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The “Pool” Jan. 25, 09
Dropped by the Whirlpool to get an idea of the water conditions – still too much ice.
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The Lower, Steelhead and ice
Hit the lower on the 7th and 8th, manged one each day. The 7th saw the river with drifting ice and good visibility and a slight chop due to a SW wind. The 8th the temperature went up at least 10...
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Panfish on the Fly
Popped out with my 4/5wt. to a local pond that holds panfish (bluegill and pumpkin seed), crappie and carp. A number of other anglers were there fishing with floats and worms, no one had landed...
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Whirlpool Oct 4th – still too warm, bring on the cold rain
Decided to wander down to the pool to see what might be biting. Rigged up my 10’6 baitcaster (brought along one of CP and a 13’4" rod), slip float and various egg imitations (called Pete’s yesterday...
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A little of each at Port D
Fished the east wall for about 3 hours yesterday, arrived about 8 am to find at least 20 anglers spread from the fence just below the dam to about halfway down the promenade. Water had about 12” of...
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Floating the upper – November 7, 09
Fished the upper from about 9 till about noon. Had the place all to myself (by the train bridge). Decided to try some different flys and techniques under the pin: - floated spinners with roe (scaled...
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Traditional Quill Floats
Had a little time between coats of paint in our lower vestibule so I decided to try my hand at making some quill floats. This is a balsa and quill float, yet to be whipped with silk, stained or...
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Claybanks, November 15, 09
Decided to float the lower this morning and headed to the bluffs in order to avoid the crowds at the pool. Arrived at the Claybanks area to find 2 other anglers hard at it on shore and about 30 boats...
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Clay Banks again, November 22, 09
Still too many boats in pounding the shore with waves and wakes. The water temperature still seems too warm to really turn on the fishing.
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High winds on Erie and the river is muddy
Over the last few days we have had heavy winds tossing Lake Erie so the river has now turned muddy and will take 2-3 days to be fishable. So it’s a good time to tie some flys and jigs.
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