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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
RICH CAME ALL THE WAY FROM FLORIDA FOR THIS TROPHY...
AND HE LET STEVE TAG ALONG TO CATCH THE LITTLE ONES....
BIG CREEK ON THE GRAND THIS MORNING....
THIS EAST SIDE TRIB FISHED UNTIL NOON WHEN IT BLEW OUT TODAY...
CONNEAUT WAS HIGH, LEAFY , AND MUDDY...JUST WHAT WE NEEDED...
The staff got out this morning to get a good look at our rivers and see what affect the rains had on our local tribs. It didn't take long to see that everything was on the rise due to the half-inch to inch of rain that fell early this morning. Look for this rain to bring in a significant push of fish - they have been held up in the lower rivers/lake, and now is their time to push upstream and really start the fall run.
The Rocky is at 675 and falling - look for it to fish early in the weekend.
The Chagrin is at 1200 and falling - look for this underrated fall gem to fish late Friday and thru the weekend.
Conneaut Creek: currently bank to bank and rising, maybe Saturday...
For anglers looking to fish tomorrow and Friday, consider fishing one of the smaller PA tributaries of steelhead alley - the miles tribs, Elk, and Walnut Creek will be fishing within the next 24 hours and should be loaded with fresh fish.
The Grand? Fogettaboutit for the time being - it's at 1300 and rising.
The Vermillion - call Eric Lindstrom for an up-to-date report.
With the high water, look for bigger flies that create a larger profile in the water to produce well - stop by the shop for a great selection of these types of patterns. Steelhead princes, superflash nymphs, brown and black stones, white, black, and purple buggers should all fish well over the next few days. Vary the colors and sizes of your egg patterns with the water clarity on the stream you are fishing. If leaves aren't present in the water consider fishing a streamer as these fresh fish often fall victim to a big fly.
As always, call the shop with any questions you might have. 440-247-7110. Tight lines and good fishin'.
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M. Hynes
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
I thought of Wednesday as the calm before the storm. I needed to get away; someplace I don't fish very often. But needing a dozen dozen flies that haven't been tied for clients, and patching waders, tying leaders, finding the materials to tie that dozen dozen, an oil change, new tires, family obligations, oh, and "when was I going to take the trash out?" The correct answer to these questions is RIGHT NOW! (especially the last one). Except mine had a "but" at the end. But I am going to Cattaraugus to swing flies before I am guiding for steelhead (almost) everyday between now and Christmas. Everything else has to wait. Except the trash. We used a friend's Chautauqua lake house Tuesday night as a forward base camp (thanks Nate!).
We were prepared. Ok, ok. We had too much.
JD's first-ever steelhead.
Do not try this hold at home. I am a trained professional.
Bright colors were the ticket for swung flies.
Nice fish Jim!
12'8" 7 weight Scott ARC = being able to put the wood to the Chromers.
JD finished out the day with a nice chromer, his second steelhead.
All in all it was a very fun, productive day. Most of the fish landed were on large streamers. If you haven't tried swinging big flies you are missing out big-time. Stop by the shop and check out our selection. You will not be dissappointed!
Right now there are scattered fish around all of our rivers. We need rain! and it looks like we will get it. If you need a fix this weekend, search out the bigger deeper holes on the lower part of the rivers. Super-gin clear water means lighter flouro tippet (4x), and single-fly rigs. When the water is sloooow, usually no weight is needed. Just make sure your indicator is at the correct depth (1- 1 1/2x the depth of the water). Don't be afraid to set your indicator at 2'. Adapt to the conditions. If you'd like to swing, most spots will not even require a sinktip. A slightly weighted fly should do.
Good luck everyone. If you need something, you know where to find me:
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Dan
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Monday, October 19, 2009
V-RIB CADDIS
DAIICHI 1120 SZ 8-14
CHART ULTRA THREAD 70
CHART VINYL RIBBING
INDIAN HEN BACK(GINGER) OR HUNGARIAN PARTRIDGE(NATURAL)
BLACK UV ICE DUB
LAY DOWN THREAD BASE AND TIE IN VINYL RIBBING
WRAP RIBBING FORWARD TOWARDS EYE OF HOOK AND TIE OFF LEAVING ENOUGH ROOM FOR COLLAR AND HEAD.
TIE IN COLLAR AND STRIP SIDE FACING FORWARD OR TOWARDS EYE OF HOOK.
WRAP COLLAR FORWARD WITH EACH WRAP BEING JUST IN FRONT THE PREVIOUS WRAP.
TIE OFF COLLAR AND DUB HEAD...WHIP FINISH FOR COMPLETED FLY.
NOT ONLY A GREAT STEELHEAD PATTERN BUT A MUST HAVE FOR ANY EASTERN TROUT STREAM AND A GOOD LITTLE PANFISH FLY AS WELL, THIS FLY IS IN EVERY BOX OF EVERY GOOD STEELHEAD GUIDE I KNOW AND SHOULD BE IN YOURS AS WELL.
BEST FISHED IN AND BELOW GRAVELY FAST WATER AREAS WERE CADDIS LARVA TYPICALLY LIVE AND BECOME DISLODGED DURING PERIODS OF HIGH WATER.
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Friday, October 16, 2009
That is a fresh one....
Close up of steel and CRO's steelhead prince nymph....
Chuck has one of his best days ever this week with CRO guides....
Congrats on a great day....
There were alot of smiles on fishermans faces this week as the October steelheading on Ohio tribs has been very good thus far. There have been good numbers of fresh fish in the East side tribs for the past couple of weeks keeping anglers busy. The bad news is these fish have been worked over pretty good and with the low flows and ultra clear water are becoming increasingly difficult to catch with each passing day. Downsizing tippets and flies is a good way to adapt to the current conditions, small 12-14 egg patterns have been producing as have small nymph patterns (12-16). The hot shop patterns have been sz 12 apricot eggs, phsyco princes, size 10 tangerine egg clusters, epoxy fry, lightning bugs, copper softies, peacock buggers in black, hot spot buggers in white/pink. For those of you that like to swing streamers take a break from it and break out the indi rigs...swinging with little flow and low clear water has been difficult at best...Good luck as always...Dan and Pete
STREAM CONDITIONS
RIVERS WILL REMAIN LOW AND CLEAR UNLESS WE GET SOME OF THE RAIN IN THE FORECAST...I WOULD FORECST CONDITIONS BUT AROUND HEAR LATELY WE JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.
CHAGRIN: 102 CFS AND RISING VERY SLIGHTLY FROM YESTERDAYS RAIN BUT NOT ENOUGH TO BLOW OUT RIVER OR BRING IN MANY FRESH FISH. MAJORITY OF THE FISH STILL IN THE LOWER THIRD OF THE RIVER.
GRAND RIVER: 179 CFS LOW FLOWS AND CLEAR WATER HAVE MADE CATCHING FISH DIFFICULT THOUGH THEY ARE THERE, THE FURTHEST UPRIVER I HAVE HEARD OF FISH BEING CAUGHT IS AROUND VROOMAN ROAD.
ROCKY: 74 CFS AND HOLDING...OUR WEST SIDE CONNECTIONS HAVE NOT GIVEN US ANY GREAT NEWS ON THIS WEST SIDE TRIB THOUGH THERE ARE SOME FISH BEING CAUGHT IN THE LOWER STRETCHES, RAIN IS THE KEY RIGHT NOWO TO GET THIS GEM KICK STARTED.
VERMILLION RIVER: 32CFS AND CRYING FOR RAIN...VERY LOW AND CLEAR WITH VERY FEW GOOD REPORTS TO SPEAK OF...RAIN RAIN AND MORE RAIN IS NEEDED.
ELK CREEK: THIS FISH FACTORY DID RECIEVE SOME PRECIPITATION AND IS GETTING MORE AS I TYPE, GROUND IS PRETTY SATURATED WHICH MEANS MORE WATER MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE RIVER WHICH WILL BE A BIG HELP IN ADDING SOME COLOR AND FLOW WHICH WILL DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE THE FISHING. SHOULD BE A DECENT WEEKEND TO FISH WESTERN PA TRIBS.
