For many anglers, the arrival of winter ushers in a season of rest and recovery. But for those of us who pursue steelhead, winter is not the time for taking a break. It’s a time to spend long days on ...

There are two reasons why a steelhead in a river will take a swinging fly: out of feeding impulse, or because the fly is invading its territory. You're looking for ...

Spey anglers, those who prefer two-handed fly rods, are having a good run of late on Idaho's Clearwater River. Kyriacos Panayiotou, of McCall, landed a 41-inch steelhead while swinging flies Oct. 6.

These days, we fly-fishers are a swinging bunch. Led by the rapidly growing interest in fishing for steelhead with two-handed rods, anglers are swinging streamers and wet flies downstream over just ...

There’s no reason a steelhead should eat a fly that skitters across the surface of a river. Actually, there’s no reason steelhead should eat flies at all. Steelhead leave the Pacific Ocean and swim ...