Just want to extend holiday wishes to all reading these reports and especially those I have guided. To those I haven’t I hope to see you on the streams and I’d love the opportunity to guide you for big steelhead on the Erie tributaries. Its been a wonderful fall season and I know the winter will be outstanding fishing as long as the creeks are open. Again I wish all a safe and happy holiday season and hope you enjoy time with family and/or in the outdoors.

I wanted to share a nice email from an angler I guided last week. Knowing a fisherman succeeds after a trip with me is the true reward of guiding, and an email like this is the best gift I will get for the holidays.

“Hello Joe,
Lee and I had a fantastic time fishing with you. Your focus on teaching and how to interpret fish reaction was very insightful. I went back to where you took me and caught 11 steelhead and 1 brown trout. Your jigs you gave me and single eggs were the ticket. I had a four cast four fish result at 4:00 on Wednesday, a first for me. I had fly fisherman asking me what I was using. I will definitely be calling on you in the future, earlier in the year I hope! Thanks for the education. -Dave.”

Dave and Lee’s report for their day with me can be found under the 12/21 post.