Daily Report

On Monday we had the coldest weather of the season so far with our first dusting of lake effect snow. The winter weather is expected to continue on Tuesday with scattered lake effect snow showers along with cold and very windy conditions. Yesterday we got mixed reports from anglers, a couple groups did manage to get into a few steelhead, but overall most anglers we spoke with said between the change in weather and increased water flow it was a tough bite and slow day for them.  For those anglers who are fly fishing, this time of year a variety of techniques can be effective, whether you like to swing streamers with sinking leaders, fish egg patterns under a strike indicator or dead drift them, they all can proudce results depending on the day.  For those anglers who are float fishing or bottom bouncing, egg sacs or beads have produced the best results. On the real windy days, when leaves are a factor, non leaf colors such as blue, pink and purple have been most productive.    

Suggested patterns:

Egg patterns: Glo-bugs, estaz eggs, sucker spawn, steelie omelet in size 6-10.

Streamers: Krystal buggers, egg sucking leeches, woolly buggers in size 4-8.

Nymphs: Rubber legged stones, estaz stones, steelhead hammer, steak-n-eggs in size 6-10.