Fly Fishing

[deepdiver]

Just curious, have the weekend off and I was just wonder where I could get out and do some fly fishing up here from shore or where ever. Maybe get some crappies or anything, just want to get out and do some fishing.

Any help would be nice, otherwise shoot me an email seraider at hotmail.com

Thanks dd

[disco]

where exactly are ya? got a boat at all?

[deepdiver]

Just Taking some classes at UMD for the summer. Just bought my flyrod this year thought I could get out and try some fishing with it.

dd

[disco]

i don't know how the flow is right now, it might be a little bit high, but check the st. louis river for smallmouth-- get a couple brown woolly buggers or crayfish patterns and toss em in below some riffles and yer sure to find a bronzeback or two.... i fished right here: http://www.citypages.com/bestof1999/outandabout/bestof595.asp

just walk upstream on the path to the first rapids and wade around as best you can.... fish are hiding behind boulders and in slacker water near shore and in back eddies...... (or at least they were last july, don't know how it is right now) i didn't see another person on the river when i went, and i caught lots of smallies from 10-16 inches..... it's fun, there's lots o water to fish, and i got so many i spent the whole day at that first section of water.....

otherwise, you can check the dnr's website for trout lakes up the superior hiking trail in cook county..... lots of em to choose from and now is probably the best time to hit em, cuz the fish are still shallower and there are some good mayfly hatches coming off..... bring some streamers/woolly buggers in case there are no hatches (and maybe a spinning rod with some small spoons/spinners in case they aren't in shallow or aren't near shore, and you need to cast a little further out)..... a float tube would be a nice bonus for these..... look for lakes near the superior hiking trail and you can hike back, camp and fish em for a day or two....

once the rivers drop, check the cascade, knife, temperance, devil's track, manitou, etc. for small native brookies.... bring small nymphs in with ya (#18 pheasant tails seemed to work well) and be prepared to bushwack a little bit..... there are fish in all the rivers up there, just gotta find em...... not gonna find monsters like you might do in the lakes, but there are plenty to be caught if you put in a little effort....

last, if you can get in a canoe or boat, try some lakes up the gunflint trail..... i've had some amazing smallmouth fishing on Saganaga even though it's motorized access and gets hit pretty hard..... seagull lake is the same way.... most of the fisherman are walleye fishing and leave the smallies alone.... this time of year, just try any shoreline with downed timber and a little depth or wade around in the inflows...... on calm mornings/evenings you can use poppers, otherwise, try different colored streamers till you find one that works..... my personal favorite is a deer hair mouse--- when they are going topwater, it's tough to beat..... might want an eight weight rod, though you can get away with a five or six, just makes throwing the big flies tough.....

hmmm.... i guess i wrote a little more than i expected..... hope that helps.... good luck,

will

[deepdiver]

Thanks will just the info i was looking for!

dd

[deepdiver]

disco, shoot me an email, have a few questions for you or post your email here

seraider at hotmail.com

dd