The Upper Saugeen has again reached a near stand still with flow, even with the rain we have had nothing has gone up at all.
The Maitland...I can't even talk about it,
The Lower Grand is at a good temp, and I have heard all kinds of stories about Steelhead. I have a hard time thinking that fish are moving above Caledonia with the river at this level..but stranger things!!
The Notty, thank God for the Notty! Fish and flows are stable. The Steelhead are enjoying the water temp, and not slowing down at all. Some decent pods of fish have entered the river, not slowing much to be caught. I got out for some fun fishing after a couple of very slow days in the drift boat to find some fish with one of the best Steelhead anglers, no.. he's one of the best all around angler's I know. Cam Moore, this guy is a ton of fun to fish with, I always enjoy his company and look forward to any time on the water with him. We fish the Notty in some water that we figured fish would be holding, After a early and slow start to the day we found a few fish.
All told we landed a dozen or so Steelhead, Cam tagged this fish fairly early on float gear.
We had a great day and covered a ton of water, it's not always about the numbers, I still enjoy a few fish with some great company. I managed a few fish on the fly gear, even a decent Brown trout, that was a nice surprise. I didn't think the water was in any condition to swing flies so all the fish came on egg flies under an indicator.. pink and orange. The fish on the right was a fly caught fish, both of these fish spent more time out of the water than in!!
With any luck Mother nature will mellow out and give us the rain we need. Patience is the key, but I personally am running out of that.
If your out and have some good success, remember these fish are precious and need to be released to continue the cycle. Let them go, for future angling opportunities.
Tight lines
Ken
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