from the fish that is. For the end of December and Early January no complaints are being heard around steelhead alley. Actually that's not true, there are some anglers complaining of sore arms and others took advantage of the good fishing a little more than they should have over the holidays making time in the dog house a common theme around here lately. As for me i know this weather will not last forever and its easy to forget that this time last year we had been frozen over for a month so any reason you can make to go fishing is a good reason. Happy New Years everybody.

For tomorrow and the weekend the Chagrin and Rocky have been great all year so you can't go wrong there. Elk over in PA has more ice than water right now so call before going over there. Conneaut is still up a bit and the grand tribs should be at a good flow but may be iced over. Be careful as Fridays warm temp will get a good thaw going and may mess things up for Saturday.

Come to papa....

This little buck banged a swung streamer tonight on the Chagrin making my day complete.

Upper Chagrin tonight was gorgeous with the snow on the ground and the sun shining, oh yeah and plenty of elbow room.

This is an odd pic and i could not remember why i had taken it. then it hit me, the air temp was 25 degrees and Jim from Texas didn't want to get his hand to wet and cold from picking up the fish. We both decided to wait until later for the grip and grin but took this picture anyway. I Don't think you will be seeing this kind of shot on any covers.

This behemoth was harpooned the day before new years. As always with big fish we caught a break landing this one when it unwrapped itself from some branches coming off the bank. After the release it charged us several times and took a bite out of my wading boot, but after we got well out of the water he swam away.

Like i said we are working on the photography and its harder with gloves on, but i got the fish, sorry buddy.

Yeah, its been a good season so far.