Local Preferred Guides & Services

Fly Fishing Guide - Northeastern Ohio Tributaries (Great Lakes Steelhead)  & Alaska West Guide

Guide Bio for Matthew Hynes: 

       "I grew up in Northeast Ohio fishing as soon as I was able to hold a pole.  Attended OSU, but decided the corporate world was not for me.  I took a 10 month vacation, then got recruited into retail as a department manager at Newman Outfitters in Solon.  The store went out of business, and I got thrown into the fire!  I've been guiding full-time ever since.  In the Fall I guide for steelhead on Lake Erie tribs at Chagrin River Outfitters.  Winter I tie 200+ dozen flies for Alaska West ( I have patterns being commercially tied by Solitude Fly Co).  Spring it's back to steelhead!  And from the end on May through the end of September I am a senior guide for Alaska West on the Kanentok and Arolik Rivers." Visit them at www.alaskawest.com

For a guided steelhead trip, the stats are as follows:

All trips are 8 hours!

• Provided lunch (sandwiches, chips, cookies, drinks, hot soup) and appetizers (usually smoked salmon or venison sausage, cheese, crackers, and fruit)

• Included in the trip is also FREE wader rental, all flies, tippet, leaders, etc.  Rod rental for available.

• We will not go to a crowded spot and make the same cast all day.  I guide trips as if I was taking out friends.  I spent 228 days on the water last year fishing and guiding, and this is my full-time job. 

•  These rivers are great for swinging flies and Spey casting!  My skills were honed by the anglers who developed the techniques everyone uses today. I guide with these awesome fisherman in Alaska, and their names speak for themselves: George Cook, Ed Ward, Dec Hogan, and Mike Mercer.

Dates are filling up.  Send me an email to book a trip! Beginners are more than welcome! 

Matt Hynes

eagle137@yahoo.com

Shop # 440.247.7110 Chagrin River Outfitters

Fly Fishing Guide - Northeastern Ohio Tributaries (Steelhead & Smallmouth)

Guide Bio for Brett McCrae: 

• Local (Northern Ohio) smallmouth bass and steelhead fly fishing guide with intimate knowledge of Northeast Ohio waters

• Graduate of Western Rivers Guide School in Jackson Wyoming, oldest guide school in the country

• Experience fly-fishing all over the country and world, both fresh and saltwater

• Expert fly tier and casting instructor

• Employed by local fly fishing shops as guide, shop employee, fly tier, and casting instructor

• Brett is a guide through Chagrin River Outfitters and can be contacted there......

• Resident fly fishing pro for flyandfloatfishing.com, Writes articles and video / podcast on fly fishing.

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Fly Fishing Guide - Ohio Streams & Tributaries (Steelhead, Trout, & Smallmouth)

Guide Bio for Patrick Robinson: 

          Patrick “Flybum” Robinson hails from Middlefield, Ohio in the heart of “Steelhead Alley.” His fly-fishing experience has taken him coast-to-coast in pursuit of various warm and cold water species. He is an accomplished writer, photographer, fly-tier, and public speaker.  He currently serves on the Steelhead Pro-staff for Mad River Outfitters in Columbus Ohio.

• Check Out My Recent Adventures at www.flyfishblogger.com/flybum

• Certified in Wilderness First Aid and CPR through the Wilderness Medical Association

• Experience extends from high alpine trout to small stream bass

• Guides Service for Trout, Smallmouth, and Steelhead in Ohio

•  Patrick currently guides through Mad River Outfitters & Steelhead Alley Outfitters 

Fly Fishing Guide - Ohio Streams & Tributaries (Steelhead, Trout, & Salmon)

Guide Bio for Greg Senyo: Steelhead Alley Outfitters 

My name is Greg Senyo and I am an Orvis Endorsed fly fishing guide and contract fly tier. My weakness is steelhead fly fishing on Ohio's Wild and Scenic Lake Erie Tributaries. I Grew up in Girard Pennsylvania and had the pleasure of being within walking distance to the Famed Elk Creek and its tremendous runs of fall and spring steelhead since I was 8.

• Orvis Endorsed Guide

• Own & operate Steelhead Alley Outfitters and Jag Fly Company which provides Quality Catch and Release Fly fishing and Spey only guided trips with a staff of 10.

• Provide educational schools and on the water clinics and host several trips a year across the country for trout, steelhead, and salmon

      Jag fly Company offers Great Lakes steelhead/salmon and trout flies to the public on-line and through regional fly shops at affordable prices and several fly tying classes and seminars for fly shops abroad. I am a Proud member of the NW Ohio Field Staff that writes a monthly column for Ohio Country Angling Magazine which is dedicated to the preservation of Ohio heritage and educating Ohio anglers in the ways of newer techniques and proper care for Ohio's wild life and Natural resources. This year I will have featured 5 great new fly patterns in the 2008 Orvis Catalog for both steelhead and trout. I am also a certified police officer in Ohio and serve  as a Corporal for the Village of Wayne Police Department. For our Community and Department I am a certified instructor for Ohio's "Hooked on fishing not on drugs" program for children and young troubled teens.

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