TR - Mad River, OH

A great day. Three fish, my pal catches a memorable one, I see some
feedback on a fly I tie, and I start to gain a little faith in OH trout
fishing. I'm going back tomorrow and Sunday as well; only until early
afternoon before I have to hit the road. And now, I also have to plan out
this MI adventure. I'm a pretty happy camper today...

An update: I went fishing back on the Mad on Saturday. No hatch, though it
was mostly a beautiful day ( a little light rain in the morning). I didn't
catch a thing, but I did explore the river a bit more and took a nice midday
rest by the stream that was quite relaxing. After arriving home, a beer
seemed in order. The problem was one quickly became too many; the work I
was going to do didn't get done. Because of that, and a tight trip
schedule, I didn't go on Sunday. I have yet to talk with a friend that
probably did go, but the local fly shop reports "Mad River -03/29/04- The
big news is........there was a decent Hendrickson hatch yesterday about
2:30. The bugs popped well and fish were on them. Only to be shut down with
the front today. They will probably be down with the weather moving in but
the hatch should pick up again once we get some warm weather and sunshine. A
week or so and we'll be thinking about the spinner falls at dark! Trout
season is upon us! No black stones, some Blue Quills and BWO's and some
midges. Look for Blue Quills and BWO's especially on overcast and cooler
days. Fish Henny nymphs for now until we see more adults. There have been
tons of cranefly larva around also and many reporting the large nymphs to be
working well! Go fish!"

So it looks like I missed a good hatch by a day. They'll be more I s'pose,
but I sure was hoping to catch this one. I also had to bail on the MI trip.
I ended up flying to the Upper Peninsula, ruining my chance of drive back
turning into a camp / fish return. It did rain for several days so I don't
know how much I really missed, but I don't think the rain was all that
heavy. I'll have to make a trip up there again; the planning of this failed
trip has ignited a definite interest.