What an amazing run we had since the last report! In the past two weeks the river conditions and fishing have been outstanding! The Niagara River has been running clear with current water temps in the 40’s. Bigger steelhead our now being landed each trip both from shore on Float Fishing trips and from the boat.
Roe bags and yarn files have taken the “bulk” of the fish with Kwick fish boating there share as well. From the boat depths of 10-30 feet is where we focused our efforts depending on daily conditions. On bright sunny days with the clearer water we found the steelhead holding in the deeper sections of the drifts, 22-30feet. When faced with overcast skies, fish were found in all depths, with shallower breaks like 10-to-15 feet producing good fish.
The weather has been all over the board, from warm and sunny, wet rainy days that never seem to let up, to the first snow fall of the season. Despite the constantly changing weather the fishing has remain very consistent!
We had our first “Grand Slam” of the season ( when an angler lands a Brown trout, Lake Trout and Steelhead all in the same day) accomplished by a 10 year old angler last week. Well Done!!!
On the last trip we pulled out the Fly rods and caught some beautiful steelhead and one nice lake trout from the boat! Lots of high flying jumps and we also did battle with a BIG mystery fish for 20 mins that almost spooled all the backing off the fly reel before hanging up on a ledge and breaking the line. This is truly “Extreme Fly Fishing”!!! What an exciting way to fish the Niagara!
Yarn files accounted for all the fish except for one silver steelhead that took an egg sucking leech. All this great Fly Fishing action was captured on film by “The New Fly Fisher” television show. The show will air in spring 2008. Stay tuned for dates.
For more information on Winter/Spring Fly Fishing opportunities on the Niagara River for Steelhead and Lake trout, contact us.
For those of you thinking of fishing the Niagara River this weekend, save the gas and time and wait for conditions to improve. With the strong SW winds in the past 48 hours the river is currently running muddy with very poor fishing conditions. You can contact us any time for the latest and current river conditions by e-mail.
See you on the river,
Paul Castellano
Cast Adventures
1-888-512-8127
www.castadventures.ca
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