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…

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                                                                                                                                            …

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                                                                              …