As he cast, Lescroart, like many, was astonished at our equipment. Though most steelhead here range 4 to 10 pounds, you use flies, or hand-tied insect imitations with small hooks, that are smaller ...

The Best Fly Fishing Gear of 2023. Greg Thomas. Wed, May 24, 2023 at 4:00 PM UTC. ... Greg Thomas is a well-traveled steelhead, trout, and tarpon fanatic who writes for various outlets.

Experience the thrill of steelhead fishing using anchor techniques with diver plugs, bait/spin n glo, and mag lip lures. Perfect for anglers seeking action-packed fishing sessions with versatile tackl ...

Fill your fly box with these patterns for both Pacific Northwest steelhead and Great Lakes chromers. Join the 1871 Club · The Greatest Stories Happen Outdoors · Subscribe Today Gear ...

The Gear You Need For Spring Steelhead For anglers swinging flies, a full spey rod from 12 to 13 feet in a six, seven, or eight-weight is typical. These rods can send casts across large rivers and ...

The center-pin reels utilize long flexible fishing rods of 10 to 14 feet with extremely lightweight leaders to allow exceptionally long drift presentations to wary fish. The effectiveness of this gear ...

For those fishing with spinning gear, Griesbaum recommends 9-foot or longer noodle rods that are more flexible than most spinning rods. “A steelhead will turn and run at you with such speed that ...

Captain Ben Wolfe, Traverse Magazine’s “Best of 2014” winner in the Charter Captain category, is also a topnotch steelhead angler who offers fly fishing and light spin tackle trips on the ...

I shook my head because I knew I was fishing with 3x tippet, or 8-pound test. This is not unreasonable for steelhead, but it is on the light side. I wondered why someone would gear down?

Summer steelhead in the lower Columbia River have a sweet tooth. That’s one of the lessons Jim Nicol of Oregon says he learned in 20 years of full-time guiding in the Northwest.