Yes its happening on steelhead alley....fish are moving in and up our tributaries in springtime numbers. Right now the waters are dropping from Mondays Rains and thunderstorms, the further East you go the less rain they got. The Chagrin, Conneaut, and that smaller trib next to the Conneaut are all shaping up nicely. Little bit of rain in the forecast for Thursday night so keep an eye on that as well. Otherwise its business as usual, cover water and you will find fish.

Added some Winston and Beulah's to our switch rod lineup, 7wt beulah platinum is very smooth.

Kilby says its steelhead time.

For you fly guys springtime means emerald shiner time....combinations of white/blue and white/olive are old standbys on springtime steelhead.

Case in point....white/olive accounted for this hookup.

Nicely done....next time don't pick my pocket and i will not tell everyone what color you have been catching all those fish on.

It was time for a new switch rod so i gave the 7wt Beulah platinum a test run on Monday and have to say it was impressive. Took a little getting used to since my past rods were so fast but once i slowed down a bit things got dialed in. Smooth, smooth, smooth.

Switch/Spey casting class on Saturday was a great time. All students passed and were given their permits to put a fly on while casting but for safety reasons have to stay at least 50 feet from anyone while casting until they get their actual license which takes about a month.

Like all casting classes i think a few new casts were invented but i don't think i would recommend them to anyone as the difficulty factor outweighed the usefulness of the cast.

And for those of you swinging let the fun begin.....have fun on steelhead alley and don't forget your sunscreen.