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Steelhead Season!

Friend, rep, guide, author etc….Jerry Darkes took an evening’s worth of R n R to do a bit of product testing at the mouth of the Chagrin River on October 19th.

Here is a lake-fresh male steelhead that hit a new pattern he and Jeff Liskay have been throwing in river mouth and breakwall areas. Tied on the Eumer Jighead tube with a healthy amount of the new Krinkle Mirror Flash (coming soon). The “Flash and Fall” pattern is proving productive and it too will soon be available at MRO. You can see the size 2 Daiichi hook firmly stuck in this chromers jaw and the fly has slid down leader, making unhooking the fish quick and simple.

JD was casting Scientific Angler’s new Coastal Express line. A long, quick strip with a pause allowing the fly to “fall and flash” is triggering strikes. Pat Kelly has been using on Muskies recently and swears by it for the cooler weather!


Congrats to our friends Mamie and Kelly. A few pics here from an MRO guide trip on 10/20/10 on Elk Creek in PA. We set them up on a guide trip with Patrick Robinson of SAO and they had a great time (of course).


MRO serves as a full booking agent for guides like Patrick Robinson, Jerry Darkes, Jeff Liskay and more! See our website for full bios on all of our guides.

Stay tuned for more news and updates. Any day now we will be posting a page with links to all the cool new stuff out there for Steelheaders.

* Click Here for information on our Steelhead Guide Trips

* Click Here to check out our “Steelhead Central” page- cool links and charts

Mad River Outfitters

813 Bethel Rd.

Columbus, Ohio 43214

614-451-0363

Steelhead Alley Outfitters

Almost two years ago now we sat down with Greg Senyo and Patrick Robinson of SAO and discussed how we could help each other out. A solid partnership was formed and the rest is history.

Mad River Outfitters is proud to offer the services of Steelhead Alley Outfitters. They serve as our “staff” of professional fly fishing guides in the Lake Erie/Great Lakes region. All services of Steelhead Alley Outfitters can be booked directly through Mad River Outfitters. Basically, they will be doing the guiding and we will be doing the outfitting. We also stock all of the gear, flies and accessories that are needed for a successful trip and recommended by them. More on our partnership with Steelhead Alley Outfitters can be found on the “Guide Service” page of our website. Spring 2010 trips booking now!!!!

Steelhead Alley Weekend March 12th and 13th

Our guests will be Greg Senyo and Patrick Robinson of SAO! Stop by!

Friday night presentation at 7:00 is FREE – just call to RSVP

click here for more details


* New Photo page started- Steelhead Alley 2010 Season

We’ll be adding photos of guide trips as they happen. Be sure to send us your photos and we’ll try to post them!

* Be sure to see our “Steelhead Central” page- all the hot links in one spot