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 ...

The Basics of Swinging for Steelhead Swinging flies is considered a challenge because of the nuance involved and the time it takes to hook a fish, but the act of swinging flies with a fly rod is ...

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 ...

The photo above is a sampling of what anglers fishing for steelhead in the Salmon River and other Lake Ontario tributaries are using. (Thanks to Gander Mountain for letting me borrow the stuff) If you ...

The spey rod helped Turek make a 90-degree switch in the casting direction of the fly line, a difficult task with a fly rod. "You could do somewhat the same thing with a conventional fly rod by making ...