O Fork you have changed!

 Well I headed south at 0830 for the Mohican State Park down in Loudonville, Ohio.

Shes been running to hard to fish from January 2^nd to January 6^th and I wanted to pay her a visit. I knew it would be busy, but I wanted to show up after the sun got above the trees down in the gorge to begin to warm the air. I ate breakfast at subway down in Butler, Ohio. I needed fuel and was awarded fuel at the alarming cost of 2.35 a gallon! I continued into the park. I saw a lot of people about hiking and new fly fisherman. I walked to the dam and fished my way down through the park to about a mile below the covered bridge.

The water was murky green. It had about 14”-16” of good visibility. The flow was good for wading, but with the Fork and those darn basketball sized slick as heck boulders you needed to take your time. I hooked plenty of plant growth. This creek is not what she used to be, but it was good to get out and not be at work. I used the tried and true #8 Olive Wollybugger and used a 80.5 grain tip that was 5.75' long of T14 with the custom 6wt switch. The line I am throwing is a 375 grain max short with a 20ft head https://www.rioproducts.com/products/skagit-max. With no grabs that I could tell I would wrap up at 1400. I drove to the upper and found her a beautiful emerald green with zero anglers. I noticed new no trespassing signs in the upper with that being said please if you go there respect the sings. Enjoy the photos. I will be headed north to steelhead fish Sunday.