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Picture of Luigi De Rose

Using heavy flies for lake trout

This heavy-fly technique leaves plenty of room for steelheaders to experiment drifting big, buggy jigs through favoured, late-winter holes.
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winter brook trout
Dial in winter brook trout
Brook trout provide steady action right through to ice-out. Dial in your winter tactics, and you just might catch your best squaretail ever.
winter steelhead
How to catch winter steelhead
With some adjustments to techniques, water and weather, you can confidently write steelheading on your January calendar.
heavy fly fishing
Picture of Luigi De Rose

Using heavy flies for lake trout

This heavy-fly technique leaves plenty of room for steelheaders to experiment drifting big, buggy jigs through favoured, late-winter holes.
Read More »
winter brook trout
Picture of Gord Ellis

Dial in winter brook trout

Brook trout provide steady action right through to ice-out. Dial in your winter tactics, and you just might catch your best squaretail ever.
Read More »
winter steelhead
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How to catch winter steelhead

With some adjustments to techniques, water and weather, you can confidently write steelheading on your January calendar.
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steelhead yarn
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Spinning a yarn for steelhead

A simple steelhead rig using yarn and the egg-loop knot that the tackle shops don't want you to know about.
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Great Lakes steelhead
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Status of Great Lakes steelhead

The Great Lakes offer excellent steelhead habitats, and numerous tributaries provide opportunities for spring and fall migratory runs.
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battling steelhead
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Battle plans for steelhead

Steelhead are among the strongest and most energetic sport fish that swim in our province. Here are six techniques to help you land more.
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small flies for trophy trout
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Small flies for trophy trout

Small flies make up most of my trout fishing on my home waters in southern Ontario, out of absolute necessity.
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fishing spoons
Picture of Gord Ellis

The power of spoons for trout in lakes

Fishing spoons have become some of the simplest and deadliest presentations found in an angler’s tool box.
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winter predators
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Catching big winter predators

Most of the biggest winter predator fish I’ve seen — lake trout, walleye, and pike — were pulled through a hole in the ice.
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