Fish Fray - like to register for the steelhead tournament in ohio 4/13 & 4/14! Please let me know what to do at phillycsm@gmail.com. Thanks, Steve

I don't have an email account

Email is the only way I can send you the registration form

It would be nice to travel to Ohio for steelhead someday I just caught my first steelhead a day ago nice native hen about 15 lbs

Thanks for the support man, tight lines👍

Hey man i see you postings on like every good fishing vid i see,i gotta know, have u fished the ganny?

Thanks Nate, glad you like the videos. I'll be in the area fishing Saturday so definitely say hi if you see me, I'd love to talk fisheries with you etc.

thanks, lots more to come!

Haha, simply unlucky brother

Great question sure wish he'd answered it I would like to know too

Thanks man, trying to get more float shots this spring

Thanks, good luck on the spring run down there!

I was out last weekend...went 1/1 in 2 different states. the lower reaches are on fire.

I have reports of several Steelhead seen spawning in the creeks off the grand already... Water is still cold though I'm sure we have several weeks of great fishing ahead. Ohio streams warm up really easily so a warm rain will allow the fish to spawn for a few days just from that warm runoff.

Wow that's crazy! I catch quite a few fish with broken off hooks and jigs in their mouth from who knows when, even a crankbait in a fishes mouth last Thanksgiving! They are just plain hungry some days

Thanks for watching, will do!

Thanks!

I have had a lot of issues learning to fish flourocarbon leader due to abraision problems and knot strength as you mentioned. I've found the best knot for fluoro is a Snell knot with at least 5 or 6 wraps around the shank, I have never had a knot fail on a fish that way and the hook stands out nicely. Also important to wet your knot before tightening. I have used seaguar invisx with constant problems and many fish lost for awhile, after switching to blood run fluoro leader I do not have the same issues. It is a "harder" fluoro which makes it much more abraision resistant and I've never had issues with knot strength. I hope this helps, having fluorocarbon is definitely a confidence booster knowing that fish can't see your line.

@@FishFray Thanks for the info.

The best part!

Tie your own bags. Get fresh spawn somehow and find a you tube vid on tying . There is no substitute for spawn bags.

I am running stock bearings and haven't felt the need to change, although you'll see me running a colville reel with ceramic bearings in future videos.

Thanks ! Lots more slaying to come!

The creek was pretty muddy that day, about 8 inches of visibility, so yea that explains the bright bead colors I chose

@@FishFray Thanks!

Hard to beat a single bead in low and clear conditions for sure

We have been lucky with some great weather lately

The thaw is here! Hope you get a great spring run

Thanks for the support!

Fray, can I ask for any recomendations on what kind of flies to use in the spring season? I have had luck in the rabbit tail in the fall, just wondering if you would recomend anything for the spring season. Thanks!

I like size 10 egg patterns like glo bugs, sucker spawns, crystal meth etc. Or size 8 or 10 wooly buggers work great. Small nymphs too when the water is clear

Matt Weber almost always blind fishing them since steelhead are very spooky and if you see them there’s a good chance you won’t catch em

These fish run from Lake Erie which is known for having one of the smallest average sizes in the Great Lakes, our other lakes such as michigan produce some bigger fish in the 12-20 pound range.

Thanks glad you liked it!

I prefer black

We usually get a few decent fish in the 27-30 inch range every year in Erie tribs but my buddies and I have not seen any of them yet this year.

Oh I see fish fray u know hunter guy took u on the white

Nothing like the ones over here in the pnw tho my gpas showed me pics of him with 15-17 pounders I haven't been lucky enough to land one of them yet but hopefully someday I will Lmao

Yes, what about him?

so close!

Nice!

The only fish that I pulled onto the bank in this video came back and bit again within 5 minutes.. think about how dumb your comment looks right now, not to mention the barely readable grammar.

You're just mad because you can't catch fish for shit so you have to hate on somebody that's better than you at it.

Stream Urchin I also enjoy threatening ppl in youtube comment sections :)

Stream urchin broo shut up

Haha this fucking guy 💀 ☠️ 💀 he handles the fish just fine.