Kid's Board



Kurt Kimble, grandson of George Grether with Kurt's 1st Steelhead

Veiw Kids Board

OCBS Members Only Tournaments 
Two tournaments remain to determine the winners for each event!
3/16/2008 - Last leg of the Series Tournament
3/30/2008 - last leg of the Fly Tournament


2008 Membership Dues
2008 membership fees were due January 1, 2008. A membership renewal notice was mailed to each member in December. Please complete the membership form and return it along with your check to the OCBS PO Box in the pre-addressed envelope provided.

Not sure if you have paid your dues this year? Look at the address printed on the cover of your newsletter. If it lists a renewal date of 1/1/08, we have not yet received your 2008 dues. If is lists a renewal date of 1/1/09, you are paid up for 2008. Also, if it lists STS 08, you have also paid for an STS subscription for 2008.

OCBS Membership for December 2007
Current Membership is 310

As always a  special thanks to our new members for caring enough about our steelhead to get involved and by joining OCBS to help insure our steelhead are here today and for future generations. We recognize new members by adding their names to our New Members page.  When a new member attends their first OCBS Membership Meeting we ask that you check-in with Jim Pale, Membership Chairman and/or Tom Blitzer, Vice President so they can introduce you to the attending membership.     see Membership Page 
  
Free Newsletter Classified
Ads for our Members
As a service to our membership, we offer free classified ads in our newsletter for fishing equipment and boats. To place an ad in the newsletter, please send information via email to the newsletter editor Tom Blotzer, at steele2000@oh.rr.com
or call him at (440) 327-7001



Join Grand River Partners  
Grand River Partners, Inc. has permanently protected over 3000 acres of the Grand River Watershed as an individual organization and has helped to protect over 30,000 acres through what is known as the Grand River Partnership.

OCBS is a member of Grand River Partners and fully supports their conservation efforts. They have been doing an excellent job protecting and preserving these prime steelhead waters. 

OCBS recommends that you consider joining this fine organization and helping them preserve this valuable natural resource for future generations of steelheaders and others who love the spending time along the Grand River. If you would like to become a member of Grand River Partners, Inc. you can visit their website at www.grandriverpartners.org to register and support our efforts

Please Join
Friends of Conneaut Creek

OCBS is a member 
of Friends of Conneaut Creek and fully supports their conservation efforts. They have made great strides in the preservation of these prime steelhead waters for us to enjoy

Individuals can join the Friends of Conneaut Creek for a tax deductible donation of $15 per year. Join today and show your support of their creek access and conservation efforts. For more information and a membership application go to their web site at www.friendsofconneautcreek.com 

Rocky river Watershed Council
The mission of the Rocky River Watershed Council is to protect, restore, and perpetuate a healthy
watershed through public education, watershed planning, communication, and cooperation among stakeholders.

It cost you nothing but your time to participate in this important worthwhile organization. Visit there web site www.myrockyriver.org for
 more details.

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Rodmakers Shop
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    Steelheaders News 2008 - 2009 

January 24, 2008 - Eastside Membership Meeting

Speaker: Les Ober, OCBS Education Chairman - will present a very informative reading the water program. If you can't read water, you are missing opportunities to catch more fish regardless of the species you are trying to catch.

Les is a long time member of OCBS not to mention an accomplished steelheader. His leadership in our organization is education. Part of duties include organization of  our successful club members On-River Seminars which occurs two times a year. 

Les is a dedicated fly fisherman and is always looking for other ways to fish flies. During the past few years he has been playing around with two handle spay rods and switch rods that have caught the interest of Ohio fly fisherman recently. Les will tell you that there is a good learning curve with these rod and a good approach to get started is to attend instruction class. Yes we do have members that can teach you professionally the basic of using these rods. Les can provide you with information if you are interested. 



Christmas Party Photos

Jeff and Melanie Zvara organizers of our Christmas raffle 

130 members/guest attend the party


2007 Christmas Party Photos
 
 


90th Birthday Celebration


Happy Birthday to YOU!
This year it happened that Don Mayor's 90th birthday was the day of our Christmas Party. The club presented him with a birthday cake, OCBS cap, and plaque. Don is the young guy in the photo on the left, Debby and son Mike. 

Don's 90th Birthday Photos
 


OCBS Members Newsletters Archive


Next month you can expect to see a new link to Newsletters Archive. It will contain a history of newsletters sent to members begging with January 2008. The current newsletter will not be available until the following month. In other words it will always be a month behind. 

 


OCBS Members Series Tournament Results 
Winter event -
January 6, 2007
 
Craig Teleski  won 1st Place - 58"
Tom Krause 2nd Place - 57"
Dan Haude 3rd Place - 54"

Tournament Results

Members Photos December 2007  

Scientific Anglers product engineer Bruce Richards and member Will Turek researching fly lines for Ohio Steelheaders.
 
View Photos  

 

 December 2007 GLSF Newsletters
 
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