A big thank you to the film tour group that included Mark, Thad and Jay.
It was a pleasure to get out on the water and fish with you and looking forward to

doing it again next year.

This 2 pound Lake Erie steelhead may have been the most celebrated fish of the season. It was Jay's first Lake Erie steelhead that whacked a Chart/White Sculpin he was swinging on a 7/8 Bealuh switch rod. While this may be the smallest fish i have seen all season it may have had the biggest fight in it. Clearing the water three times and running up and down the river this little guy did us great lakes steelheaders proud by showing a West Coast Native that these fish had some fight in them.

You don't want to be a steelhead west or east when Jay is swinging...

Pleasantly surprised and thoroughly enjoyed is how i would describe the film tour groups half day of fishing. We mostly took turns swinging streamers on switch rods while one guy swung and the others watched and hoped for a tug for our fellow angler. In total we swung three runs on the Conneaut with good success. I think in total we had nine arm wrenching grabs in what amounted to maybe three hours of fishing, not bad.

Thanks again to the film tour and good luck guys.

On to the rivers reports, here it goes, are you ready? You should be fishing right now. The Chagrin is in Great shape and has plenty of fish distibuted throughout. The Conneaut is the same with plenty of fish, above average flows, but great color to the water. The Rocky was great before the rain and i expect it will be even better over the next four to five days. The Grand is up and off color but with the looks of the forecast and other factors should be fishing for us fly guys by Sat/Sun.

Hot fly patterns have been changing with water temps, light levels, water color, and flows. Really alot to get into here but stop into the shop for whats been hot.

As always tight lines. Dan and Peter 440 247 7110