Steelhead are a form of oceangoing rainbow trout endemic to some rivers draining to the Pacific from North America and Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. They are also a metaphor for wonder and optimism.

Of all the species-specific fly patterns, none stands out quite so distinctly as those for steelhead and Atlantic salmon. Perhaps it’s the nature of the fish – large, exotic, reluctant to bite – that ...

Low and clear water conditions on rivers left steelhead fishing as stagnant as the foggy weather. That could change if rainfall this week draws more fresh fish upstream as the winter season winds down ...

Julie Garcia of Grangeville fishes for steelhead from the bank of the Salmon River. Pete Zimowsky Special to the Idaho Statesman The goldish-pink Wiggle Wart steelhead lure did its magic in the ...

LEWISTON – With a few deft moves, Ray Rhimer twists a length of .32-gauge stainless steel wire at his home office in the Clarkston Heights. He threads it on a length of one-fourth-inch milled brass ...

Oh, and martial arts training, too. It seems, at times, you need all of the above to chase steelhead in fall. Lots of anglers crowd small Great Lakes tributary streams then, targeting the fish making ...

The best steelhead fishing typically occurs when there is a threat of the creeks getting muddy. Like now. So, of course, hardcore steelhead anglers are going to run into blown-out creeks from time to ...

The wonder speaks to the fish’s epic life cycle — a journey of hundreds of miles to the sea from its natal river, thousands of miles in the North Pacific feeding and growing, and hundreds of miles ...