Steelhead Salmon

Steelhead Salmon - review

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Fly Fishing for Steelhead

Executive Summary about Steelhead Salmon by Steven Sharpe

Fly fishing for steelhead fish can be a challenging and rewarding experience. These amazing fish share their heritage with the Atlantic and Pacific salmon. There are numerous places you can go when fly fishing for steelhead salmon. You can find plenty of steelhead in the rivers of Northern California, Oregon, and Washington state.

Steelhead are cousins of the rainbowtrout and have a decidedly chrome-like coloring. Most of the fly fishing techniques used to catch steelhead are based on those historically developed to catch Atlantic salmon. Flies are cast downstream from the angler on a floating or sinking line. Many fly fishers will spend a lot of time trying to land that prized steelhead only to be frustrated near the end.

For people who fly fish for steelhead regularly, the success of a day consists of one good hook. Most steelhead pockets are found downstream, but other anglers know this as well. Steelhead are most plentiful in the cold, winter months, but you can often find several other fly fishers trying to fish the same spot in hopes of landing their fish. Practice appropriate etiquette when on the river fly fishing for steelhead.

You will probably need a 9 foot single hand rod or a 12-15 foot double handed rod for best results. Fly fishing for steelhead can be an amazingly gratifying experience when you are patient and wise when it comes to the natural patterns of these fish.

Steelhead Fishing Trips

Executive Summary about Steelhead Salmon by Kevin Mclaughlin

Steelhead fishing trips offer tremendous scenery, vast wilderness and forest preserves and a wily and strong foe for the determined angler who relishes a fight.

Though steelhead may be elusive they are not scarce. Several rivers in the states of Washington and Oregon provide plentiful steelhead resources for beginner and experienced anglers alike. The Skagit, Snake, Rogue and Kalama Rivers all are known for their rustic beauty, historic charm and abundant steelhead populations.

Taking advantage of seasonal trips and ideal weather can result in a highly satisfactory steelhead fishing trip. 

Stretching mostly through national forest lands the Rogue is known for whitewater rafting, rugged scenery and excellent steelhead fishing. In northwest Washington is the Skagit River that winds 150 miles and into British Columbia in Canada and features seasonal steelhead fishing along with salmon, Chinook and Cutthroat Trout. Having supported fishing cultures for over 8,000 years the Skagit River region is a proven resource for steelhead fishing at its finest.

Several holes along the river have been well marked for dependable steelhead groups including Million Dollar Rock, Saddle Rock and Round House.

Rogue Klamath offers excellent steelhead fishing and salmon fishing trips on the famed Rogue River in Oregon.

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