By: Steven Theel For most Southern Oregon anglers November is a favorite time to chase fall kings on the Oregon Coast. However, I like to stay close to home in the Rogue Valley and target steelhead. For the last two months summer steelhead have seen nothing but flies on the Upper Rogue River near the […]
BROOKINGS, Ore. – There’s no shortage of quality steelhead rivers in the Pacific Northwest. From Washington’s Bogachiel and Cowlitz to Idaho’s Snake and Clearwater to Oregon’s Nestucca and Umpqua, an avid angler could easily list a dozen streams worthy of being ranked among the best. No list of top steelhead rivers would be complete without […]
Now that the holidays are over I look forward to some of the best steelhead fishing of the year on the Upper Columbia River in North Central Washington. With nearly 20,000 adult steelhead above Priest Rapids Dam there’s plenty of fish to catch around here and I’m expecting a great season. Traditionally, the season should […]
After a productive trip to the Clearwater River my old saying “Fish Till It Hurts!” immediately came to mind. It was the kind of fishing experience that literally left the clients shaking their worn out arms to try and relive the pain from the hardcore, daylong batting of Clearwater B Run steelhead. The month of […]
Christmas has nearly arrived and the winter steelhead season in Ontario is well underway. For Huron tributary anglers, big runs and hot fishing have not been the norm, and anglers are left scratching their heads for answers. Don’t panic, the end of days is not near, nor have the steelhead vanished. Mother Nature is simply […]