The Lake Erie tribs were low and clear. The deep pools of Walnut and Elk Creeks held numerous fish, but they were uninterested in feeding. The feeding fish were moving into the faster runs. The problem at hand was finding fast runs that were deep enough to hold fish. Once we found those runs, we found the chrome we sought.
We hit Walnut Creek at daylight. There were already many folks on the creek. Before the sun was up, Greg hooked into his first steelhead of the season on an emerald shiner. This fish was relentless. He just kept running. I thought Greg had lost his touch with landing steelhead on the fly. When I finally netted the ol' boy, I realized what his problem was....he had hooked into a 30" 12lb bruiser buck. What a way to start the year. 
We worked our way up the creek and the masses of fisherman continued to file in behind us. I was able to hook into my first steelhead at the waterfall. A nice 25" hen. The skunk was off. Walnut Creek was full of fisherman. So, by 8:00am, we decided to move on to our old friend the Elk.
We covered a lot of water this fine day, but the exercise was worth it. We found the runs where the chrome was feeding and in the end we landed about 15 steelhead between us. You can catch fish in poor conditions, but you have to do your due diligence to find them and give them what they want.
