Keep it simple, use basic colors of lures and stick to a couple of techniques Steelhead season is upon us, gift-wrapped for Christmas and set to last through Easter and beyond. It's never too late to ...
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 ...
When you’re getting ready to cast your fishing line, are you adding a bobber, float or strike indicator? Bobbers have come a long way from being just a plastic red and white ball sitting a couple feet ...
ROCKFORD — We fished hard, the three of us, for 90 minutes or so, on one of the most tried-and-true steelhead holes on the Rogue River, without as much as a sniff. Oh, our bobbers went down now and ...
Take a stroll along the Salmon Creek Greenway Trail in Vancouver and you will soon see that the cold, wet days of winter have not dampened the spirits of local fishermen. The wader-clad anglers ...
Fishermen often over-analyze a situation, make techniques and approaches too complex. We end up outsmarting ourselves. We can cite a million reasons, from the weather to the calendar, for why fish ...
ROCKFORD — I was two-for-two early on — a rainbow and a brown trout — but I wasn’t really tickled because they weren’t what we were looking for, which were summer-run steelhead. I was fishing with Jim ...
Something about bobber fishing has hooked me since childhood. It is there, very real and so enticing, but I can’t exactly tell you why it is so appealing. Perhaps it is the cadence of the float as it ...
After a snowy and saturated last few weeks in Oregon, the weather is settling down, which should help anglers targeting winter steelhead. Coastal rivers should be at good levels this weekend, while ...
There are a number of fishing opportunities for anglers this weekend, highlighted by winter steelhead in the rivers and freshly stocked trout in local lakes. Here’s a round-up of some highlights from ...
The long-awaited Boise River steelhead run is on! The first load of fish arrived Thursday, and a second batch is possible (though the total number of fish is down from previous years). A few reminders ...
Take a stroll along the Salmon Creek Greenway Trail in Vancouver and you will soon see that the cold, wet days of winter have not dampened the spirits of local fishermen. The wader-clad anglers ...