Spending a day one-on-one with one of our guides can literally take years off of your learning curve! Our guide trips are geared towards learning advanced techniques while in hot pursuit of fish. Read below for some further details on Mad River Outfitters Fly Fishing Guide Service. 

* Although our guides carry plenty of flies- it is expected that you would have a basic selection which will be recommended 

* Guide trips may or may not include lunch, please make prior arrangements with your guide on this. SAO guides do typically provide lunch and MRO guides typically do not.

* Fee based on an eight hour day

* Tipping of guides is appreciated

* For all guide trips, we require a 50% deposit at the time of booking and the balance is due thirty days prior to the trip.

* All and any cancellations must be made within thirty days. If you need to cancel for any reason, we will make every effort to re-book your spot on that particular day. However, if we are unable to find another client to fill your spot, we will not be able to return your deposit/payment and full payment will be required.

We hope that you understand the necessity for this policy to insure that we can continue to run our trips and classes on a sound financial basis. We realize that emergencies do happen and please know that we will make every effort to re-book your spot, but if we don't, we must uphold this policy.

* We do not make our sole living off of guide trips......therefore.....it does not behoove us to take you fishing when conditions are not right. In other words, we won't fish you if we don't think the fishing will be worthwhile.

In the case of weather/poor fishing cancellations, we will try to re-book you for another day or another time. If we cannot do that to your approval, you will be entitled to a full refund of your deposit/payment.

AuSable river boats used on the Mad River only. Canoes and Kayaks used on the Kokosing and Clearfork River.

Ohio

Where: Conneaut Creek, Grand River. Rocky River, Chagrin River, Vermilion River

What: Steelhead, occaisional salmon

When: mid-September through April, strongest runs are in the Fall and Winter

NY- Licensed guides

Where: Oak Orchard, Johnson’s Creek, Sandy Creek, Chautauqua Creek, Cattaraugas Creek

What: Chinook salmon, Browns and Steelhead

When: mid-September through winter; Chinook and Browns early-steelhead later-browns and salmon wind down near the end of November

Lake Erie Smallmouth

In mid to late April, when the steelhead along the Alley start to head back to the lake.....the smallmouth move in! The tributaries of Lake Erie can provide some excellent smallmouth activity and we can help. Guide trips available for stream smallmouth during May and June!

Where: Conneaut Creek, Grand River. Rocky River, Chagrin River, Vermilion River 

When: mid-May through mid/late June is peak although we can guide these waters for smallmouth during the Summer months if water levels allow. The Grand River in particular can provide some excellent warmwater opportunities during the warmer months!