Lake Erie Steelhead 3-29-07

[hunterdeneugene]

Fishing is still good. Landed 6 and lost about a dozen more

[hunterdeneugene]

another one

[hunterdeneugene]

this one was a chubby one. All were released.

[mauser06]

awesome!! 3 of my buddies went up to Elk access area tuesday and drug me along. i show up with a 5ft 6" ultralight and my 5wt 8ft flyrod...im still learning to ropes of flyfishing...and dont know much about steelhead period. and the tiny ultralight made it IMPOSSIBLE to get a good drift. i caught 1 smolt all day. missed a few fish but i doubt any were steelies. i just wasnt rigged for them. fishing super highly pressured fish presentation is key...them big fish GOTTA eat....but they aint eating something they know doesnt look right. if i was thinkin i woulda put the spinning reel on the fly rod. or...fished live bait on the fly rod....

1 buddy caught 2 and lost 2. the other caught like 5 and missed and lost more. the other caught a pile of smolts and a trout he swears was a 14-16 inch brookie...i seen the shaped..definently a trout but i dont know if it was a brookie...

none of my buddies fly fish...i bought some sucker spawns and some egg patterns etc...and fished some other wolly buggers i had...no luck...im still learning the ropes of flyfishing though

my 1 buddy landed 1 about 27 or so...he lost one that was bigger i got a good look at...

never fished for steelhead before the other day...i might have to get into it....looks like a blast...cant beat big powerful fish!! what kinda flies work well for you up there?? incase id ever make it back...if i kill a buck early in the fall i might make it up there in the fall...

[m.t.hands]

good fish man

[childers]

great to see theres other fly fishermen on here besides me

[lethalconnection]

Those are some fine lookin steel's you got there.

[Pygmy]

Nice fish and nice pictures...I love steelheading, just don't care for the crowds....

Mauser..Your 5 wt. 8 footer should work just fine...I'm no expert fly fisherman, but I manage to catch my share on tackle similar to yours..My current favorite outfit is Loomis 9 foot 5 weight, but I've used 8 and 8 1/2 footers also...

I've had very good luck with white wooley buggers in 8 or 10, various sucker spawn patterns and various bead head nymphs from 12-16 in such patterns as black stone fly or prince... Use a strike indicator and add micro shot as needed to be sure you are drifting near bottom....For steelies you need to be ticking bottom..

[Icetrey]

Great Job

[Phil from Maine]

Looks like some great looking fish, congrats! They look awfull fat were they stocked? We do not have any steelheads here, wish we did as it looks like alot of fun.