Down on the river...
Posted by Brett | Posted in | Posted on Sunday, November 01, 2009
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As many of you already know, tis' the season for steelhead.
Brian was in town visiting some family, and decided to give these steelhead a try. He's the type of guy that's fished all over the country - and now wanted to give these Ohio steelhead a run for their money. As day broke we were walking upstream looking at water which had good flow, but was a tad bit on the clear side.
Regardless, small pale eggs and nymphs brought in bunch of fish throughout the morning. Here are some that fell victim that morning...
Nice fish that ate early in the day.
Holy smokes - a brown trout on a steelhead trip!?!?!?
After a fantastic morning we decided to do something a little different - we packed up shop, and headed to another stream to try our luck there in the afternoon. Despite having very tea stained water, and high sun, Brian was able to pull out a few more fish to end the day.
We ended the day on a high note with this beauty.
Overall fishing has been good considering the conditions. Recent rains have brought the water up but have also washed a lot of tanic acid in to the streams. This significantly changes the PH of the water, and adversely affects steelhead migration and behavior. The last push of water brought most of the leaves down and has cleared a decent amount from the river - however, look for these to remain an issue over the next couple weeks or until we have a significant amount of rain to flush them from the streams.
Good luck and tight lines.
Brian was in town visiting some family, and decided to give these steelhead a try. He's the type of guy that's fished all over the country - and now wanted to give these Ohio steelhead a run for their money. As day broke we were walking upstream looking at water which had good flow, but was a tad bit on the clear side.
Regardless, small pale eggs and nymphs brought in bunch of fish throughout the morning. Here are some that fell victim that morning...
Nice fish that ate early in the day.
Holy smokes - a brown trout on a steelhead trip!?!?!?
After a fantastic morning we decided to do something a little different - we packed up shop, and headed to another stream to try our luck there in the afternoon. Despite having very tea stained water, and high sun, Brian was able to pull out a few more fish to end the day.
We ended the day on a high note with this beauty.
Overall fishing has been good considering the conditions. Recent rains have brought the water up but have also washed a lot of tanic acid in to the streams. This significantly changes the PH of the water, and adversely affects steelhead migration and behavior. The last push of water brought most of the leaves down and has cleared a decent amount from the river - however, look for these to remain an issue over the next couple weeks or until we have a significant amount of rain to flush them from the streams.
Good luck and tight lines.
