Blown Out!

It happens often during the northwest winter steelhead season, the words die hard fisherman hate to hear, especially when time off is hard to come by. BLOWN OUT! Our weekend fishing trip had taken a quick turn for the worse as rain pounded the local rivers for more...

Low, Cold Water Steelhead

Yet another Northwest winter is upon us.  Dark and rainy days, wind, snow, chilling temperatures and even some more rain…and of course…STEELHEAD!!! Although I’ve seen my fair share of better years for winter Steelhead fishing, there is still...

Coastal Steelhead

Headed out this weekend in the middle of the rain and 30 mph winds along the Oregon coast in hopes of just seeing a steelhead jump. The day started out perfect, while I landed this 13 pound hen on the first cast.  It must have been my lucky day because a few casts...