking spot that hambone870 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hambone870 0 Report post Posted May 31, 2012 thanks Piker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
