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Opening Trout Season - Fly Fishing Ontario For Trout

2011-06-23T08:13:00.000-07:00

Well, its been a couple of weeks since the season opened. I was out for 5 days including the Monday-Wednesday after opening weekend and had a blast fishing the creeks with a crew I fish with every opener.

I've been busy as heck since, and finally have time to toss up a report.

2 of us headed up on the friday to set up camp and get things ready for our stay. We hiked a couple of rivers that day and watched a few fish rising to BWOs, which got us pumped up for the following morning.

A few shots from the trip.

Hatches are really starting to come off now. Another couple of weeks and the mayflies will be out in full force! Can't wait for that!

June Trout Fishing In Ontario

2011-06-23T08:01:00.000-07:00

I had the last week off, and headed up to Grey/Bruce for my annual pilgrimage to the area. Beautiful as always!

I left Guelph in the sweltering heat last Tuesday. It was just as hot when I arrived. Luckily I had cold beverages in the cooler waiting for me. B)

The river was surprisingly low when I arrived. There were countless smaller fish willing to come out and play, which is fine and dandy, but I like big fish! When the water is low and clear, the big guys hunker down and hide in some pretty tight spots making it a game of lucky casts into tight cover. When I heard the forecast for Saturday, I was pretty pumped!

Tha Riva

Tha Riva - Almost as misty as my mind on the first morning at dawn :unsure:

Lets start with the bugs....

There were at least 5 species of mayflies out and about. Hatches were pretty consistent throughout the days with sulphurs, grey foxes, green drakes and more coming off. Most evenings had decent spinnerfall events happen between dusk and about an hour after dark. A couple nights it just got too cold and the bugs, as well as the fish, disappeared.

Grey Fox Duns

Grey Fox Spinners - These made up the heavy spinnerfalls. Thousands of bugs in the air. I wasn't able to get any decent shots of the clouds of bugs unfortunately.

Then my favourites. Giant Green Drakes. These massive mayflies are a key indicator of a healthy stream. They've been on decline in many streams in southern Ontario for a long time now. Fortunately Grey/Bruce still has a very healthy population in most rivers making for some awesome surface action!

Green Drake Duns

Green Drake Spinners. When these flies molt into their spinner stage a couple of days after hatching, they look entirely different. The change they go through rivals any other mayfly species in my opinion.

I did manage a few shots of these guys flying around. They're hard to miss!

Aside from the mayflies, there were plenty of stones, caddis, cranes, dragon and damsel flies as well.

Mottled Stonefly

Damsel

Cranes doin tha deed!

The fish were plentiful. As I mentioned, the conditions were hot, bright and tough to start, so we'll start small I suppose. :P

They might be small, but they were loving mouse flies when there were no bugs on the water

I'm not sure why, but the brookies were not as plentiful as other years. Pressure on the stream may be on the rise, not sure though. Its pretty secluded water, and I don't see many people in here. I blame the slightly warmer water temps this year.

Bigger flies were producing bigger fish. During the low light of dawn and dusk I was tossing some pretty big trout streamers. Zoo Cougars, Matuka Leeches and a couple of Sculpin patterns were what produced larger fish...

Once the storm hit on Saturday, the river rose a good 6 or 8 inches, and muddied up a bit. Always a good thing when you are near big browns.

Getting at the bigger fish requires a very loud, violent retrieve of the streamer alot of the time. I spent a couple of days filming and fishing with Ken Chandler a couple of weeks back. The knowledge I gained from those couple of days chasing brookies and huge browns paid off on this trip. I've been fishing streamers far too slowly and too deep the last few years. These fish all came up off bottom to hit the fly about 6-8 inches below the surface.

Oddly enough, this fish nailed a streamer in some fast, broken water at noon on one of the brightest days.

Its actually kind of a funny story. I had my cousin and his kids up for a night. The kids are all fly fishing maniacs. Thing is though, they're not quite at the point that they can cast big streamers yet. We keep them on dries, nymphs and buggers when they come out.

So when I pulled out a giant streamer, Shaylin looks at it and she says "what is this, some kind of joke?" Me and Justin had a good chuckle about that, but the first cast brought the big guy up to her amazement and she wanted to try it. We gave her a mouse to use though.

This one was a beast. Crappy shot as the fight wasn't very long and he was still full of energy and wanted to get back to where he came from. I was lucky to get this picture actually, he flopped and disappeared as I bent down to lift him up and move him back into the water.

I gotta stop there though....its painful being back in the city. I'll be back up soon though! Chasing big fat browns, and Musky within the next couple of weeks.

Fly Fishing with Trout Streamers

2011-06-23T07:17:00.000-07:00

Aside from using dry flies and nymphs, there is one method of fly fishing that always trumps those two methods with trophy sized brown trout. The method consists of using very large flies to intrude on big brown trouts territory. Using trout streamers gets right down to the nitty gritty of it all. Short, heavy leaders are required, and sink tips can be the norm when using these massive flies.

Streamers can be employed to represent a large number of aquatic and land based animals. These can include imitations of minnows, mice, leeches and a variety of other creatures that fall in between. Trout streamer flies used to imitate these species can generally all be used in a similar way using similar techniques.

Trout Streamers can be looked at in two different ways. Imitators and Attractors.

Imitators mimic a specific species of bait fish, leech or the fry of various gamefish. Crayfish are another common imitation streamer pattern.

Attractor style streamers are used to get right in the face of large trout. Big trout, and in particular big brown trout are very territorial. Because of this territorial behaviour, fishing with streamers for giant trout is a method that assures you will weed out the smaller fish.

Bingo Bango 2010 Ontario Fly Fishing Trailer

2010-02-27T07:53:00.001-08:00

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Mad Fisher Productions released the newest trailer for Bingo Bango Fishing Adventures.

Mad Fisher Productions - The Newest Fishing Portal

2010-02-27T05:46:00.000-08:00

Finally we've set up the parent organization for the vast network of fishing websites in our collection. Mad Fisher Productions (http://www.madfisher.ca) gives you a portal for a large amount of angling information.

Some of these websites are regionally based in Ontario. The information found on those sites such as Ice Fish Ontario and Fly Fish Ontario are dedicated to bringing you the most up to date information for fishing in these areas, taking the guess work out of your fishing trips in Ontario.

Other sites in the network such as Daily Fishing Tips and our fishing show, Bingo Bango Fishing Adventures offer a wide range of fishing information for fishing addicts everywhere. Expert advice for fishers of all ranks and walks of life.

Check out Mad Fisher, and be sure to bookmark it and return often for updates, tips and videos from our network of expert fisher people.

Trout Fishing In Ontario - Early Season Fun

2009-03-17T14:43:00.000-07:00

Its been a long, cold winter......thats what Andrew Hunter of Andrew Hunter and The Gatherers says anyways, and I'd have to agree with him. Especially considering winter in Ontario means an extreme lack of fly fishing opportunities. That, couple with several feet of snow makes things very difficult for the weary fly fisher to clogg through the season. But, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now. And it seems things just might be alright.

The cold winter has allowed some development on the Fly Fishing Ontario website though. The site has taken new form, and there have been a number of additions. One of the most interesting additions is the Fly Tyers Almanac. This is a fly pattern section dedicated to patterns that are useful in Ontario. Sure, they'll be useful elsewhere as well, but the focus is on the patterns, and we even tell you what Ontario rivers to use em on!

Fly Fish Ontario TV, which provides a variety of free fly fishing videos has seen some additions as well. Most notably, the last few episodes of Bingo Bango Ontario Fly Fishing. There are also a number of instructional fly fishing videos as well, incuding some really neat fly fishing bug videos. Mike Barrett, the fella that provides the lovely soundtrack for Bingo Bango is currently touring Eastern Canada with Andrew Hunter and the Gathers. Check out Mike's website for tour dates near you!

Grand River Spey has announced the next date for the Grand River Spey Clave. May 30, 2009 there will be a bunch of spey junkies gathering in a small park in Paris Ontario. Features at this event include the world renowned spey casting instructor Simon Gawesworth, as well as local Spey Champions Neil Houlding, Peter Charles, Courtney Ogilvie from BC, Bruce Kruk also from the west and many other appreciated casting instructors. Free BBQ lunch, free coffee, free demos......its all free so come on out and enjoy the day!!

Get ready for opener, fill up those fly boxes and patch the waders 'cause ya'll got less than 40 days until its time to hook a trout!!

There is a support group for over worked, cabin fevered fly fishers located here: Fly Fishers Annonymous

2008 Ontario Fly Fishing Highlights

2008-12-18T03:46:00.000-08:00

The 2008 fly fishing year is coming to an end! AHHHHHHHHH!

I thought I'd post some photo highlights of this past season for ya'll!

More to come as a new years treat!

Getting your kids into fly fishing!

2008-12-17T05:06:00.000-08:00

For me it wasn’t very difficult to get my kids interested in fly fishing. They seem to be drawn to anything that I am interested in. I love how I can spend quality time with my kids doing something we both love (though not much real fishing for me). From the time that they could first walk and talk my children have enjoyed fishing and watching me fish. For them it was sitting on a dock or at a pond and doing the old worm and bobber thing at first. Catching tons of sunfish, rock bass, catfish and even the odd smallmouth or largemouth bass. These were great times indeed, but not quite my idea of really fishing. Then we started fishing some of my favorite creeks for resident rainbows, browns and brookies. This was even better, but somewhat difficult for the little ones. At times they would get bored and some of the spots were pretty rough trekking for the kids. This past summer was when it all really started, when the transition was made to fly fishing.

I have three kids, a daughter who is 7, and twin boys who are 5. They can be a handful when it is just me and them. They are all very well behaved, but being kids they have a short attention span. They have to be constantly stimulated, which is why fly fishing is the perfect thing to introduce them to. It is a very visually, physically, and mentally active sport. It keeps you always moving and watching and doing something.

Now keeping in mind the ages of the kids, they did all get into some small trout with a bit of assistance. Fly fishing is definitely the sort of thing that takes one on one time when teaching it to a younger child. You need a very large area where you won’t disturb or hook another person. You also need to be very patient. It is surprising how quickly a child can learn something new. It will still take them many years to get tying, casting, wading and doing everything for themselves, but when it happens I will have a whole crew of fishin’ buddies.

I brought my kids to the spring Spey Play Day, where they first got a chance to play with my fly rod and they loved it! One of the guys there told me about a game to play with the kids in the backyard.

You place some hoola hoops around the back yard and practice aiming your cast with the fly rod. You can make it easier or harder and put point values on different hoops to make a game. The kids will play this for hours. It’s also really good practice for me.

I only let them use my old beater rod with a broken tip, and a piece of yarn instead of a fly. This is for obvious reasons until they get better, and are ready for their own rods.

Favourite Ontario Steelhead Flies

2008-12-16T04:41:00.001-08:00

These are some of my 'go to' flies for fall and winter Steelhead in Great Lakes Tributaries:

Wooven Stonefly

Shellback Caddis Larva

Hex Bugger - CBinWindsor of Fly Fish Ontario

Northern Casemaker (Caddis Species)

Materials List: Fly recipes and Patterns for Ontario Steelhead Fly Fishing

Chilled to the bone, Steelhead in Ontario in December

2008-12-15T14:21:00.000-08:00

Well, myself and fellow FFOer Tim Smyth got out for the day on Saturday. It was a beautiful, sunny day, although quite chilly at about -2 c. We decided to get out anyways, as its nearing the end of the season for most areas that are fishable by the fly.

We got down to our little river at about 9:30 or so, and were greeted by crunchy snow, and shelf ice 3 inches thick. There were places to fish, but those that we usually looked forward to arriving at were covered in quite a bit of ice, so we had to change up tactics a little and try some new things.

The day didn't see much action aside from one very brief hookup, and a couple of fish we spooked while walking the trail along the bank.

A couple of shots from the day:

Fly Fishing Christmas Gifts For The Serious Fly Fisher

2008-12-07T11:30:00.000-08:00

Christmas gifts for the fly fisher

Here are some gift ideas for the serious fly fisher on your Christmas shopping list.

• Clearwater II Trout Outfit, 8’6”, 4-piece, Tip-Flex 9.5 fly rod for 5-wt line, 3 oz. This is the perfect outfit for spring trout fishing on smaller streams and rivers. It comes complete with, reel, backing and Clearwater line, and a case for easy transportation.
• Gallatin Lanyard, These are perfect for someone who doesn’t already have one. You can buy just the lanyard, or you can get it fully loaded with forceps, an assortment of tippets, tippet spool holder, mini fly box, and fly fisher’s snips.
• Original Super Tac-L-Pak Vest. This vest is available in a range of sizes, and in tan or olive. With 31 pockets it will hold all the gear you could need on the river.
• Pro Guide 3 Waders. This is the perfect gift for a fly fisher with old bulk waders. These are light weight, and comfortable too.
• Tri-Spectrum HVO Glasses. Perfect for sight fishing, these glasses are available in three different lens colors. With these you will be able to spot more fish, and protect your eyes from the sun, and any poorly aimed flies.
• Shooting Star 1510-4 Spey Rod, 15 ft, 10 wt, 10 ¼ oz. A great spey rod for a beginner. Perfect for salmon and steelhead.
• Zero G Freshwater 648-2 Fly Rod, 8’6”, 2-piece, Mid-Flex 5.5 fly rod for 4-wt line, 2 ¾ oz. This rod is perfect for dry-fly fishing, for accurate clean presentation.
• Special Edition Mitey Mite Bamboo Fly Rod, 5’, 5wt 2-piece. Perfect for the collector of fine fly rods.
• Frequent Flyer fly rods. These come in a number of weights and sizes. They are perfect for the traveling fly fisher, as there are 7 pieces.
• Henry’s Fork II Premium Wading Shoe. These durable wading shoes offer superior support and the exclusive speed-lacing system, the perfect gift for a fly fisher.
• Renzetti Presentation Vise. This pedestal vice with total versatility in every rotary function makes fly tying easier. It is adjustable from 4/0 to 32 hook sizes.
• Renzetti Visual Backdrop Plate. This vice accessory, will make it much easier to see what you are doing. It also makes the perfect back drop to photograph your latest patterns.
• 14-piece Wasatch Set. Comes with 14 of the essential tying tools to make tying easier and more productive. Comes in a Velvet-lined maple box for great storage.
• Orvis Premium Fly-Tying Kit. Includes 360 degree vice, 7 essential fly tying tools, and a complete selection tying materials.
• Orvis Fly-Tying Guide. You can give this and many other books and DVDs with many patterns, to the fly fisher on your list.
• Minox Leica M3 Digital Camera, 32 MB internal memory, 1.5” color monitor, and 5 megapixel resolution. This light weight, compact camera is perfect for putting in your fishing vest.
• Under Wader Fleece System. Keep warm in your waders with this thermal fleece designed to use with your breathable waders.
• Multi-Tip Spey Line System Fly Line. Four fly lines in one. This system includes floating running line, and four interchangeable tip sections, all in one wallet. Available in a range of weights.
• Superior Comfort Boot and Wader Socks. Designed to prevent bunching, These socks offer maximum comfort and are available in heavyweight, or midweight.
• Fly Fishing Vacations. You can send your fly fishing get away to Australia, New Zealand, South America, Europe, or many other destinations. You could also arrange a trip locally with a guide.
• Casting Lessons. Lessons with a certified casting instructor are ideal for anyone with beginner to intermediate abilities.
• Pliers, Forceps, Fly boxes, Tippet, Scissors, Tying material, Hooks, Bead and Cone heads, Multi-tools, and other smaller items make perfect stocking stuffers.
• Gift Certificates. If you don’t know what your fly fisher wants or needs, a gift certificate to their favorite fly shop, or fishing store works too.

Merry Christmas and Happy Fishing!

Bingo Bango Fly Fishing Season 1 Episode 3 - Stoned Flies and Hammered Ties

2008-12-07T07:13:00.001-08:00

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The season finally of Bingo Bango Fly Fishing. In this episode, 5 weary men go headfirst into steelhead, brown trout and salmon fishing in Southern Ontario.

The Frustrations of Steelhead Fly Fishing

2008-11-20T10:39:00.000-08:00

Whether you are float fishing, fly fishing, or chucking lures with a spinning rod steelhead fishing can sometimes be a fruitless labour. On the scale of being a bumbling idiot fisherman to being the guy who has clovers in his pockets and a horse shoe up his ass I fall somewhere in the middle. Some times I catch fish some times I don’t.

For steelhead it seems that timing is one of the key factors. When the fish are moving into the river everybody has a more productive day. If you know when this is than you will be far more likely to hook into a nice big steelie. The fish will run depending on the temperature, the water level, water clarity, and other factors. You have to be at the right place in the right conditions to have a better chance. It can be aggravating trying to plan a fishing trip that is far from home and hoping the climate factors are in your favor.

Another major piss-off when targeting trout can be those dirty salmon. The steelhead trout enter the rivers after the salmon have mostly already been there. Usually by the time the trout start to run the salmon that are still in the river are nasty! They are on deaths door step, and are missing much of their skin. I don’t know how many times it happened this season that I hooked a salmon while I was fishing for trout. When I land the salmon I don’t even want to touch the thing. This seems to happen more when I’m fly fishing than when I’m floating or spin fishing. I have yet to catch a photo worthy steelhead on my fly rod.

It is quite common to be fishing in a nice pool with a few other fishermen around, spending a while in one good spot patiently waiting for a fish with little action. When out of the blue someone walks up and nails one right beside you on their first cast. How frustrating! Then five minutes after landing the nice shiny trout, they catch another, and another…It must feel pretty good being one of those guys, I wouldn’t know. The key to catching fish in a spot where you know they are in the hole but are being picky with what they eat, is having a variety of bait in many different sizes and colors. If you happen to find out what is working on that particular day you can be the guy that walks up to a hole and starts catching fish right away.

When it comes to fishing there really isn’t too many frustrating things, after all it is called fishing and not catching.

Justin Barrett is the host of Bingo Bango Fly Fishing, Ontario’s number 1 web based fly fishing show.

Steelhead and Salmon Fly Fishing Season in Ontario

2008-10-30T05:26:00.000-07:00

I figured it best to finally get this report up. Last week, the Bingo Bango Fly Fishing Folks were out filming episode 3, which is very appropriately titled 'Stoned Flies & Hammered Ties'. The 3 days we were out were great! We managed to hit two rivers, the Saugeen and the Bighead. Beautiful rivers by any standard!

Here are some shots from the trip......a sneak peek at episode 3 of Bingo Bango Fly Fishing

We started fishing on Sunday, it was pretty chilly, and there were a few other folks around. That all changed on Monday and Tuesday when there wasn't a soul on the rivers!

Justang, the host of Bingo Bango Fly Fishing ties into a large Chinook.

You can see the anguish on his face after forgetting to loosen the drag a little.......SNAP!!!

Tim into another Chinook

This next fish did something that I've never really seen a Chinook do with such determination.....you'll have to check out the episode of Bingo Bango Fly Fishing when it airs in a week or so.

Nice fresh fish!

And contrary to popular belief, Paul managed to get himself into a fish as well........small, yes......but a nice little brown in a giant river!

I managed a decent steelie to end off monday night at dusk.

And of course......Scotch, beer and flies......what more could you ask???

Neil Houlding Spey Day Radio Interview

2008-10-16T05:53:00.000-07:00

Neil Houlding, certified casting instructor and local Ontario guide was interviewed on Dave FM (107.5fm) on October 15th, 2008. He spoke of the history of Spey fishing as well as getting people interested in the sport.

Listen to Neil Houldings Radio Interview

Spey Play Day with Neil Houlding and Others!

2008-10-15T05:02:00.000-07:00

Well, its that time again. Randy Wilson has organized yet another Spey clave that should prove to be the best one yet. Here are the details:

Date:Saturday Oct.18,2008.
Time:9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M or whenever
Place:Bean Park,Paris Ont.
A complimentary (free) BBQ lunch with beverages is provided.
The entire event is free.

This is designed to be a Play Day to give people plenty of time to try out plenty of different rods.If you are contemplating making the jump into your first spey rod this is a great chance to find out what style of rod might best suit you.

At present we will have rods and ProStaff from Snowbee,Guideline, Sage and Redington.Hope to have a few additions to the list before the event.The ProStaff are available to answer any questions and offer help with casting as well so please take advantage of this. Look forward to seeing everyone!!

Steelhead will be coming ino the river at this time so be sure to bring your gear and get a little fishing in if you like.

9AM-10AM
Meet and greet with fresh brewed coffee and donuts(Timbits)
10AM-11AM
Neil Houlding-Spey casting demo of Skagit,Scandanavian and traditional techniques
11AM-1PM
Play time to try out rods and get casting help.A BBQ lunch of burgers,fresh smoked sausage on a bun and beverages will be served
at 11:30 AM
1PM-2PM
Rick Kustich seminar on Fly/Spey Fishing for Steelhead
2PM- whenever
More rod play time and instruction

Pro staff and rods from Loomis,Scott,Sage,Redington,Guideline and Snowbee are available through out the day so please take advantage of them. The day is planned to offer as much time as we can for people to experiment with rods.

In addition to these great instructors, there will be a couple of free draws happening. Members of the Fly Fish Ontario Community (www.flyfishontario.ca) also have a chance to win a really neat prize in a raffle. Fly Fish Ontario members can find out more at the Fly Fish Ontario Forums

Websites for more information:

www.flyfishontario.ca
www.grandriverspey.ca

Hope to see you there!!

Coaster Brook Trout Caught in Credit River Ontario

2008-09-28T09:39:00.000-07:00

CRAA President John Kendell posted some very exciting information on the CRAA website yesterday about a coaster brookie that they lifted at the Streetsville dam.

Original Post:

Today CRAA, working with Mark from MNR lifted a coaster brook trout, about 3.2 pounds or 18 inches at the Streetsville fish ladder. This is the first brookie we have ever seen and it was high fives all around! Wouldn't it be amazing to add these guys to the mix of fish in the river!

We also lifted a few more browns. To date CRAA has captured and transported 20 migratory brown trout up the river.

Under the brook trout you will see a grilse Atlantic salmon that I caught below the dam as well yesterday.

2008 is proving to be a very exciting year. Record steelhead lift, record Atlantic return (since at least 1870's) and now a coaster brookie. Plus transporting brown trout and steelhead in the fall.

This is another fantastic example highlighting how the Credit River is becoming a cleaner, healthier river due to work by CRAA, MNR, CVC and other groups.

John

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Fall Mayflies

2008-09-27T10:22:00.001-07:00

A couple of shots of mayflies that I've taken over the last couple of weeks. I haven't identified them yet, so if you know what species they are, let me know!

Brook Trout Fly Fishing in Ontario - Brookie Heaven!

2008-08-06T06:33:00.000-07:00

Me and Justin headed up to our favourite little brookie and brown stream over the long weekend......again. We try to get up to this place at least once a month during the warmer months to get away from the city and have a little peace. Unfortunately, the place is becoming a little too popular now. Just a couple of years ago, we'd go entire weekends without seeing a soul. Now it seems that anywhere you can stop on the road, a car is parked. Oh well.......we're now considering making a 20 minute hike into the bush up there and simply camping away from the road and the other folks.

Our campsite:

We usually don't bother to bring a tent......just our foam mats for crashing beside the fire after a few glass of 12 year old singles.

The creek:

This one stays very very cool all season long. A good 10 kilometers or so of the stream are still densely coverd in trees, and it is entirely spring fed, so it takes quite a bit of heat to bring the water temps up. One of the other streams we like to fish was far too warm when we showed up, so we had to pass it by. Not a huge deal though.

Here are a couple of the tiny tiny feesh we got into over the weekend. It was non stop pretty well the entire time we fished. Everything on dries........

And this fella was all suited up in his fall spawning colours, but was very reluctant to have his picture taken....

Twas a good trip!!

Hope ya'll had some fun over the long weekend!!

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Over and Out!

Hellgrammite Larva and Stonefly Nymph Fly Fishing Video

2008-07-30T06:53:00.001-07:00

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This video takes a look at a hellgrammite larva as well as a stonefly nymph. These are some of the largest aquatic insects in Ontario.

Bingo Bango Fly Fishing Episode 2 - Small Streams and Even Smaller Brookies

2008-07-22T08:46:00.001-07:00

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Join the Bingo Bango fly fishing crew for some interesting fly fishing on small streams in southern Ontario. Justin is back with his Fire side Diaries, the nightly recap of fishing events throughout each episode.

Dry and Dropper - Caddis larva, pupa, elk hair caddis fly

2008-07-14T04:19:00.000-07:00

This video takes a look at some caddis larvae and pupae (the real thing!) as well as showing a great method (the dry and dropper) to use the next time you are out on the river.

The dry and dropper method is very useful when you can see rising fish but aren't sure if they are taking emergers, taking flies right off the surface.

Hendrickson Dance - A Great Mating Dance of Hendrickson Mayflies in Early June

2008-06-23T08:01:00.001-07:00

Here's some video of a great mating dance of Hendrickson Mayflies. They're a little hard to see in the video, but once you see them, its pretty thick!

This Link may allow you to view it a little better:
Hendrickson Mayfly Mating Dance

And a few photos I got of them as well:

Most Useful medicinal plants worth your garden space

2008-06-22T06:11:00.001-07:00

This article gives descriptions and medicinal uses of plants garden plants in medical situations to cure a large list of illnesses and problems that a lot of people face daily. Let us give stuck into all the medicine plants and medicinal plants!

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Green Home Hints and Tips website

2008-06-12T06:13:00.000-07:00

Myself, and my partner Kerry have begun a new blog at www.greenhomehints.com

The blog shows easy ways that you can make a difference in your lifestyle to reduce your carbon footprint.

Moving into the hot, dry summer months, there are many things you should consider to reduce your energy usage!

Any tips you may have are appreciated.