Steelhead

Atlantic Steelhead – Santa Cruz River | Argentina from Fly Fishing Nation on Vimeo. This is not a Fly Fishing Nation Production, but we are truly fascinated by this very river. The Santa Crus is deeply rooted in FFN’s DNA for many various reasons. First of all, the place is breath-taking, the fishing is demanding […]

Yesterday a friend, an avid Idaho fisher who also invests a bit of time chasing steelhead with clients around the Northwest and Idaho, asked if I’d read Santella’s piece on Idaho steelhead in MC. While it’s not the most detailed look at a very complex story, it’s worth a quick spin if you haven’t already…

Michigan Trout and Steelhead from Robby Mason on Vimeo.

Getting the Idaho Steelhead Groups Back to the Table? Interesting idea from Zack Williams, editor of Swing the Fly magazine (that’s the cover of the current issue below) – As many of you know, I am personally a Clearwater river steelhead guide in Idaho. Tonight, Idaho’s steelhead season closes as a result of the threat […]

The Osprey, the International Journal of Salmon and Steelhead Conservation, dropped their September issue a few weeks back and I flat out missed it during a busy fall season. Put forth by an interesting consortium of groups (The Conservation Angler, Fly Fishers International, Steelhead Society of British Columbia, Skeena Wild, World Salmon Forum, Trout Unlimited […]

Woodman Creek Fish Passage Project Completed from California Trout on Vimeo. Attaboy.

There’s a very nice piece up on the Sage site – Swing Season – featuring a bit of prose and some stellar images; you’ll want to catch this if you’ve not seen it; it features their outstanding vid The Ghosts of Steelhead Future…

Swing Season – Ghost Of Steelhead Future from Sage Fly Fish on Vimeo. This is a story about Jon Hazlett but really, it’s a story about fish and people. Check out what Jon is up to on the Rogue River in Oregon and the lessons we can learn from the past about the importance of […]

Autumn on the Deschutes with the Renton Family from Fly Water Travel on Vimeo.

An article popped Monday in the Spokesman-Review (an unusually good print and online paper run out of Spokane, particularly when it comes to outdoor issues) – Steelhead Forecast Downgraded Again – that’s worth a read if you have any interest at all in PNW steelhead.(Image above cut from the online version of the article.) The […]

First Steelhead on the Swing from Mark Steudel on Vimeo. Last day of our three day trip down the Deschutes River. None of us had caught a steelhead yet. We were camped at a great spot, and I had found this gorgeous run the night before but didn’t catch a steelhead. So I set my […]

If you have any interest at all in wild Pacific Northwest steelhead, and you’re not reading the blog over at Wild Steelheaders, you probably should be. From their last newsletter, three worthy reads/items of interest… Four Is Enough (If you Only Read One, Read This One…) Read the full piece here. Good Science on Steelhead […]

FALL RUN by Todd Moen – Steelhead Fly Fishing from Dutch Baughman on Vimeo.

Terry Myers, a steelhead advocate and long-time angler, spent 2015 trying to catch a wild steelhead on a different river each month of the year. After successfully hooking a wild steelhead in all but two of the months, she set her sight on finding the last two fish to complete her quest. The film explores […]

Wild Steelheaders United- Myers from Admirable Devil on Vimeo.