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

Like father like son...here's dad with a Grand river steelie from Sunday.

And here's the next generation with the first of many fly rods...Thanks Dad!!

Well the forecast was for no rain, them for rain, and we got some rain and some bonus snow. I think they have a big roulette wheel for each months weather patterns and just give it a spin every few days, where it will stop nobody knows. Everything bumped a little bit and set back the fishing for a few days on the bigger tribs. Some of the smaller stuff will fish this weekend and even today. Elk is in great shape as of this morning and there is still a few fish in this PA trib. The Grand Tribs should fish this afternoon and for the weekend as well. The Chagrin may fish Sunday and we are waiting to here back this morning on what the Conneaut looks like. The positive to this freak cold snap and snow is it will lower the water temps for a while and push all the fish on gravel into the runs and holes were they should be stacked up and willing to eat a well presented fly.

Good luck and check back for the latest. Dan and Pete 440 247 7110

Sat 27th update: The latest on the Conneaut is it is running high and hard but the color is sweet and fishing is decent...sounds like a good day for swinging. Remember in Faster or off color flows go bigger and brighter than normal when indicator fishing so fish can see and react to your offering sooner.

Sat 27th update: The Chagrin is still up as well but color on the Upper Chagrin will be great by late Sat. Sunday should be prime time on the Chagrin and Conneaut.

sunrise steelhead...better than coffee.

Little guy that fought like he was 3x his actual size.

The Upper Chagrin and its counterparts are running pretty high and stained right now but with no rain in the forecast it will make for great late week and weekend conditions on our steelhead Tribs.

The major Ohio tribs our running high, hard, and dirty. The good news is they are all ready dropping and with sunshine in the forecast good fishing conditions will be here by late week and the weekend. Look for the Chagrin to be fishable by late Thursday and the Conneaut by Saturday. The Grand proper is out of commission for the weekend as is the Rocky due to major localized thunderstorms in these areas that dumped large amounts of rain. The Grand tribs will fish tomorrow and the upper stretches of Elk are nice and green today while the lower river is still dirty.

Fresh fish have been moving into the rivers and will continue to do so with this recent rainfall. This next push of fish should be a big one, and they will be distributed pretty well throughout the river systems. Look for great fishing from here on out as large numbers of fish will be present over the next month.

May all your drifts be drag free. Dan and Pete

Pair of happy anglers with there first fish of the day.

Scott came all the way from Vermont to battle lake Erie chromers.

Usually catching a fish on the first cast of the day is bad luck. Not today.

Putting the Sage Z-axis to work.

Our rivers are looking good and the fish are starting to show up. The Conneaut is in prime shape with flow and color but the fishing has been slow until now but that could all change overnight, middle to lower river has been the best. The Chagrin had a few fish show up recently and more should be following shortly. The Grand is still flowing high and off color but will be fishable next week, while the Grand tribs are getting very low and clear. The Rocky reports are river is in great shape with a few fresh fish in the system along with a few older ones.

Hot flies the past few days have been nuc-eggs in white and orange, black stone fly patterns, caddis larva, and white lite brite zonkers.

Good luck and tight lines.

To say things are looking good would be an understatement. The rivers are dropping and clearing right on schedule for the start of our Spring time steelheading here in North East Ohio. As of today the Grand tribs and the PA tribs are all fishing. By Thursday the Chagrin will be prime and may fish Wed. afternoon as well. I will be on the Upper Chagrin Tomorrow morning for a few hours before work to give it a try. It is still a little high and off color and would rather fish it in the afternoon or Thursday but work seems to get in the way sometimes.

The Rocky on the west side will Possibly fish Thursday and for sure by Friday and the weekend. The Grand is way high and off color and will not fish for a awhile yet. The Conneaut has good flow but bad color. Look for this one to fish on Saturday.