Steelhead
Steelhead: Alaska Fish Species Guide The anadromous rainbow trout shares attributes with rainbows, especially ones that live predominantly in big lakes. When they return from the saltwater, they are mostly chrome, with Read More...
Trout Traveler — Episode 1 at Yakutat Lodge’s Situk River
Trout Traveler: A New Series Dedicated to Alaska Trout Fishing In this brand-new series, Fish Alaska magazine publisher Marcus Weiner targets all species of Alaska trout using many different techniques. Rainbow, Read More...
Striving to Learn More About Steelhead
Steelhead fishing Alaska waters offers not just the thrill of the catch, but a deep connection to one of the most mysterious and revered fish in the North. What is it Read More...
Steelhead: Low and Clear on the Situk
Each steelhead is like a miracle, a gift out of time, a prehistoric primal beast. And each one we valued more than the last.
Steelhead Fishing Bloopers
Steelhead Fishing Bloopers: Adventures of Mac Lightfoot Blog Series by Mac Lightfoot For Mac, steelhead fishing is the pinnacle of cold-water sportfishing. He’s already spent time at Rainbow Trout Anonymous getting off the Read More...
Nymphing Techniques for Alaska Steelhead
by E. Donnall Thomas, Jr. Still, cool and humid beneath an overcast sky, the air smelled faintly of the nearby sea. The absence of direct sunlight overhead represented both good and bad news. Read More...
Rites of Spring: Good Company and Wild Places
On an Alaska steelhead adventure, one never knows what else to expect. Story by E. Donnall Thomas, Jr. Photos by Don & Lori Thomas T.S. Eliot claimed that April is the cruelest month, Read More...
Hot Days and Cold Nights on the Karluk
Karluk River steelhead and steelhead fishing in general is an addiction for many, a way of life, and the path to either enlightenment or utter despair. For the true steelhead junky, thosethousand-cast days Read More...
Jeff Hickman’s Steelhead Rig
Blog Post by Jeff Hickman Today's steelhead blog comes to us from Jeff Hickman, a two-handed-rod steelhead guide from Oregon who owns Fish The Swing LLC. He is also a signature Idylwilde tier and Read More...
Beaded Steelhead Jigs
When fished side by side, beaded steelhead jigs will out produce jigs without beads. How do I know this? For the past several years, I’ve tested this theory by fishing side by side Read More...
Situk Steelhead in the Fall
Fall Steelhead Primer By Troy Letherman It’s that time of year again, tail-end of the seasonal transition from fish-filled summer to the short, cold, dark days of winter, our rivers frozen over, our fish Read More...