Coyote Ugly River

Today I went and fished high on a tributary of Lake Erie that I will call Coyote Ugly! She had been coming down fast like all others and finally by my estimate was fish-able. I found her to have 18”-22” of solid visibility. Now you could see farther than that, but it would be a stretch to say it was consistent. All of the smaller drainage streams that flow into her all made lil rock and shale jetties out into the river and these made great casting perches.

 I would fish my Scott L2H1157/4 loaded with the SA Freightliner 440 grain floating with a 9'10” section of T14 (138.25 grain tip), and using my carrot cake tube fly. I would swing every holding lie and resting lie I could find. When the golden moment would happen it would not last long. I was fishing an island split and hooked the steelhead in the heavy deep current on the outside of the seam. With one head shake “and not setting the hook properly it came unbuttoned”. I had to much belly out in the current and the fish hit it the exact moment it hit the water. I was like your not supposed to be there I yelled out loud! That would be the only fish I would hook. I had some great casting opportunities today. 

The weather was blue bird skies “yuk”. I walked only about 2.5 miles today and felt every step on the way back. I do want to say thank you to all the local deer that make the paths for me to walk along the river “ you rock”!