Last week, my brother Sam and I set off for New York’s Salmon River on our annual pilgrimage to get in the holiday spirit by chasing steelhead with our Spey rods. The water was low and a bit . . .
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We have previously featured cool sculpin, March Brown, and midge patterns by New Jersey fly tier John Collins, and now he’s back with a cool steelhead pattern in the latest video from . . .
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Drew Nisbet, Fishing Manager of Orvis Buffalo, released this cool, self-shot video today, featuring some gorgeous scenery, fall foliage, and a fine Cattaraugus Creek steelhead. Here’s his . . .
Read MoreWritten by: Dan Gracia, Orvis Sporting Traditions Specialist
Throughout most of the Pacific Northwest, steelhead young spend a year in their native rivers before they smolt and head out to sea. This smolting process is the changing of the. . .
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Here’s a beautiful new film from Let Media, which includes cinematography by Orvis ambassador Becca Skinner. A Steelhead Quest: Portrait of a Rivered Life follows Terry Skinner, a . . .
Read MoreWritten by: Andrew Thomas, Picabo Angler
In March, I proposed to my girlfriend of six years, Whitney, on the banks of the Salmon River in Idaho. I had been telling her for some time–only partly tongue-in-cheek–that she would get a . . .
Read MoreWritten by: Tom Revis, Fishing Manager at Orvis Westlake
March is peak steelhead season here in northeastern Ohio, and a few good friends were ready to make the annual trip up north. Braving inclement and unpredictable weather, we planned the . . .
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No other filmmaker has chronicled Midwestern fly fishing like Robert Thompson (a.k.a. thirdyearflyfisher). In films such as “The Brothers Brown,” “Reverb,” “Heart of the Driftless,” . . .
Read MoreWritten by: Kubie Brown
I headed to New York’s Salmon River last week, hoping to land a few steelhead to kill the winter blues. When I got there, I found that the river had risen quickly overnight and that the day . . .
Read MoreWritten by: Chuck Hawkins, Hawkins Outfitters
Most fly anglers eagerly await the start of the spring steelhead run. Here what I believe are the top five spring steelhead flies and when to use them. Any list of the top five steelhead flies for spring. . .
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