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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
It's time for that new rod:
Free Orvis access mid arbor fly reel and free 30 day membership at Pine Lake trout club with purchase of an Orvis Helios, Hydros, Access, or Superfine fly rod only at Chagrin River Outfitters. Available from April 30th thru May 14th.
Come to CRO and hang out with fellow anglers, like April Vokey and tie some flies.
Maybe even get some tying tips.
Or you can stop by the shop and pick up a film tour tickets which is showing on the westside Wed. May 4th @ 8pm. Showing at The links Golf Course, 26111 John Rd, Olmstead Falls, OH44138. Tickets are $12 and available at Chagrin River Outfitters.
Fishing/river report:
On the fishing front it has been a wacky week. More rain has the big rivers blown while the smaller tribs have been ok. There are plenty of fresh fish in the rivers and fishing should be fantastic if we ever get to try the big water. Watch the weather and if the rain holds off look for the Rocky and Chagrin to be prime by Friday. In the meantime stick to the small stuff like the Grand Tribs, and Elk and you will be OK.
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Sunday, April 17, 2011
Jim's first steelhead caught on the Chagrin last Thursday.
Wild PA brown that whacked a baby brown trout imitation.
This is for everyone that comes in the shop asking for flies for big browns that think i'm crazy when i hand them a 5 inch streamer pattern. This giant brown had just eaten two 6 inch salamanders, 2 large crawfish, and was still hungry. Big trout eat meat.
Conditions were perfect for targeting browns, rising water means stream bred brown trout are on the feed.
Another one that smacked an olive sculpin.
A few for the frying pan.
Yikes, another impressive brown that was looking for a big meal.
High spring flows means getting down deep with sinking lines and big flies.
Pennsylvania elk are getting more and more numerous.
Rivers are up again and more rain tonight is what the man is saying. Lets hope it is not to much as the fishing was really starting to heat up. Check back later in the week for updates but right now if the rains don't come Elk will fish, the Grand tribs, and maybe the upper Chagrin by tomorrow afternoon. If the rain does come we should be OK by Friday and for the weekend. Good Luck Dan and Pete.
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Monday, April 04, 2011
Good fish from the Grand on Friday.
We are in the middle of a good rain storm here in Northeast Ohio on this fine spring morning. Currently we have received around an inch of rain with a little more supposed to fall this afternoon. Look for a good push of fish to be in the rivers when they start to clear as all signs are pointing towards a strong run. The little skippers that usually precede the runs of bigger fish have been moving upstream for about a week and this warm rain will raise water temps and get the bigger fish on the move. As always we will keep you up to date on conditions but look for this rain to have everything blown out until late in the week. Good Luck Dan and Pete.
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Friday, April 01, 2011
has been the general feeling about the fishing this past week and going into the weekend. Nobody seems to be finding great numbers of fish in any one area but everyone seems to be finding a few here and there which is ok, as soon as the water begins to warm numbers will increase. For the weekend the Chagrin and Rocky are on the low side while the Conneaut is getting low as well but still has some color. Also after mixed reports on conditions on the Grand i went and looked at it yesterday down low around the 84 bridge and it looked really good, in fact i'm going there now. Good Luck Dan and Pete
Swung some big pretties on the Chagrin last night to no avail.
So a few fish roll but the water was still pretty brown. It is looking like great conditions for the weekend and there will be plenty of fish. 
