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With May well underway it seems that spring is catching up but is still behind on both land and on the water as the morels leeks and trillium carpet the forest floor and the trout ignore the emerging mayflies. Steelhead are essentially all done save

Recorded: 81 ° F Fishing: Fair Deschutes River Summer Steelhead Special Emergency Closure Report —————————————————————&

Recorded: 55 ° F Fishing: Poor Deschutes River Redside Trout & Summer Steelhead Report ——————————————————————

We are off to a good start amigos!!!..I'm predicting the winter/spring run of Steelhead/2020 will be one of the strongest runs of steelhead we have seen in the past 6 years..My predictions for epic fail or successes in the past 20 years have had

It's go time for Winter Steelheaad in the pacific northwest. Here are a few reminders to help increase your chances of an encounter. The post It’s Winter Steelhead Season first appeared on Connect Outfitters.

  In case you haven't seen it yet Laurie and I have been launching a cool new magazine concept.The new issue just came out Jan 15th- our second issue and the accolades and subscripotions we atre recieveing have been truly amazing!- we hope

 25 years ago we named our lodge and outfitters Gray Drake Lodge for a reason. The Muskegon River has one of the most dense and long lasting gray drake mayfly hatches on the planet! Only the Pere Marquette and other nearby rivers sourcing 

 (Salmo salar-born and raised in the Great Lakes.On a pelagic bait fish streamer) With our rivers blown out and flooding ( highest level at this time of year recorded!). might be time to look for Coho Kings Browns Steels and Atlantic's alon

  Coming in the winter issue of Hallowed Waters Journal... Cold Steel Dreaming-An Obsessive Winter Steelheader's Manifesto. The complete Zen bible and passion on this brutal winter game that is a cult gig where endurance karma obsessive/com

Mid-October finds the weather and fisheries in-line with the calendar. The river banks are popping with color as the leaves and salmon change color while some chrome steelhead show up. The salmon run is past the peak however a fresh one shows up occa

( A Hex/yellow drake/ Danica  imitation- author image and tie) Summer's  giant drakes are one mayfly hatch period that guarantees big trout will be on the prowl for them. Besides the legendary Hexagenia/( light hex) and Rithrogena (dar

  After nearly 3 decades of writing magazine articles and books for other publishers guiding relentlessly for over 25 years and fishing around the globe I am extremely excited to announce that I am launching my own digital magazine called “

Recorded: 62 ° F Fishing: Fair Deschutes River Summer Steelhead Report ————————————————————————&mdash

 A fond look/ slide transparency collage back on this ever developing Great Lakes Atlantic salmon Mecca!- enjoy the ride! ( For you Johnny Giuliani:  aka Mayor of  Sault International and the proud Italian Papa G. Johnny Bugsy Miller:

Winter steelhead fishing has been good for us the last few weeks. At this time the Grand River is at a good winter level and the color is just about perfect. We have been catching a fair amount of bright fresh fish along with some darker fish that ha

We have entered what is classified as the beginning of early winter fishing in West Michigan. The Grand River is slightly above normal water level and the color looks great. Water temperature is in the upper 30’s at this time. A mix of chrome a

Current and upcoming fishing opportunities: Summer Chinook fishing is open July 1 - July 31, 2022 from the Astoria-Megler Bridge upstream to Bonneville Dam, and June 16 - July 31, 2022 from Bonneville Dam upstream to the Hwy 395 Bridge. See regul

Lots of rain & wind lately across the yooperland but that’s pretty much normal for this time of the fishing season!  Some fantastic opportunities for the fisherman right now many different species are available.  Rivers are curren

Recorded: 48 ° F Fishing: Fair Deschutes River Summer Steelhead —————————————————————————&mdash

Valentine's week is the official flip the switch time for the start of the spring steelhead run!- time to start steelhead dreaming! Days are getting longer pineal gland photo period light detection kicks in and sends the signal to the reproducti