If you are kicking yourself for not taking advantage of the free reel offer with the purchase of an Orvis Helios, Hydros, trout bum or tls fly rod @ Chagrin River Outfitters the offer has been extended thru May 31st, get em' while there hot.

No we are not still putting up pics of steelhead, just very big rainbows.

Sulphur time in PA, aka. trout candy

Small stream PA trout fishing.

Wild PA brown that was enjoying sulphur duns on the Little Juniata.

For you PA trout fishers, or those who are considering it the next few weeks should provide ample opportunities for exceptional fishing. Sulphurs, March Browns, Crane flies, Gray Fox, Green Drakes, Brown Drakes, and Blue winged Olives will all be making an appearance on our favorite waters. Remember when fishing this time of year it is important to know what kind of bugs are active and having the patterns to match them is the key to angling success or failure. Anglers can also improve there catch rate dramatically by fishing matching nymph patterns when the duns are not on the water.

Lake run smallmouth bass and carp have been keeping anglers busy on the local rivers when they have been fishable. Recent rains have had the rivers high and off color but things should settle down here this week and weekend providing good fishing. The Grand and Conneaut have been producing the best numbers and size of lake run fish and i would look for that trend to continue over the next few weeks. Remember when targeting these fish they do not typically move as far upstream as steelhead and they hold in a little different water type. Look for back eddies, slower current seems, boulders, and log jams to hold the most smallmouth. Hot flies have been clouser minnows, crippled minnow, crawfish, black buggers, and wiggle minnows.

Tight Lines Dan and Pete....