Bob Butz writes from Lake Ann. [email protected] More Northern Michigan Fishing Sharpen Your Steelhead Technique with This Fly-Fishing Tactic Howard Tanner’s Influence on Northern Michigan Fishing ...

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5. Watch Water Temperatures When it comes to dropback fishing, timing is everything. Typical spring steelhead season runs from late March to May, with April being the hottest month.

But a good steelhead rod will compensate for you. If you’re fishing from shore, you want a rod with extra length and a slower action near the tip—what’s often referred to as “soft action.” Spinning ...

5. Watch Water Temperatures When it comes to drop-back fishing, timing is everything. Typically, the spring steelhead season runs from late March to May, with April being the hottest month.

Back to basics; steelhead fishing with beads has anglers biting Updated: Feb. 27, 2015, 11:00 p.m. | Published: Feb. 27, 2015, 10:00 p.m.

All the usual techniques such as side drifting, float fishing, drift fishing or pulling plugs or divers and bait should be effective. During high water, use brighter colors and larger presentations.

Float fishing jigs, beads or bait, drift fishing, nymphing and swinging flies or spinners are all good techniques. Rogue River Low and clear.

Kokanee fishing remains solid at both Merwin and Yale, though effort is required to reach daily limits. Fish are holding ...

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.

March is prime time for spring steelhead fishing and one of the best times for novice steelhead anglers to give it a try. The fish are in the smaller tributary streams, which means there’s easy ...