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 ...

With steelhead starting to swim into the tributaries of Lake Erie, an expert fisherman and fly creator points out that fishing doesn’t have to be complicated. “The easiest thing you can do is grab an ...

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 ...

Here is the latest fishing report from Dave Graybill, longtime Eastern Washington outdoor radio host and angler: Steelhead fishing is open on a couple of our area streams and the main stem Columbia ...

A silvery torpedo of a fish captured the imagination of Rudyard Kipling on the Clackamas River more than a century ago. And now, after weeks of sodden cabin fever, you're pondering the long-range ...

After a snowy and saturated last few weeks in Oregon, the weather is settling down, which should help anglers targeting winter steelhead. Coastal rivers should be at good levels this weekend, while ...

There are a number of fishing opportunities for anglers this weekend, highlighted by winter steelhead in the rivers and freshly stocked trout in local lakes. Here’s a round-up of some highlights from ...

ENTERPRISE — Following a trend set in recent years, anglers fishing the Grande Ronde and its tributaries for steelhead can expect sparse returns and a disproportionate number of uncut fins this season ...

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 ...

ROCKFORD — I was two-for-two early on — a rainbow and a brown trout — but I wasn’t really tickled because they weren’t what we were looking for, which were summer-run steelhead. I was fishing with Jim ...