Types of Steelhead If you fish for the shrewd and tantalizing California steelhead, you may have heard them called either summer or winter steelhead. But what does that mean and…

Steel · head · er – noun, a person who fishes for anadromous rainbow trout, commonly called steelhead, often with fly fishing tackle. Early History The California Gold Rush brought…

Background California’s Trophy Trout Program was started in the late 1960’s. At that time, the Department of Fish and Game maintained a Field Station. It was originally located on Jed…

‘Twas the night before Christmas, the year nineteen hundred and thirty-six. Unfortunately, California’s North Coast had not received any significant rainfall since the previous April. As a result, lower Eel…

Early History Early records and newspaper accounts support the contention that fly fishing for steelhead likely began on northern California’s Eel River in the late 1800’s. Flies used by early…

American shad tips for where and when to fish are a game changer. American shad are a popular fly rod fish and fun to catch. Interestingly, shad are not native…

Anglers tie thousands of summer steelhead flies for the Rogue and Klamath rivers. Interestingly, some have become popular while others have fallen from use. However, I have listed eight awesome…

How Tie A Perfect Spey Fly – Part 3 In this blog, Perfect Spey Fly?, I discuss the hooks, materials and techniques I use to tie Spey flies. Original Scottish…

Spey Fly Construction Spey fly construction was often described in historical fishing books. Early Spey flies were most often dressed on long shank hooks. In his 1846 book, Stoddart suggested…