The Steelhead Guide
Monte Casey
More time learning the water.
Cleveland, OH
Walk-in steelhead fly fishing with Monte Casey.
Monte Casey’s The Steelhead Guide offers walk-in fly-fishing trips on Ohio’s Lake Erie tributaries. The service’s website emphasizes hands-on instruction in casting, rigging, reading water, fly presentation and recognizing takes. Its listed waters include the Vermilion, Rocky, Chagrin and Ashtabula rivers and Conneaut Creek.
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The water behind the trip.
Explore the rivers listed for The Steelhead Guide and see the latest available Almanac readings.
Vermilion River
TypicalAbout the range
Based on 2,261 saved readings. Statistics updated Nov 5, 2026. Typical spans the 25th–75th percentiles. Above p95 means unusually high in this gauge’s history; it is not an official flood stage. The historical rank uses the same flow model as the river page.
Vermilion River
Typical flowRising over 24 hours
About these readings
Almanac readings are separate from The Steelhead Guide’s fishing reports. Clarity is an estimate. Conditions vary along a river and do not establish access or safe wading.
Rocky River
TypicalAbout the range
Based on 2,182 saved readings. Statistics updated Nov 5, 2026. Typical spans the 25th–75th percentiles. Above p95 means unusually high in this gauge’s history; it is not an official flood stage. The historical rank uses the same flow model as the river page.
Rocky River
Typical flowRising over 24 hours
About these readings
Almanac readings are separate from The Steelhead Guide’s fishing reports. Clarity is an estimate. Conditions vary along a river and do not establish access or safe wading.
Chagrin River
HighAbout the range
Based on 2,261 saved readings. Statistics updated Nov 5, 2026. Typical spans the 25th–75th percentiles. Above p95 means unusually high in this gauge’s history; it is not an official flood stage. The historical rank uses the same flow model as the river page.
Chagrin River
High flowRising over 24 hours
About these readings
Almanac readings are separate from The Steelhead Guide’s fishing reports. Clarity is an estimate. Conditions vary along a river and do not establish access or safe wading.
Ashtabula River
TypicalReference gauge: Conneaut Creek
About the range
Based on 2,261 saved readings. Statistics updated Nov 5, 2026. Typical spans the 25th–75th percentiles. Above p95 means unusually high in this gauge’s history; it is not an official flood stage. The historical rank uses the same flow model as the river page.
Ashtabula River
Nearby gauge flowRising over 24 hours
Reference gauge: Conneaut Creek. Not a measurement on Ashtabula River.
About these readings
Almanac readings are separate from The Steelhead Guide’s fishing reports. Clarity is an estimate. Conditions vary along a river and do not establish access or safe wading. The displayed reference readings come from Conneaut Creek; they do not establish conditions on this river.
Conneaut Creek
TypicalAbout the range
Based on 2,261 saved readings. Statistics updated Nov 5, 2026. Typical spans the 25th–75th percentiles. Above p95 means unusually high in this gauge’s history; it is not an official flood stage. The historical rank uses the same flow model as the river page.
Conneaut Creek
Typical flowRising over 24 hours
About these readings
Almanac readings are separate from The Steelhead Guide’s fishing reports. Clarity is an estimate. Conditions vary along a river and do not establish access or safe wading.
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