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As the the Great Lakes winter is upon us our prime fishing times for steelhead and trout will be later into the day as temperatures warm and with a very strong dusk bite! Each year we offer a winter special. So for 295.00- one or two all tackle and

Nushagak Kings – Best Of The BEST by Scott Haugen Salmon Trout Steelheader Magazine – February 2006 One of the largest predicted king runs in recent years saw anglers hitting Alaska’s Nushagak River with high hopes and a record bur

This Saturday November 19 @ 9am If you are a steelhead fly tier you know OPST. They have been at the front of tying innovation when it comes to intruders shank flies and more. This Saturday  Nov 19th @ 9am to learn all sorts of tips and tricks a

Rocky River was named one of the “150 Best Places to fish in America” in the June 2007 issue of Field and Stream magazine (Note: The fishing report is updated monthly in June July and August and weekly every other month) ***June 2 2011 a

The 2012 Clinton River Steelhead One-Pattern/Lure Tournament is at Yates Park Saturday March 31. Registration begins at 8:00 and fishing begins at 9:00.  Anglers are allowed to fish one lure or fly pattern all day.  Please also attend the F

                                           ( My personal best  20+ this spring on my CDC dry during the early black stonefly hatch on

High water & first snows accross the U.P. region here lately. Some of the highest water levels in our streams that I have ever seen for this time of this fishing season. Regardless some very high quality Steelhead and Brown Trout are available. S

Recorded: 92 ° F Fishing: Fair Deschutes River Redside Trout & Summer Steelhead Reports —————————————————————&mdash

First chrome steelhead landed! (fall 2016 campaign)...we need WATER!!!!...don't need no more 70/80F temps like predicting next week...December is coming folks..I will eat the first snowflakes like an icy!! Think cold thoughts!

Trout Terrestrials and Tricos Posted by  Ted Kraimer  -  July 21 2015 Trout fishing has been decent lately with more fish looking up in the daytime hours now that hatches aren’t prolific and fish need to keep their eyes open for

Full Moon cycle over which brought some gorgeous steelhead in water- perfect conditions temp 36F- Had a great couple days with clients- Here is Jeff with some gorgeous chrome steelhead- GAME IS ON FOLKS!..- still have some good dates available&

Been a crazy winter spring: floods snow low water high water hail wind...up and down. Heat wave in February- cold in March/April. Anyways...sorry for the delay in posting. I post a ton on real time social media- Facebook/Twitter/Instagram...if you w

Most flies on the blog are from the shop but this one from the outside is worth sharing.  Dave Pinczkowski's Bad Hair Day fly that he ties on Skagit master 4 caught my eye for many reasons as a fly tyer and steelhead fisherman.  The mo

(Early March Red-bander and chrome bonanza is here! ) PERFECT!... is the one word to describe the current state of affairs on the Muskegon and other Lake Michigan steelhead and brown trout tributaries.They are prime to set the stage for a nice long

( The 'skinny' subtitle on this blog outside of the pontificating blog side of me likes to do IS: My clients hooked 7 summer steelhead yesterday- best of the year so far!- so I proclaim  it has finally started!- better two months late t

After dealing with below zero F temps/ice and snow storms/blizzards and wind gusts up to 60 mph for the past week it finally changes this week as temps are approaching 60F -AMEN! Time to get out and enjoy spring steelheading( 80% of the 18/19 run is

Sacramento River fishing has started picking up now that the river is clearing up. Bill from Sacramento came up for a 6 hour Wild Rainbow trout fishing trip last week and hooked 10 fish and landed 6 of them one was a 4 lbs. Steelhead. What are they

The above picture tells the story from this week- need I say more it has been a spectacular spring run!. - Could be one of the best in ten years. With lots of rain and cooler weather coming it will last well thru May as always. Plus the summer forec

With December here it’s time to think of transitional fishing as water temps cool and the days get shorter. Our extended Fall Season was enjoyed by most being able to hit the water without the typical number of insulating layers that’s co

                       ( Christine from N.J. with a massive summer steelhead on the St Joe River- hammered a striped black/purple haze leech) The days are getting longer