For many anglers, the arrival of winter ushers in a season of rest and recovery. But for those of us who pursue steelhead, winter is not the time for taking a break. It’s a time to spend long days on ...

Steelhead trout are not supposed to actively feed after they start their fresh-water spawning runs. So why do they strike our flies? And why are egg patterns as effective as they are? One theory that ...

When steelhead season opens Saturday on Wisconsin's lower Brule River, it's safe to say a lot of anglers will be drifting bits of colored yarn or marble-sized bags of spawn. Those techniques are ...

An Erie steelhead fly fishing guide wants to expand the horizons of those who seek these migrating fish each fall and winter. Karl Weixlmann, 62, has been guiding anglers for 28 years on various ...

Not all — there are exceptions — but many love to break the sport down and silo the tools and tactics within it into those ...

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The big winds and rain have finally settled down around northern Ohio, and they were the perfect storms for fishermen waiting impatiently for the fall fishing to finally blossom.

There’s no reason a steelhead should eat a fly that skitters across the surface of a river. Actually, there’s no reason steelhead should eat flies at all. Steelhead leave the Pacific Ocean and swim ...