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Here is a quick report from Minnesota. The fish are smaller but they are blast on our smaller rivers. The run has been very sporadic due to a quick melt and dry conditions followed by lots of rain and several cold snaps. It is still great to be in the woods during spring. Enjoy.
Fished my way up the North Shore of Lake Superior again this week. Saw many spawning fish in the Sucker and Split Rock. Baptism had moderate flows. Caught 26" male swinging a #6 Brown BH Woolly Bugger. In the same pool I had 3 fantastic strikes swinging a 2/0 Cedar Pool Spey fly. 2 fish parted with the fly immediately the 3rd stayed pinned for a great fight only to come off. The fly is my version of the Umpqua Pearly-bou. I was swinging the fly with a Rio Windcutter Type 6 sink tip on my 12'6" 6/7 Ibis. It was truly an electric event. Working several rivers on the upper shore was futile with the high flows. Hooked and lost 1 awesome male who really schooled me and nearly broke my neck. I caught a fish from the same pool moments later. The water was pretty stained and and I had switched up to a #8 Ripple Sucker Spawn. Found spawning fish in a number of rivers and caught many smolts and large Specs.
My Dad joined me for Friday and Saturday. We withstood the freezing rain, snow, howling wind and a pounding Lake Superior surf on Friday and hooked a few fish but none landed. My Dad was very successful with a #8 Olive BH Woolly Bugger. He never landed a fish but really had a ball with good action. A stop at Lockport Store for donuts and coffee warmed us up to continue our day. Saturday was short and I landed a spawned out 26” male on a #6 Brown BH Woolly Bugger in a great pool on a middle shore river on my 3rd swing. Not too much of a battle but it was fun. My Dad hooked three fresh fish and as luck would have it could not stay attached to them. He is a great sport and took it all in stride. I echo the earlier post on taking your Dad fishing. It was my Dad’s 4th trip and he has hooked a bunch of fish and has landed only 1. But boy has he loved it and it has been a treat for me to try and pay him back for the many trips he took me on.
Good luck to all and of course….the swings the thing!
Here is a quick report from Minnesota. The fish are smaller but they are blast on our smaller rivers. The run has been very sporadic due to a quick melt and dry conditions followed by lots of rain and several cold snaps. It is still great to be in the woods during spring. Enjoy.
Fished my way up the North Shore of Lake Superior again this week. Saw many spawning fish in the Sucker and Split Rock. Baptism had moderate flows. Caught 26" male swinging a #6 Brown BH Woolly Bugger. In the same pool I had 3 fantastic strikes swinging a 2/0 Cedar Pool Spey fly. 2 fish parted with the fly immediately the 3rd stayed pinned for a great fight only to come off. The fly is my version of the Umpqua Pearly-bou. I was swinging the fly with a Rio Windcutter Type 6 sink tip on my 12'6" 6/7 Ibis. It was truly an electric event. Working several rivers on the upper shore was futile with the high flows. Hooked and lost 1 awesome male who really schooled me and nearly broke my neck. I caught a fish from the same pool moments later. The water was pretty stained and and I had switched up to a #8 Ripple Sucker Spawn. Found spawning fish in a number of rivers and caught many smolts and large Specs.
My Dad joined me for Friday and Saturday. We withstood the freezing rain, snow, howling wind and a pounding Lake Superior surf on Friday and hooked a few fish but none landed. My Dad was very successful with a #8 Olive BH Woolly Bugger. He never landed a fish but really had a ball with good action. A stop at Lockport Store for donuts and coffee warmed us up to continue our day. Saturday was short and I landed a spawned out 26” male on a #6 Brown BH Woolly Bugger in a great pool on a middle shore river on my 3rd swing. Not too much of a battle but it was fun. My Dad hooked three fresh fish and as luck would have it could not stay attached to them. He is a great sport and took it all in stride. I echo the earlier post on taking your Dad fishing. It was my Dad’s 4th trip and he has hooked a bunch of fish and has landed only 1. But boy has he loved it and it has been a treat for me to try and pay him back for the many trips he took me on.
Good luck to all and of course….the swings the thing!
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