Cool shot of steelhead tail...

Now we are Steelheading...

Steelhead are the colors of Christmas...

I like the Holiday spirit.....

What it's all about...A happy group of anglers enjoying a great day on the water...

This will be the last post before the Holiday and we wanted to take the opportunity to thank all of our loyal customers that frequent the shop and thank everyone that follows the blog and makes our jobs down here at the shop so enjoyable...we are extremely lucky to have such a great fishery and even luckier to have great people that pursue these fish. So have a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and whatever else it is we celebrate this time of year and enjoy your friends, family and loved ones...and maybe get out for a little fishing. If you do want to get out fishing should be good tomorrow (Thurs.) and probably blow out for the weekend with the rain coming which is ok...while the rivers are clearing and fresh fish are pushing upstream we can all take care of our family obligations and get after those steelhead again early next week when it should once again be prime time on steelhead alley...Look for the Rocky, Vermilion, and Chagrin to clear first followed by the rivers further East a few days after due to the fact that they have a lot more snow out there then we do here...Remember water temps are cold so fish low and slow and cover the water well as the strike window decreases with water temp and fish will not move as far to take a fly...Once again Have a Happy and safe Holiday season and we will see you on the river...Dan, Justin, and Peter