O.C.B.S April Speaker is Mike Veerhoef

Mike Verhoef,  the owner of Fly Fitters guide service since 2003, fishing the rivers of SW Ontario and specifically along Ontario’s West Coast. 

Mike was Introduced to a two hander in 2004 by a couple of fellow Gloomis pro staffer’s and quickly realized the benefit these long rods and line set ups would have to pursue steelhead on his home waters of the Maitland River! Mike was “hooked” and has been spey fishing ever since!

He now spends anywhere from 60-80 days a year spey fishing and guiding clients with two handers!  From his home steelhead water in SW Ontario, to the Atlantic salmon rivers in New Brunswick and his cherished couple weeks a year in Skeena country of British Columbia! 

You can learn more about Mike and what he offers on his www.flyfitters.ca website, or google him on youtube to see a number of his TV appearances from over the years, and also be sure to check out his www.speyfishingontario.ca website. 

If you have an interest in learning about the steelhead fishing on the north shore of Lake Erie, Mike will be on hand to answer your questions.

Mike has a lot of good steelheading information to share with us. This should be another great meeting that you will not want to miss

Rod Raffle: G Loomis 9” 6” Classic Steelhead Spinning Rod GLX STR 1141S

Meeting               Buffalo Wild Wings

Location:             8465 Pearl Road

                              Strongsville, OH 44136

                              440-243-9464

Date and Time:  Thursday April 25, 2019 at 7:30 PM

---

   Spring Cleanups and Kids Day Programs

O.C.B.S. supports and volunteers for the following projects. It is always important to clean up the rivers we fish. It is also important to help develop future fisher-men and fisher-women by supporting and volunteering to help and teach at metroparks kids days programs.

May 4      Conneaut Creek Clean Up
May 4,5   Black River Clean Up
May 11    Lake Metroparks Arnie’s Anglers Kids Fishing Derby at Hidden Lake
May 18    Grand River Clean Up
May 18    Cleveland Metroparks Kids Fishing Derby at Wallace Lake
May 19    Cleveland Metroparks Kids Fishing Derby at Ohio and Erie Canal
Jun 1       Rocky River Clean Up
                                Summer Break  June to August

---

 2018 – 2019 OCBS Championship Series

Steelhead Tournament

Final Results

Congratulations to John Rhoades First Place winner of the 2018-2019 OCBS Championship Series Steelhead Tournament.  John’s Largest six fish total measured 161.5 inches.

Ken Harper captured second place with six fish totaling 158. inches in length.  Adam Hillman placed third with six fish measuring 157.25 inches in length.

Awards will be presented at the 7 April 2019 Membership meeting at BW3 in Strongsville followed by the Tournament Raffle. Mark your calendar and plan on attending the event.

John Beedlow Jr.

Tournament Director

Place	Name	Steelhead Checked In (Length)
		1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Rhoades John	24.00	24.50	25.00	27.00	28.50	32.50	161.50
2	Harper Ken	25.25	25.50	26.00	26.00	26.50	28.75	158.00
3	Hillman Adam	25.00	25.75	26.25	26.50	26.88	26.88	157.25
4	Cradock Dave	24.25	25.00	25.00	26.00	26.25	26.50	153.00
5	Lancaster Ray	24.25	25.00	25.00	26.50	27.75		128.50
6	Telep Justin	24.13	25.50	25.50	26.00	26.50		127.63
7	Bryda Chris	24.00	25.00	26.50	27.50			103.00
8	Gibson Joe	24.00	25.00	25.75	26.50			101.25
9	Warren Mark	24.25	24.75	25.50	26.00			100.50
10	Smoggie John	24.00	25.00	26.00				75.00
11	Hartman John	24.00	24.00	25.25				73.25
12	Krause Keith	24.00	24.00	25.00				73.00
13	Blotzer Tom	24.50	25.50					50.00
14	Vaughn Brad	24.00	25.00					49.00
15	Smith Casey	24.00	24.50					48.50
16	King Frank	29.25						29.25
17	Calkins Brian	24.00						24.00
18	Moravec Joe	24.000						24.000
19	Reynolds Rick	24.000						24.000
20	Whal Bill	24.000						24.000
21	15 Anglers tied at:	0.000						0.000

---

 OCBS Steelhead Tournament, 7 April 2019 Results

The 5th Leg of the OCBS “Members Only” Steelhead Tournament was held on Sunday 7 April 2019.  A bright beautiful day with temperatures in the high sixties.   The Legacy streams were in decent shape and held good numbers of fresh and holdover fish.   Water temps were in the upper forties and the bite was rather slow.

A total of 16 fish 24 inches or greater in length were checked in for the Tournament Leg.

All in all a pleasant day to be out on Steelhead Alley.

Congratulations to John Rhoades who placed first with two fish measuring 32.50 and 28.50 inches.  Justin Telep and Ken Harper placed 2^nd and 3^rd respectively.

John Beedlow, Jr.

Tournament Director

Place	Name	Fish #1	Fish #2	TTL Length
1	Rhoades John	32.50	28.50	61.00
2	Telep Justin	26.50	26.00	52.50
3	Harper Ken	26.00	25.00	51.00
4	Gibson Joe	25.75	25.00	50.75
5	Blotzer Tom	25.50	24.50	50.00
6	Lancaster Ray	25.00	25.00	50.00
7	Warren Mark	25.50	0.00	25.50
8	Calkins Brian	24.00	0.00	24.00
9	Hartman John	24.00	0.00	24.00
10	Moravec Joe	24.00	0.00	24.00
11	25 Members tied at:	0.00	0.00	0.00

Notice: New 2019 Ohio Fishing Licenses are required by March 1st 2019!

---

This February is the OCBS Annual Steelhead Workshop

 

 

 

 

 

Come and join us in an evening of education, camaraderie and fun. This meeting is one you do not what to miss, the meeting is focused around getting to know your follow members and education. No matter if you have been running up and down the rivers for twenty plus years or just getting started in the game, you will lean something new. We will have eleven learning stations set up around the room covering everything from 101 spin to near shore lake trolling, throw in some fly tying and anything to do with the fish that we love. See you all soon!

Location is Buffalo Wild Wings, Pearl Road, February 28, 2019 at 7:30pm.

Jeff Liskay

---

OCBS 2018-2019 STEELHEAD TOURNAMENT

Next Tournament dates are: 17 March 2019, 7 April 2019

CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES STEELHEAD TOURNAMENT                                                                                          9 December 2018  3rd Leg

		FISH	FISH	TOTAL
#	Name	#1	#2	LENGTH
1	Harper Ken	28.75	25.25	54.00
2	Bryda Chris	27.50	26.50	54.00
3	Hillman Adam	26.875	26.875	53.75
4	Cradock Dave	26.50	26.00	52.50
5	Telep Justin	26.00	25.50	51.50
6	Vaughn Brad	25.00	24.00	49.00
7	Rhoades John	24.50	24.00	48.50
8	Krause Keith	24.00	24.00	48.00
9	Smoggie John	25.00		25.00
10	Smith Casey	24.50		24.50
11	Reynolds Rick	24.00		24.00
12	Annandono Mike			0.00
13	Beedlow John III			0.00
14	Beedlow John Jr			0.00
15	Blotzer Tom			0.00
16	Calkins Brian			0.00
17	DiRuggiero  Shane			0.00
18	Dykes Jim			0.00
19	Fronck Jon			0.00
20	Furlong Chris			0.00
21	Gibson Joe			0.00
22	Grossnickle Scott			0.00
23	Hartman John			0.00
24	King Frank			0.00
25	Kress Kyle			0.00
26	Kress Paul			0.00
27	Lancaster Ray			0.00
28	Moravec Joe			0.00
29	Ober Les			0.00
30	Pavlick Bill			0.00
31	Pavlick Tony			0.00
32	Singleton Larry			0.00
33	Tancak Eric			0.00
34	Warren Mark			0.00
35	Whal Bill			0.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 18 NOVEMBER 2018 LEG RESULTS                                                                                              The 2nd Leg of the OCBS “Members Only” Steelhead Tournament was held on Sunday 19 November 2018.  An overcast day with intermittent rain showers/drizzle. Air temperatures were in the mid-thirties. Precipitation earlier in the week resulted in high flow rates and turbidity in the major streams.  The Chagrin and Ashtabula Rivers had favorable conditions and held good numbers of fish which were spread out in the systems.  Anglers reported catching multiple fish with the majority measuring under 24 inches.

  A total of 15 fish 24 inches or greater were check in for the Tournament.

  Congratulations to Adam Hillman who placed first with two fish measuring 26.50 and 25.00 inches respectively.

		FISH	FISH	TOTAL
#	Name	#1	#2	LENGTH
1	Hillman Adam	26.50	25.00	51.50
2	Warren Mark	26.00	24.75	50.75
3	Harper Ken	25.50	25.00	50.50
4	King Frank	29.25		29.25
5	Lancaster Ray	27.75		27.75
6	Gibson Joe	26.50		26.50
7	Cradock Dave	26.25		26.25
8	Krause Keith	25.50		25.50
9	Telep Justin	25.50		25.50
10	Bryda Chris	25.00		25.00
11	Smith Casey	24.00		24.00
12	Whal Bill	24.00		24.00

 

4 NOVEMBER 2018 LEG RESULTS

The 1st Leg of the OCBS Members Only Steelhead Tournament was held on Sunday 4 November 2018.  A partly cloudy day with temperatures in the mid-fifties. Heavy rains earlier in the week had the major tributaries blown out. However, the smaller streams and high gradient tributaries were fishable with adequate flow and visibility. Record rain fall earlier in the week triggered good numbers of fresh fish into the river systems.

Anglers enjoyed steady action throughout the day, but the majority of fish were under 24 inches in length. A total of 10 fish over 24 inches long were check in for the tournament.

Congratulations to Ray Lancaster who placed first with two fish measuring 26.5 and 24.25 inches respectively.

4 November 2018 Leg Results

		FISH	FISH	TOTAL
#	Name	#1	#2	LENGTH
1	Lancaster Ray	26.50	24.25	50.75
2	Cradock Dave	25.00	25.00	50.00
3	Harper Ken	24.50	24.75	49.25
4	Hillman Adam	25.00	24.25	49.25
5	Rhoades John	24.00	25.00	49.00

 

“25 Anglers in Six Place”

The 2^nd Tournament Leg will be held Sunday 18 November 2018. Be sure to mark your calendar and plan on fishing this Leg.

John Beedlow
Tournament Director

January 31st Speaker At the Firehouse

Noted Michigan fly fisherman, Kevin Feenstra, will be the featured speaker at the January 31 Ohio Central Basin Steelheader meeting at the Firehouse in Willoughby Hills, OH. Kevin’s passion is swinging flies for migratory fish, but he loves to fly fish for any predator that swims.   He now resides in Newaygo, Michigan, guiding around 200 days/year on the Muskegon River System (and fishing whenever he can).   His flies have been published in books, magazines, and online and he has written articles for international, national, and regional fly fishing magazines.

Kevin is featured in a handful of DVDs and has authored current DVDs for steelhead and smallmouth bass. His most recent title is “Striking Steel” a DVD about Midwestern steelhead fishing.   Other current titles are “Searching for Steelhead” and “Big Appetite, small mouth”.

All OCBS meetings are open to the public and free. You do not need to be a member to attend.

Date: January 31, 2019
Time: Meeting starts at 7:30 PM
Place: Firehouse Grille & Pub 2768 Stark Drive Willoughby Hills, OH 44094
 

---

OCBS 2018-2019 STEELHEAD TOURNAMENT

CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES STEELHEAD TOURNAMENT                                                                                          9 December 2018  3rd Leg

		FISH	FISH	TOTAL
#	Name	#1	#2	LENGTH
1	Harper Ken	28.75	25.25	54.00
2	Bryda Chris	27.50	26.50	54.00
3	Hillman Adam	26.875	26.875	53.75
4	Cradock Dave	26.50	26.00	52.50
5	Telep Justin	26.00	25.50	51.50
6	Vaughn Brad	25.00	24.00	49.00
7	Rhoades John	24.50	24.00	48.50
8	Krause Keith	24.00	24.00	48.00
9	Smoggie John	25.00		25.00
10	Smith Casey	24.50		24.50
11	Reynolds Rick	24.00		24.00
12	Annandono Mike			0.00
13	Beedlow John III			0.00
14	Beedlow John Jr			0.00
15	Blotzer Tom			0.00
16	Calkins Brian			0.00
17	DiRuggiero  Shane			0.00
18	Dykes Jim			0.00
19	Fronck Jon			0.00
20	Furlong Chris			0.00
21	Gibson Joe			0.00
22	Grossnickle Scott			0.00
23	Hartman John			0.00
24	King Frank			0.00
25	Kress Kyle			0.00
26	Kress Paul			0.00
27	Lancaster Ray			0.00
28	Moravec Joe			0.00
29	Ober Les			0.00
30	Pavlick Bill			0.00
31	Pavlick Tony			0.00
32	Singleton Larry			0.00
33	Tancak Eric			0.00
34	Warren Mark			0.00
35	Whal Bill			0.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                 18 NOVEMBER 2018 LEG RESULTS                                                                                              The 2nd Leg of the OCBS “Members Only” Steelhead Tournament was held on Sunday 19 November 2018.  An overcast day with intermittent rain showers/drizzle. Air temperatures were in the mid-thirties. Precipitation earlier in the week resulted in high flow rates and turbidity in the major streams.  The Chagrin and Ashtabula Rivers had favorable conditions and held good numbers of fish which were spread out in the systems.  Anglers reported catching multiple fish with the majority measuring under 24 inches.

  A total of 15 fish 24 inches or greater were check in for the Tournament.

  Congratulations to Adam Hillman who placed first with two fish measuring 26.50 and 25.00 inches respectively.

		FISH	FISH	TOTAL
#	Name	#1	#2	LENGTH
1	Hillman Adam	26.50	25.00	51.50
2	Warren Mark	26.00	24.75	50.75
3	Harper Ken	25.50	25.00	50.50
4	King Frank	29.25		29.25
5	Lancaster Ray	27.75		27.75
6	Gibson Joe	26.50		26.50
7	Cradock Dave	26.25		26.25
8	Krause Keith	25.50		25.50
9	Telep Justin	25.50		25.50
10	Bryda Chris	25.00		25.00
11	Smith Casey	24.00		24.00
12	Whal Bill	24.00		24.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 23 Anglers in Thirteenth Place                                                                                                    John Beedlow Jr                                                                                                                 Tournament Director

---

4 NOVEMBER 2018 LEG RESULTS

The 1st Leg of the OCBS Members Only Steelhead Tournament was held on Sunday 4 November 2018.  A partly cloudy day with temperatures in the mid-fifties. Heavy rains earlier in the week had the major tributaries blown out. However, the smaller streams and high gradient tributaries were fishable with adequate flow and visibility.   Record rain fall earlier in the week triggered good numbers of fresh fish into the river systems.

Anglers enjoyed steady action throughout the day, but the majority of fish were under 24 inches in length.   A total of 10 fish over 24 inches long were check in for the tournament.

Congratulations to Ray Lancaster who placed first with two fish measuring 26.5 and 24.25 inches respectively.

4 November 2018 Leg Results

		FISH	FISH	TOTAL
#	Name	#1	#2	LENGTH
1	Lancaster Ray	26.50	24.25	50.75
2	Cradock Dave	25.00	25.00	50.00
3	Harper Ken	24.50	24.75	49.25
4	Hillman Adam	25.00	24.25	49.25
5	Rhoades John	24.00	25.00	49.00

 

                                                    “ 25 Anglers in Six Place”

The 2^nd Tournament Leg will be held Sunday 18 November 2018.  Be sure to mark your calendar and plan on fishing this Leg.   

Tournament Director
John Beedlow Jr