Intruders and Speys

Hey everyone,

Had a couple nasty weather days here this week so work was cancelled, I was able to log some solid time at the vise yesterday

I spent the day tying up Intruders and some Speys, Trying to finish up an order for a fly shop north of the City.

This fly is one of my favourites and one of the flies I have the most confidence in, everyone should have one fly in there box that they would choose over any other fly..... just in case the fishing is tough. This fly is deadly on fall Steelhead and Atlantics.

This fly is a variation on an old classic " The Lady Caroline" and is another one of my favourites (along with hundreds of other fisherman). I don't think I have ever stepped in the river with out at least one of these flies in my box. The Lady Caroline is actually the first fly I ever caught a Steelhead on and was the first fly I ever swung on a spey rod and to this day it has a special place in my box.

Hopefully I will be able to get some more posts up soon, I am too busy with tying to do much of anything else. I was able to finally register my business, so that's a start.




Chris

Saturday Morning

Hey everyone,

Its been a little while since I posted last, I have been super busy with work lately.

I was able to get away from work and get out for a morning fish today.

When I got to the bank of the river I was surprised to see that there was only a few guys out on the water, typically at this time the river is full of " anglers" (I use that term loosely) trying to "catch" the salmon.

I moved out into my first run and could see some large salmon rising, I started swinging my fly through the run, trying to ignore the freezing rain...... and at about 100 feet in the tail out I felt a solid grab. I brought my fly back in to inspect it to ensure the hook was sharp and I also retied the knot just to be sure...... I always make sure I check my knots and leader before casting to a hot fish for the second time,  its a good habit to get into. Then with the fly back in the water swinging through the tail out he hit again and started down river, I didn't need to set the hook on this one. I had some trouble keeping this fish in the water, all it wanted to do was fly. but eventually I managed to get him landed and was jacked to see a nice coloured up Atlantic,

The fish was carefully released and we parted ways, later on I managed to land a nice pink salmon as well.

Despite the weather, it was a good day to be on the water. I ended up leaving the river around 10 so  I wouldn't have to watch as some "anglers" (again loosely used) snag salmon off the spawning beds.




Chris