It’s a beautiful time of year on the Lake Erie tributaries. But low, clear water can scare many anglers away, as these conditions can produce spooky steelhead that will run for the hills the. . .
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Podcast: The Secret Life of Steelhead, with John McMillan
This week, my guest is noted steelhead angler and scientist John McMillen of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. John’s fascinating discussion of why steelhead do what they do (and the challenges they face) held me in absolute fascination. I am sure you’ll . . .
Read MorePhotos: An Amazing First-Time Steelhead
A couple weeks ago, a father hired me to guide him, his wife, his daughter, and her husband. The father and mother had fished 30 years ago, and the the other couple had never picked up a rod before. At this point in the season, I had planned to take them. . .
Read MoreVideo: Giant Olympic Peninsula Steelhead
Video: Giant Olympic Peninsula Steelhead
Author Phil MonahanPosted on April 17, 2019Categories Fly Fishing
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Here’s the second installment of the “Buffet Series” from Gilbert Rowley and Phil Tuttle. In this video, they chase wild steelhead on the Olympic Peninsula, near Forks, Washington. Fishing with Orvis-endorsed guide service Chrome Chasers, they seem . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Tie the Steelhead Woolly Bugger
As Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions notes in his latest video, it’s hard to think of a fish that won’t eat a well-presented Woolly Bugger. Tim’s steelhead-specific pattern offers a few tweaks to the . . .
Read MoreClassic Podcast: Advanced Steelhead Tips with Damon Newpher
Damon shows of a fine steelie from a Lake Erie trib.
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This week’s podcast is on Great Lakes steelhead fishing, in particular the tributaries to Lake Erie. Damon Newpher, longtime Orvis-endorsed guide, offers advanced tips on some of the . . .
Read MorePhotos and Story: A DIY Trip for Alaskan Chrome
The author fulfilled his Alaskan dream with a little help from his Instagram friends.
Photos by Mario Guel
Since I was a child, I have dreamed of visiting Alaska. When I was six years old, in 1986, I played a video game called, “King Salmon,” in which you’d troll on the Kenai River and catch giant king salmon—some over 100 pounds! I loved it. Then in . . .
Read MoreAction Alert: Help Protect the Trout, Salmon, and Steelhead of Oregon’s Nehalem River Watershed
Written by: Tracy Nguyen-Chung
The Nehalem River could use even more protection than that proposed by the State of Oregon.
Photo by Tracy Nguyen-Chung
Oregon’s North Coast is an incomparable wonder, and home to the Nehalem River. (Nehalim is Salish for “place where people live.”) Lush forests, a sweeping coastal estuary, and miles of . . .
Read MorePhoto and Story: A Summer Steelhead on a Mouse Pattern
Baptiste had come a long way to catch such a stunning fish on a mouse pattern.
Photo by Devon Carr
As fly fishers, we often believe that we deserve a fish. Perhaps you deserve that fish because you made so many great casts and drifts. or you believe that your bad luck is due to run out. This . . .
Read MoreClassic Video: My First Fish, Through the Eyes of a Child
Wow. Seriously, this is one of the most moving videos we have ever featured on the Fly Fishing blog. “My First Fish” the story of a five-year-old boy’s first experience with steelhead, and it’s. . .
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