The “Egg-Sucking Leech” has proven to be a very effective fly pattern for anglers targeting steelhead in the Chautauqua County Lake Erie tributaries. Photo courtesy of FleegersFlies.com The winter ...

I remember my first steelhead like it was yesterday. I was 16 years old and had tried and failed more times than I could count on one hand. But on that special morning, my knots held and the hook did ...

Yes, it’s December, and this month ushers in winter’s early grip. Hasten not: there is still one week left of the regular big-game hunting season (closes on Dec. 7), and on our Lake Erie tributaries, ...

This winter's steelhead lure dujour matches fad-happy anglers' dreams with a whopper of a season on the north Oregon Coast. The entree'? Think bead; salmon-egg orange, red, pink...nothing more than a ...

Keep it simple, use basic colors of lures and stick to a couple of techniques Steelhead season is upon us, gift-wrapped for Christmas and set to last through Easter and beyond. It's never too late to ...

We slid down out of a tail-out and into the next riffle. I was in the bow, tilted into the front brace, rod up. “Cast left, this side the fast water.” Cole McAuliffe, 23 and of Chrome Tales Guide ...

Steelhead are starting to bite in parts of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, according to a report. Anglers targeting steelhead are having success on the Grand River and Muskegon Lake in the southwest L.P., ...

While rains raising water levels on the coast may throw off the bite the first weekend in March, anglers should be ready once they drop back into shape. Here’s a round-up of coastal streams from the ...

Julie Garcia of Grangeville fishes for steelhead from the bank of the Salmon River. Pete Zimowsky Special to the Idaho Statesman The goldish-pink Wiggle Wart steelhead lure did its magic in the ...

CLEVELAND, BUFFALO, AND ROCHESTER, N.Y., have two things in common. In recent years, they have all made various top 10 lists of the fastest-dying cities in America. They are also three of the cities ...