The summer steelhead game is now upon us. These magnificent creatures come up at a lesiurely pace, and mingle in freshwater for months. No...
The summer steelhead game is now upon us. These magnificent creatures come up at a lesiurely pace, and mingle in freshwater for months. Not in any particular hurry they are tempted to stake out territory and defend it. Biters they are and tempting them on a dry fly line is a joy and a triumph. It is mostly about the fishing, occasionally about the catching, but as your hours in the water increase the time between the catching does decrease. And the pinnacle of this is watching the fish chase your Bomber across the river. When the hook up occurs the real chase is on. Like their cousins the Atlantic Salmon these splendid creatures streak, jump, twist and pound like few others, seemingly tireless, ferocious and tough, one fight with these beauties can make you forget all the fruitless hours spent on the water paying the tuition of steelhead fly fishing U.
