Swinging flies for lake run fish is rarely a numbers game. That being said over the years, I've had more successful days than not. This pattern held true until the fall of 2015. I think I've fished 7 or 8 days since then with a couple of tugs but no hookups. It all started in the summer of 2015 when I visited my sister and brother in law in Oregon. I met up with a virtual online friend and fished for steelhead in mid August for one day. Neither one of us had even a tug. I recall saying to my friend that I almost always get a fish back home. Well from that point onward its been scarce, so much for bragging. I hadn't changed what I'd been doing and I know I wasn't alone. The drop in returns of Lake Ontario fish to tributaries, has been well documented.
So the other day my friend Matt and I head to the river and hope for the best. We fished hard and had a great time. The few other anglers we talked to said it was slow also. We only got one fish but it was the largest brown I've swung up on the Salmon.
Surveying the river, eager to get going
Two hands needed to get a good grip
Oh yeah!
Deep sides on this fish
The tub fly free from the hook
Freeze dried fish
Freeze dried fish
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