NEWAYGO – They’re everywhere. Beads. There are more beads on Michigan steelhead streams these days than there are in New Orleans on Fat Tuesday. Hard-plastic beads — which imitate salmon or steelhead ...

Few moments can jazz winter like seeing the chrome flash of a steelhead in a dark and frigid river. Fisherman and writer Bob Butz shares the how-to of steelhead fishing in Northern Michigan. Before I ...

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 ...

A wild Pacific steelhead is one of the most coveted fish in the country. Because different groups of steelhead run up rivers at different times, it’s possible to target them in the Northwest ...

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 ...

Once, after a February weekend on the Wallowa River, I found myself in a roomful of steelhead anglers. There must have been 30 of us that had braved the single digit temps and you could count on one ...

Today we're on the icy shoreline bead bouncing for winter steelhead. I'm using a bead which I pegged about an inch from the hook. Of course, I'm running the T-Turn 3-Way Swivel to keep my line ...

A solid number of winter steelhead have started arriving in Oregon’s rivers, meaning now is the time for anglers to begin targeting the sea-run rainbow trout. The best numbers of fish are in coastal ...

TILLAMOOK, Ore. — Volunteers help create a stronger fishing future on many Oregon streams. That’s especially true for a group of anglers who live for winter steelhead fishing on Tillamook County’s ...

Take a stroll along the Salmon Creek Greenway Trail in Vancouver and you will soon see that the cold, wet days of winter have not dampened the spirits of local fishermen. The wader-clad anglers ...