Beyond the Bobber - Greg Senyo

I'm super pumped; TCO will be hosting one of my good friends, and fellow fly fisherman, Greg Senyo. Before I give you the real write up, I have to say, Greg is an awesome dude, and every time I call and bother him before my annual Ohio Steelhead trip, he is always full of helpful info. I can't wait to bring him to the Reading store for a day of Steelhead tying and discussion. Let’s see if he can convince me to never throw a bobber again, Good Luck Greg!!!! 

Greg’s Bio

 An avid fly fisher and fly tier on Lake Erie Tributaries for steelhead since childhood. Greg has dedicated the past 20 years to perfecting his fly fishing and tying techniques while fishing and guiding tributaries most anglers today call Steelhead Alley.

 Greg is the owner and operator of Senyo’s Steelhead Alley Outfitters, which is an all inclusive educational fly fishing guide service on Lake Erie Tributaries. Along with a dedicated staff of seasoned professionals, Steelhead Alley Outfitters has become notorious for the level of service they provide to their guests in all phases of fly fishing and fly tying.

  Greg is also actively working with Hareline Dubbin Inc. and Flymen Fishing Company on new product development, fly tying materials, and testing of the latest fly fishing tackle. Greg is a contract tier for the Orvis Company, winning the prestigious fly tier of the year award in 2008. Greg is also a member of numerous pro staffs around the country. Many of Greg’s patterns have been featured in national publications, fly fishing books, and magazine articles. Some of these patterns have helped inspire the way toward new age Great Lakes fly pattern design.

 Greg’s many other activities include fly fishing around the country, writing for several outdoor and sporting publications, Participating in regional charity events, fundraisers, and youth organizations were fly fishing is the focus.  

 Greg also makes time and serves his community where he is the Sergeant for the Village of Wayne Police Department in Wood County, Ohio. Greg is the department field training officer, and certified instructor for the states hooked on fishing not on drugs campaign. This state program was designed to help steer at risk children toward fishing 

 Come Join Greg for a private 4 hour fly tying class on Feb. 22nd from 8:00am until Noon, Then hang out after for his power point presentation "Beyond the Bobber Swinging"

Cost is 100.00 for the class, ALL materials are included, snacks and "cold" beverages will be served throughout the day!!!
 
Email me Jake@tcoflyfishing.com or call 610-678-1899 to sign up now. Spaces are limited 

Lets Try This Again - Ohio

After a few tying sessions mixed with beer, and virtually no planning, Leland and I were headed west to Ohio to try it again. If you remember from our last trip, cold weather and slush made it almost impossible to fish the Ohio tribs, so we headed over to Elk and landed one fish. So this time, heading up in November instead of January, we were hoping for a better outcome. But hey its steelhead fishing, anything can happen.

We started off our trip on the Chagrin, going back to the same place we hooked the only 2 fish of the day, last trip. We fished for a while, leaves and high wind made it difficult to get good clean drifts, so we headed up stream. We walked around the corner and found a sweet run, looked deep, with a slight riffle to it. About 15 mins later I had a beautiful hen in the net. Seeing almost no one all day, it was an awesome day, Leland hooked 3 and lost them all, so 4 fish on was already better than last year.

Day 2 we headed to the Conneaut, to a spot Casey told us about. The water was a bit high and off color, but man was it a sweet section of river. No fish there, so we headed up river to a spot we looked at the last time we were there. Not a person on the river, and again some awesome looking water, we nymphed a while with no love, so I put a sink tip on and started swinging the slower water. After a bit of a quite spell, I hear Leland yelling "theres a fish!", I look up to see a chrome fish jumping out of the water. After that we went 3 for 3 and one on the swing. It was an awesome trip.