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From Native Fish Society Oregon’s wild native coastal Steelhead Trout runs are in decline. We were fortunate that 2020 runs showed some signs of improvement but the downward trend from historical levels is evident. In 2018 and 2019 North Coast

Imagine that... rain and steelhead go together like PB&J or turkey & gravy! (Gravy train... speaking of gravy this beautiful wild beast hasn't skipped too many meals!) (Images: Frank E was fortunate enough to connect to this amazing 30 pl

Jim Sens joins us back at Caddis Fly to tie up an effective summer steelhead pattern. Our guides and fellow steelhead enthusiasts all swear by this fly – it’s just one of those flies all steelhead fishers should have in … Continue r

Steelhead fishing is a popular sport for anglers. They are a type of trout that provides challenge and thrill anglers live for. Like trout steelheads are also hard to catch. You have to use your best tactics to catch them. One of the things that you

It seems that this year’s April showers were replaced by April flowers as vegetation and gardens are 3 weeks ahead. We still haven’t had any significant rains and the rivers look like it – low and clear. The steelhead have thinned o

As we round out February I will be balancing my time between chasing winter steelhead (on the Trinity River and CA Coast) and wild trout fishing on the Lower Sacramento River - right here in Redding CA. We have no...

Good byes are always tough but it’s time to make the spring shift and stow the Winter Steelhead gear for the season. One of my … The post Winter Steelhead Encounters on the Oregon Coast first appeared on Connect Outfitters.

Finally received a little steelhead weather this week. This last storm was pretty benign in the upper Trinity River but intense rain on snow blew the lower river out below the North Fork on Thursday 13th. Canyon Creek peaked at...

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British Columbia’s Babine River is the hallowed homewaters of some of the largest wild steelhead swimming on the planet. Don’t miss this week-long dream trip including guided fishing with some of the best guides around delicious home-cook

Sorry it has been a while since I have posted. It has been are really good and busy season here on the Umpqua and Coquille rivers for Winter and Spring Steelhead fishing! I will be added more pictures soon! Call for bookings or information! [...]

Old pic new reminder!! The Steelhead bag limit is reduced on the Pere Marquette (As well as several other rivers.) to 1 fish per angler per day starting today March 15th thru May 15th! To be clear the flies only is still catch and release. This is j

Steelhead fishing in the Pacific Northwest is a challenging endeavor and swinging flies for them takes the challenge to the next level. It’s all worth … The post Steelhead Tactics That Will Lead To Success first appeared on Connect Outfi

It is time to change out my reels for the spinning rods I use for river fishing salmon and steelhead. I am making a change to the line I use for this. I am hoping it will reduce some line management issues I am having. I have links in the video desc

From Native Fish Society In the middle of another heat wave in the Pacific Northwest Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife shocked coldwater-fishery advocates by lifting Hoot Owl regulations on the Deschutes River between its mouth and Sherars Falls

From ODFW: GOLD BEACH Ore – Wild winter steelhead and Pacific lamprey are now actively spawning in southern Oregon coastal streams. Unfortunately spawning is happening during low water flows that are more characteristic of early summer than spr

Thank you to all my 2023 fishing guests. There were some positive changes to our fishery this year especially on Lake Huron. The benefit of Coho Salmon plants are showing signs of success. In addition to Lake Trout and Walleye we caught many Steelhea

Is there anything better than fishing the epic waters of British Columbia’s Bulkley and Morice rivers during a stunning autumn week in October? How about winning a week-long trip for only $100? You heard us right…Native Fish Society is ra

From the News-Review by Kirk Blaine After a catastrophic return of summer steelhead last year and multiple years of below-average spring Chinook Winchester Dam remains more dilapidated than ever before. How does this 130-year-old dam maintained for p

August 29th/Cfs 3700/Water Temps 55 Trout We are transitioning into fall quickly on the lower Deschutes evening temps have started to cool and the fish are biting! All methods are producing right now. As usual nymphing will get you numbers but the ca