Time for more steelhead fishing wisdom from Scott Baker-McGarva, head guide at BC West! Go Upstream Sometimes when you leave an angler for a bit, you return only to see them struggling with a fish close to shore, (sometimes you need to leave the client to improve their mojo and fish attraction) and many will…
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Steelhead
Nice Fish, Jason.
Today we present you with a beautiful picture of a beautiful fish in a beautiful place – the mouth of the Dean River. Nice fish, Jason. More on Dean River Steelhead Jeff Hickman’s Steelhead Rig Dean Steelhead Fly Roundup Nice Fish from 2012
Spey Fishing Etiquette
We’re calling today’s post ‘Spey fishing etiquette’ just because that’s a more manageable title than ‘swinging flies on foot working down a run etiquette.’ Our suggestions apply to any situation that matches that description – single or double-handed rod chasing any anadromous fish. And, in case it isn’t obvious, these rules apply to conditions in…
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6 Ways to Catch More Steelhead
Fishing for steelhead is fun. Catching steelhead is even more fun. Here are 6 ways you can can more steelhead on flies. Let us know how you catch more! 6 Ways to Catch More Steelhead Fish the near water first. Steelhead can hold in really shallow water, really close to the bank. Always fish the…
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Tom Larimer’s Steelhead Rig, 2013 Edition
We ran our first Expert Rig post over four years ago. Whoa! That’s pretty cool…except for the fact that things have changed a lot in the past four years. We’ve heard from quite a few of you that you’d like updates on what our fishing experts are fishing now, so today we start the very…
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Michael White’s Steelhead Rig
We’ve had a flurry of posts recently about steelhead rigging, and in the process of revisiting everything we’ve written we realized that somehow, in the past 4 years, we’ve never run the Expert Rig of one of the most qualified guys out there. Today we right that wrong. Michael White a. k. a. “Whitey” is…
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Your Steelhead Rigs
When more than 80 of you really thoughtfully wrote up your steelhead rigs for our free Bougle contest, you helped created a really cool resource. Already more than 1600 unique anglers have checked out that page, and they’ve no doubt gotten some new ideas on steelhead rigging, at the very least. Looking at all those…
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Bougle Contest Winner – Tom Ehrhard’s Steelhead Rig
We’re thrilled to present to you the winner of a brand new Hardy Bougle, courtesy of our ‘Tell Us About Your Steelhead Rig’ contest. Tom Ehrhard took this one home with his entry that appears in its entirety below. Before we get to Tom’s rig though, we need to say a few things. You folks…
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Best Steelhead Fishing Posts of 2012
…and our end-of-year/beginning-of-year series of our top posts of 2012 continues! Today it’s all about steelhead fishing. If you were out for the holidays – over the past couple of weeks we’ve already given you our top gear posts and our top bonefishing posts. Best Steelhead Fishing Posts of 2012 Sage 8136-4 ONE Spey Rod…
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Fired Up
Angler and cheerleader, somewhat excited about getting the fish in the net. More on Dean River Steelhead Steelhead Tips from Our Head Guide Cold Water Dry Line Steelhead Fishing Ken Morrish’s Steelhead Rig