CLIENT PICS AND FISHING REPORT....

Posted by Dan | Posted in | Posted on Friday, October 16, 2009

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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.