Hold-over tributary migratory brown trout action.

Posted on March 20th, 2015

This female brown trout still shows it's spawning colors, but in the next 2-weeks it will be turning silver and will be back in the Great Lakes. — This female brown trout still shows it’s spawning colors, but in the next 2-weeks it will be turning silver and will be back in the Great Lakes.

Many Great Lakes tributaries still have migratory brown trout that have wintered in the rivers and are now on their way back to the Great Lakes. Migratory “drop-back” browns will hold in the slower, deeper sections of pools and especially in the deeper “tail-out” areas.

Rapala Concept Ti float/drift outfit gives steelheaders the proper presentation and sensitivity to make the most natural drift.

Best presentation is either drifting a fresh trout/salmon spawn-sack, or a single imitation TriggerX trout egg. Both are best fished with a good quality drift outfit like the Rapala Shift, Classic, R-Type, or Concept Ti series.

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