Soo North spey Clave and Atlantics

Well its that time of year i do my yearly summer track to the Soo for Atlantic Salmon on the spey rod but this year was with a twist. Brad owner of Soo North Fly Shop organised a spey clave.

 This was cool because a few guys from my area decided to take the 6 hour trip up. So we got to see the new technology in Loop fly rods and fished the rapids for Atlantic's.

As I crossed the Soo bridge couldn't believe there were hardly anyone on the rapids and the tail out i l love to fish was still open. So in my haste to get to the river I forgot my good camera but had my head cam with me. hooked up on 3 fish but figures the last fish I hooked up and did land the head cam went dead and just my iPhone to take the picture

Well had a hell of a time landing fish ending up losing all but the one, will show a short video at the end of this blog of lost fish.. I  got to fish for 2 days then went to the clave the next two. Totally enjoyed it the guys from Loop Canada, they were so helpful in showing the new technology in rods and casting.

some casting lessons going on

Well at the end of Sunday the last few stragglers went back to Brads store for a few fish stories and even the odd fishing secret slipped out. Guess for all you guys that missed it you will have to stay to the end next time. Had a ton of fun and booking my time for next year

 

 

Atlantics Salmon Soo Rapids 1 from Just An Aging Steelheader on Vimeo.

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 Tight Lines Everyone

Silv'ry Moon Lodge Bass Dance

 

Muskie on the Fly-how did Mr. Pike sneak in

 I was able to spend a hot mid June summer day drifting on a local stream looking for muskie with my son Kory. I was using fly gear and my boy was using conventional spin casting gear. He was casting a plug when out of nowhere he got a rise from what  we thought was a muskie. We both continued to cast to the area we got the rise in hope of getting a hook up. I got the fish to swing at my fly but a miss. Strike 2. Being persistent and not having the fish touch either bait we keep casting to the area we saw it last. Finally the 3 cast and WAM! fish on. The cool part, I caught the take on the cam. Here are a couple pictures of the fish and a video of our trip. We were able to entice one more fish to show and this one was a muskie going 10+ but true to muskie form it only followed my fly bumping the it but never taking in. Finally at the boat he sank to the dark depths of the river. Kory tried the figure 8 method to try to get a take at the boat but this big guy just wasn't interested. All in all was a great day spent with my son on the river.

Mr Pike or Alais Hammer Head

Attack of the Wild Pheasants

Soo North Guided Tour

so my boy just finished his co-op and had a few day before back to school, so i called my good friend Brad from the Soo asked any steelies in the Rapids and coming up for a couple days. Well as always Brad put us onto some steelies in the rapids and then did a day trip north of the Soo and checked out some new spots for Specs. My boys enjoyed the Specs more then me but could be because he caught 1 had 3 on and i  got skunked. here is a video of some of our fishing.