Report from the North Country

I went out wading with JD on small Ontario tributary a couple weeks ago. Had a real good time in spite of rain and sleet. He knows his stuff. Caught a steelhead around 15 pounds and a 10 pound brown. Late in the day hooked into a something that let me get my leader butt over the top guide, then took off like the Midnight Special, took a hundred yards of backing, went under a bridge, wrapped around a snag and broke off a 1X tippet. We never got a good look at it but JD guessed it was a 30+ pound salmon fresh out of the lake. His comment: “That reel’s not so bad after all. I thought it was going to explode but it didn’t.” Like they said in the movie, I’m gonna need a bigger boat.

You must be logged in to post a comment.