Is there anything better than watching a steelhead cartwheel through the air as it violently shakes its head, attempting to toss our flies? It’s scenes like these that ruin other fish for anglers and leave them with an insatiable appetite for the chrome beasts that emerge each fall from the depths...
Steelhead season is fully upon us, and with each new rain and the shortening of days, the action is just going to get better! Steelhead in the Great Lakes are fairly simple fish, a stark contrast compared to their Pacific cousins. Most of the fish spawn in spring but come into...
Winter on the steelhead streams of the Great Lakes can be a spectacular experience with some truly brutal weather conditions. There’s something romantic about the idea of standing knee-deep in a rushing Lake Erie tributary stream as snow and wind rips across the water. It might not be everyone’s idea of...
That first cool breeze that signifies fall is fast approaching stirs something in all steelhead anglers. While it has only been a few short months since the fish left the tributaries of the Great Lakes, summer feels like an eternity while everyone waits for a new run of steelhead and the...
That’s always the million-dollar question, isn’t it? It’s something I’m often asked by curious anglers and prospective clients as everyone tries to time up the run perfectly. Some swear by studying Lake Erie water temperatures, photoperiod shortening, rainfall counts, and a variety of other scientific means to pinpoint when the fish...
