Saturday September 22nd: Chagrin River Outfitters Fall Shop Days. 8:30 am-4pm

All day events, seminars, fly tying, rigging, casting lessons and instruction from local fly fishing guides. Gear giveaways from simms, regal vises, sage and more. Great sales. Instructional seminars include

 Steelheading 101 8:30 am: Comprehensive overview of steelheading the great lakes tributaries and the rivers and streams of Northeast Ohio. Including proper gear, river flows, fly patterns, rigging, and more.

 Spey and Switch rods for great lakes steelhead 10:30am: Why two handed rods for the Great lakes tribs, what are the best choices and why, selecting flies, lines, and sink tips, casts you need to know.

Spey and switch rod casting demos 1pm. 

Guide secrets to rigging for success all day

Fly tying:

Egg patterns (all day)

Swinging Patterns 10-3 Intruders, dear hair sculpins, marabou speys, prom dress and more.

 

 

2 new flies in fly tying blog.

Come to the shop day and have your box looking like this.



 

Its getting to be that time of year again around steelhead alley and your favorite fly shop.  Flies are being tied, the weather channel is being paid attention to a little more,  rumors are circulating of early steelhead in the lower rivers, new gear is showing up at the shop daily, lines are being cleaned and replaced, new gear is being fondled and caressed, old waders are being patched.  In other words things are getting back to the way we like it. 

 

With the coming of Fall also brings Fall seminars at the shop and this year we are doing more than ever to show or support for our local anglers in and around steelhead alley.  Last week Greg Senyo put on a great fly tying show for us and unveiled some exciting new materials for all on hand.  Looks like another exciting Fall season is heading our way and i for one can't wait.     

 

 

  Saturday September 8th, 10am-3pm: Kevin Feenstra  Fall Steelhead/Salmon Seminar:  Kevins presentation will focus on strategies for targeting Fall fish in Great Lakes tributaries followed by fly tying demonstrations showing off some of his favorite patterns that have made him a legend among great lakes fly fishers. 

 

Saturday September 15th and 29th:  On the water spey casting classes with Will Turek.  8am-12noon.  Expert two handed casting instruction limited to 4 students.  $100.00 per student.  Classes will fill fast.  Sign up at shop or call 440 247 7110.  Payment required at time of booking.

 

Saturday September 22nd:  Chagrin River Outfitters Fall Shop Days.  8:30 am-4pm

All day events, seminars, fly tying, rigging, casting lessons and instruction from local fly fishing guides.  Gear giveaways from simms, regal vises, sage and more.  Great sales.   Instructional seminars include

 

Steelheading 101 8:30 am:  Comprehensive overview of  steelheading the great lakes tributaries and the rivers and streams of Northeast Ohio.  Including proper gear, river flows, fly patterns, rigging, and more.

 

Spey and Switch rods for great lakes steelhead 10:30am:  Why two handed rods for the Great lakes tribs, what are the best choices and why, selecting flies, lines, and sink tips, casts you need to know. 

 

Saturday October 20th:  Fly ting with Greg Senyo from 12noon-4pm. 

 

 

And of course if you need something to tie those flies on new shanks are in stock as well. 

 

 

   

Learn how to tie the low rider in the fly tying blog, may be a fall for smaller sparser swinging patterns.

As August winds down there is a feel of Fall in the air and anticipation for steelhead is starting to build.  Tyers have been coming in the shop and have been greeted by very cool new materials and a new look to the shop.  We also continue to gear up intrepid anglers heading for parts not unknown but at least lesser known to many on angling adventures that they will always remember.  It seems that there are many more anglers heading to Alaska, Montana, and British Columbia this year then the past few years combined and they are stopping in the shop to get the best in fly fishing gear for their trip.  If you have a dream trip in the future make sure to stop in for the right gear and right advice. 

This Friday and Saturday CRO will be having a reopening sale and will also host fly tyer Greg Senyo as he unveils brand new fly tying materials designed for steelhead alley.  Greg will be tying from 11-3 with these new materials and some old favorites that when combined make some must see new patterns.  For Friday and Saturday we will be offering Sage Vantage rods, Orvis Access rods, and Redington CPX rods all for 25% off including trout rods, Salmon/steelhead rods, bonefish/saltwater rods and switch rods.  Stop on in and see the shop.

Shop Sale Friday 24th and Saturday the 25th

25% off fly rods

25% off Scientific Angler Fly lines

25% off select fly reels

25% off select Simms waders

Fly Tying and new tying materials with Greg Senyo Saturday Aug. 25th.



First off thank you to everyone who came down and supported the shop during our sales events.  It was great to see such a big turnout and hear how excited everyone is to see your new old favorite fly shop when its all done.  Shop should...wait scratch that.  Shop will be open again by next Monday August the 6th if not sooner.  Now lets take a look at some cool fish pics sent our way from Montana and also one of the rarest photos you will ever see will be saved for last. 

 Browns that love dry flies.

Scenery.

 Evening spinner falls

 Float trips on the longest un damed river in the US.

 Because even wanne be trout bums from Ohio in goofy hats can catch trout like this.

 And trout bums on sabbatical can take goofy pictures with really cool hats.

Then its one more...wait a few more Moscow Mules and time to hit the road.

The shot that will make me famous is this one here.  Captured in the wilds of Chagrin Falls its a very rare and hoped to be extinct Pete (pronounced 1st syllable with Boston accent PEET which is Portuguese for old and ARE which means nothing but is for some reason used as a suffix on most words:  Peetare) actually doing some work and i think enjoying it.  Glad to have you back buddy.



Shop Clearance 50% off Sale Wed July 25th thru Sat July 28th.

Store wide sale up to 50% off for shop renovations.  Here's the deal, we need to sell as much stuff as possible so we do not have to move it or box it up when we give the shop a face lift (paint and remodel) the following week.  Come on down and load up. 

All rods, reels, waders, wading boots, tying materials, fly lines, fishing shirts, nippers, tying vises and more must go. 

Pictured below are some of the highlights, the low lights which no one wants to see include a couple of awful hangovers compliments of Mr. Jameson, picking my dog up at the police station and  my personal favorite removing skunk spray from the both of us.

Towards the end of June we hit north central PA for another round of trouting (is that a word?) and it was very good to us.  We got lucky with the weather as overcast, cool and cloudy helps keep the trout happy.

We caught a plethora of rainbows around this size with 5 or 6 bigger ones pushing the 18 inch mark.  A few browns were also in the mix.

Next it was on to the Delaware river in NY were the trout were as snooty as the anglers, it was kind of funny really as its been a while since i have seen orvis tweed and dudes using the Latin names of bugs on the river.  The river itself was gorgeous and it kicked my butt on this day but i will be back for round 2. 

Stop 3 was Marthas Vineyard to catch up with Justin and see if he is staying out of trouble, not likely.  Might as well do some fishing.

We caught about 5000 bluefish form the beach.

It was the old bait and switch as we cast hookless teasers with the plug rod to lure the blues into fly range....fun.

Highlight had to be fishing with my two oldest at a trout club where the action was just like kids like it, non-stop.

Now its back to the shop and gearing up for fall already.  I know its only July but its late July and real soon its going to be September.