My baptism in steelhead fishing began with a bang. At least as much of a bang as a .22 pistol can make in a canyon smothered by fog. Of the gun I recall nothing beyond its barrel. Nor, oddly enough, ...

The “Egg-Sucking Leech” has proven to be a very effective fly pattern for anglers targeting steelhead in the Chautauqua County Lake Erie tributaries. Photo courtesy of FleegersFlies.com The winter ...

Gather up the gumption and your cold-weather gear and head to Traverse City for winter steelhead fishing on river frontage devoid of the elbow-to-elbow crowds of the spring run. Steelhead can be ...

With steelhead starting to swim into the tributaries of Lake Erie, an expert fisherman and fly creator points out that fishing doesn’t have to be complicated. “The easiest thing you can do is grab an ...

Adam McInerney is pictured with a nice steelhead taken at Cattaraugus Creek using a center-pin rug with a “jig bug” under a small float. Submitted photo With multiple tributaries in Chautauqua County ...

Here is the latest fishing report from Dave Graybill, longtime Eastern Washington outdoor radio host and angler: Steelhead fishing is open on a couple of our area streams and the main stem Columbia ...

Across the Upper Midwest and Northeast, winter is steelhead season. Starting around Halloween and lasting through February — if your feet and hands can take it — anglers flock to Great Lakes ...

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Altmar, N.Y. — Winter is Shane Muckey’s favorite time of year for one reason: Salmon River steelhead. Muckey, 56, owns Altmar Outfitters lodge and fish cleaning station, a local landmark familiar to ...

Fishing continues to be good this week in southwest Washington rivers. Nice catches of steelhead are being had in the Wynoochee, Chehalis, Humptulips, Cowlitz and Kalama rivers. Steelhead fishing also ...