The trip to Canada was intended to be a stealheading trip and everything looked so good until a week before. Then a wave of hot air brought abrupt summer into the southern Ontario. The water warmed up quickly and the remaining steelheads ran back to the lakes in a hurry. The bass were pushing upstream in high numbers and only 2 weeks after the season opener we were forced to fish for bass because the steelhead were not to be found.
But that doesn't mean we didn't have fun. The best technique was using my 8 weight to push a 7 wt floating line combined with a short sink tip, that allowed me to whip heavier, bushier flies to the other side of the river. The transition between the shallow water next to the bank and the deep middle channel was quite sudden and that's where the bad guys were waiting to ambush the little baitfish that were venturing out of the relative safety of the shore.
Soon we found the right speed, depth, fly colors and the show began.
Hari got the bass of the day:
My biggest fish of the day was actually a white sucker that gave me some thrills (I thought for a second I was hooked onto my first steelhead).
The second day we opted for some wilder nature and we headed to the Credit river. Gorgeous water, very similar to the rivers I used to fish in Romania. Wild fish, not as abundant, but making you work hard before you landed them. The only drawback was the rain that did not stop all day long.
And an interesting discovery, a scene i haven't seen before: lampreys spawning. They were not shy at all, I was actually sticking my camera down into the water right between them. All they were focused on was fulfilling the call of the nature. I know they are technically a pest but I was just sat down and watched them for a minute and left them undisturbed.
The champion was Sotto with this beautiful brown:
Water everywhere:
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