Winter Steelhead 0-10
I’m zero for ten this winter on California rivers chasing winter steelhead. Ten days. Zero fish. If you…
Steelhead
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Dam Removal: California’s Little Arthur Creek
For over a century, Pickell’s Dam prevented threatened California South-Central Coastal Steelhead from reaching intact habitat and cold…
Steelhead Jitters
The mental gymnastics that a steelheader goes through can be exhausting but well worth it.
Riffles: A Steelhead Fanatic
I became a steelhead fanatic by chance some years ago, when I rented a place in Alexander Valley.…
Reflections: Do You Smell a Skunk?
Three hundred miles north of my house exists a paradise—a river that never looks the same twice. Steelhead…
Feather River Steelhead
I have been a fly-fishing guide in Northern California for twenty years, and of all the streams I…
Steelheading: Foundations for an Addiction
One word describes fly fishing for steelhead: “addiction.” I have watched friends lose girlfriends and wives over this…
American River Winter Steelhead
In California, fishing for steelhead usually brings to mind jade-green rivers flowing oceanward through canyons of dark redwoods…
Steelhead Stories
“One consideration for you might be that all of the people on the trip are older men (all…