Shaking hands or fins – Picture of the Day
Shaking hands with perfection
Patagonia SST and Ed McCoy
Had the opportunity to fish with Ed McCoy the other day, and captured him releasing this wild steelhead. Ed is wearing one of the best rain coats on the market the Patagonia SST. Patagonia Fly Fish just posted this image on there Instagram account. Thanks Ed for being a good sport and letting me keep your hands cold a few moments longer.
Under Water Steelhead – Pic of the Day
Kevin Feenstra shares his image of Drew Rosema holding a beautiful Great Lakes Steelhead.
ESL old standby
New and fancy patterns are always coming out, but sometimes going old school is the best policy. The ESL is a standard pattern. ESL stands for Egg Sucking Leech. Yesterday we got on the board with a fresh steelhead up from the lake that very morning, if I had to guess. On a orange headed black rabbit strip egg sucking leech.
Great News Winter fishing is back!!!
For the past two winters it’s been tough in northern Michigan with extreme cold ruling the days. But this just coming out from the NOAA brings a warm glow to my heart. I know myself, Ed McCoy and Kevin Feensta will be taking advantage of this and get in as many winter steelhead days as we can.
New Aquaz Bootfoot Waders
I’ll be doing a more in-depth product review of the New Rogue Aquaz Waders in the coming weeks, but happy to see them arrive in the mail this week, just in time for the cold weather steelhead season. One of the secrets to finding steelhead is being able to make the cast to them. Nobody like’s cold feet, and to not have cold feet, you need to have air circulation around your toes. Boot foot waders are the secret and are so much warmer than stocking foot waders. Aquaz has teamed up with Bogs and is creating a wader for the serious steelhead angler.
The perfect lightweight wader for the backpacking angler.
BOOTFOOT WADER VERSION OF NEW ROGUE CHEST WADER / Using premium BOGS insluated boots
Stockingfoot breathable chest wader constructed of three-layer Aqualex® Pro™ fabric. Front chest pocket with YKK® water-repellent zipper closure. Lightweight, highly breathable and waterproof fabric.
Features:
- Front chest pocket with water-repellent zipper
- 2mm AirMesh and 5mm NeoTech rubber insulated boots by BOGS
- Anatomically shaped legs with seams located on outside to eliminate seam wear
- Highest quality proprietary Japanese Breathable fabrics
- Adjustable waist belt with 1 1/2” buckle
- Adjustable elastic shoulder suspenders
- Available felt sole and rubber sole
- Sold in limited quantity
Contact Brian at the Northern Angler in Traverse City, Mi to order your pair of these premium waders.
Going for trout and Mr. Steelhead showed up
Stripping streamers for trout and Mr. Steelhead wanted some. A nice surprise for Wayne today as we fished the Pere Marquette. Great job Wayne battling this guy on your trout gear.
