 Pennsylvania: A Students Steelhead Fix
Posted by shanechild (2722 reads)
I have been sitting in classes all winter long, just daydreaming about my next steelhead outting. I was Forced to move from the steelhead infested waters of Michigan to pursue my education in Virginia. Because of my new location in Virginia, I can't make the weekend steelhead fly fishing trips like I use to. So, I was really looking forward to this years spring break. I had been watching weather and fishing reports for weeks, just praying that the conditions would be perfect and coincide with my springbreak. The Lord was good to us as heavy rains broke up the icy creeks and left plenty of open water available for us to fish! The 9.5 hour drive was well worth the trip as we went 7 for 13 on Saturday, including a few steelhead that went 10lbs +. I may wish I had more time to get out on the water like I use to, but when your outtings are as limited as mine have become, you learn to appreciate them all the more. With my quick steelie fix, I'll be able to concentrate just long
enough to get me through final exams and back on the water in time for the Spring steelhead run.
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Re: Michigan Steelhead: A Students Steelhead Fix
by jeremy http://www.fliesandfins.com | | shanechild --- great to see some steel on the board ... it's been way too long .. the outrageosly cold temps seemed to really have shut things down for a bit .. glad to see things are coming back around ... looking forward to the spring steelhead run myself ... and would love to get a chance to fish michigan for steelhead sometime ... what flies were you using? |
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Re: Michigan Steelhead: A Students Steelhead Fix
by Steelie | Hey shane glad your trip was a success! How'd you like the Pennsylvania waters? It sounds like you guys did better than average for right now. I was out sunday and caught around three fish out of five hooked. Litterally the day you came up the ice melted! God was lookin' out for ya! We got some warm temps the night before, melting the snow, and sending the ice into the lake! Im glad everything worked out for you.
Mike |
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Re: Pennsylvania Steelhead: A Students Steelhead Fix
by jeremy http://www.fliesandfins.com | | hey -- i read steelies comment --- so, it seems i may have made a mistake for the title of your fish tale ... you say your from michigan .. so i thought you went home to fish michigan for spring break ... but it sounds as though steelie was asking how you liked the waters of pennsylvania ... let me know so i can have the correct info in the title of your fish tale .. sorry if i got it wrong now ... i am assuming that you were fly fishing in pennsylvania .. if wrong .. let me know and i will change it back to michigan asap. thanks. |
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Re: Pennsylvania Steelhead: A Students Steelhead Fix
by jinxed247 http://www.teamcaddis.com | | Nice fish!! I can't wait for our cold weather to break (this weekend I hope!!) so that I can get out!! I guess I'll have to resign myself at attempting to ty some flies!! |
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Re: Pennsylvania Steelhead: A Students Steelhead Fix
by flyfishmich | | Great report...you probably made a good call on PA. You are not missing too much in MI right now. While PA was getting rain we have been continually dumped on with snow and it was -4 the other morning. Alas, a warming trend is on the horizon and daylight savings time means fishing after the 9-5 starting next week!!! Sure, its great having steelhead 20 minutes from my front door but its still 14 hours to bass, blues, and albies. Despite the cold temps, the rivers have shown some signs of life out here and I have been able to avert the skunk on all occasions during the past month, but nothing like it will be when all the snowmelt ends up in the rivers. I can't imagine what the Salmon River is going to be like when all that snow melts? |
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Re: Pennsylvania Steelhead: A Students Steelhead Fix
by erg5026 | | Dude, I know how you feel. I'm a full time college student, with a part time job, and have little time to fish, specially for steelhead. Lucky though I only live two and a half hours away from Erie and can get up their to fish every once and awail. The only steady contection I get to steelheading besides reading about it,is my job. I work in my local fly shop, so at least I get to BS with other steelheaders. |
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