On Dec. 2, 1957, Herald photographer Jim Leo was at the Oscar and Fay Hoover Recreation Area, across the Snohomish River from Thomas’ Eddy, and snapped a picture of steelheaders gathered there for ...

ON A NORTH SHORE STREAM NEAR DULUTH -- Lorri and Don Mitchell could see early on their youngest son had what it took to be a stream fisherman. Cam Mitchell, just a small boy, had tagged along with his ...

Winter steelheading has been pretty good throughout western Washington this week. The numbers of migrating hatchery steelhead returning to the Bogachiel and Hoh rivers have been the best in a couple ...

TWISP, Okanogan County — At least it was no longer sleeting. I stood ankle-deep in the Methow River on a frigid morning last fall, picking away the ice welding my fishing line to the guides of my fly ...

A wise angler will shut up and listen to anyone with 30 years of steelhead fishing experience. In the case of Dan Magers, steelheaders should go further, forking over $25 and devoting a few evenings ...

TWO WEEKS AGO, I gave the details of a banner trip to upstate New York to fish for steelhead. However, some of the finer details didn't fit into the space allowed. My first steelheading expedition was ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Clean water is hard to find right now along the North Coast of Lake Erie and in the Northeast Ohio tributaries after a torrential downpour on Wednesday. The rains have muddied the ...

Steelhead fishing is done while standing in a stream. You drift a yarn-fly, a spawn bag, an insect imitation or other bait near the bottom in relatively fast-moving water. You can use a fly rod with ...

FISHING -- Steelhead have been working their way into tributaries as they near their spawning areas after a long migration that started last year. Many anglers love this time of year, when the fish ...

Don’t say it too loudly, and you might want to knock on wood and throw a little salt over your shoulder, but maybe – just maybe – we have a decent winter steelhead season under way for a change.