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 Fresh run of steelhead is here and on the move!...the brown and rainbow tailwater nymphing has been exceptional!...warm up coming!

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

 Isonychia bicolor have just started as the drakes continue- (Bug Doctor J.G Miller image). John will be featured in my Entomo-Logique department/column in my new online journal coming in two weeks- stay tuned!) The heavy rains and storms have

What an amazing fall season it’s been. I’ve been fortunate to be able to guide with great friends James and Kait Sampsel who own and … The post Summer Steelhead – First and Last first appeared on Connect Outfitters.

It’s the end of March and I’m reflecting on what has been a nice winter steelhead season. Swinging flies searching for steelhead is certainly not … The post Swinging for Steelhead – Spring Reflection first appeared on Connect

Wild brown caught 5/13 Things are warming up very slowly.  Above average rain and cold temps persist and continue to make the fishing rather challenging.  I did my first trip of the season this weekend.  We had 3/4 inches of rain and

First trip out in Lake Michigan was a good one.. Kings lake trout and a steelhead. Lots of action this morning.. We are open for business call Capt lance to get your trip lined up on this hot action..810-444-8114 The post May13th appeared first on S

Distinguishing male (bucks) from female (hens) salmon. How can anyone tell the difference between male and female salmon? The question is the same for steelhead and trout of course but this blog post will mostly refer to chinook salmon as … Con

We had a great finish to our salmon season and have been doing trips for fall steelhead since mid October. We have been doing well on our trips with some large steelhead coming to the net on both the Grand and Muskegon rivers. Fall steelheading stays

The Willamette River from the upper reaches outside of Oakridge all the way to Harrisburg is in perfect shape and offers anglers excellent opportunities to chase trout and summer steelhead. The Middle Fork of the Willamette above Hills Creek Reservoi

First trip out in Lake Michigan was a good one.. Kings lake trout and a steelhead. Lots of action this morning.. We are open for business call Capt lance to get your trip lined up on this hot action..810-444-8114 The post May13th appeared first on S

 For those that have waited with all this bizarre low water and heat wave of November the best is yet to come!!! 

We have blue skies and are finally smoke free today and the fishing has been solid thoughout this week but we are very glad to see blue skys again. Steelhead are making there way up to Maupin currently and there are probably a few up at the top of t

  I really respect a fly fishing company that takes the time to engineer a product and does it right the first time. The Sage ESN reel is one of those products. It doesn’t take me very long to fish a particular piece of equipment and come

Despite the up-and-down weather it's looking real good. The weak fall run due to Arctic weather is going to really pay-off this spring with larger well-fed steelhead starting to mount the spring run. Valentines day is the flip the switch time. W

An interesting spring to say the least lots of personal fishing time which is something that isn’t to normal this time of the year normally. It has been wonderful to get out fishing with family so much when the fishing is good. Finally back to

Steelhead fishing has been good for us this late fall season. At this time the Grand River has a nice stain to it and is at a good level. We are catching a mix of chrome and darker fish and some nice sized ones as well. Last weekend we received about

The Last few days out have been still really good fishing for May.. Kings and lake trout mostly.. There’s fish kinda all over right now shallow or deep. We fished deep on Saturday and ended up with nine nice fish. We have openings to get you o

 Lower Deschutes Fishing Report Fishing is picking up as we ease into Fall weather patterns its a wonderful time to come out and fish. We have been getting alot of calls about the steelhead closer. Currently the river is closed to targeting ste

When the weather has allowed us to get out the Grand River has been fishing good for winter steelhead. I love it on the river this time of year. Angler pressure is low resulting in fish that have not been picked on. If you can locate the fish they wi