Winter steelhead are a finicky bunch. Something that produced fish one day won't the next for no reason apparent to us steelheaders. It's no secret that roe catches fish but as fall progresses to winter and spawning salmon have gone, the roe bite starts to die off. Sure it can have its days all winter … Continue reading 3 Winter Steelhead Baits You Shouldn’t be Without
Winter has arrived. For the most part it’s a season I despise. If I could hibernate I probably would. At the same time, it’s a season that at times I long for. It’s contradicting, I know, but just the thought of big wintering steelhead makes my blood boil. As I write this, we’re experiencing a … Continue reading Winter Steelheading in the Great Lakes
I’m sure by now you might be wondering what happened. Why no new posts? Where did I disappear to? Although it was longer than I had anticipated, the absence was completely intentional; a little experiment involving social media and my mental well being. Let me take a minute to explain. It was late 2017, early … Continue reading Social Experiment
The thought of growing old depresses me. I’m not afraid of age itself, death doesn’t scare me, what I am afraid of though is my ability to continue doing what I do. More specifically, losing that ability. Until recently I assured myself that it wasn’t going to happen to me. I led myself to believe … Continue reading The Aging Fisherman
Last fall was frustrating. The fishing wasn’t great (for me anyway) and it seemed increasingly harder to find some peace on the water. Combat fishing. Not my idea of fun. I took a couple of day trips, drifting the river in a pontoon, which helped and in retrospect I should have done it more. The … Continue reading Restoring The Faith
I was lucky when I was young to have such strong angling influences in my life, most notably my father and my uncles. Without these influences I probably would have never picked up a fishing rod. The beauty of tagging along with these guy was that they fished for anything and everything that swam, and … Continue reading Three Things I Wish I’d Known When I Started Steelheading
I’m not oblivious to the fact that print is a dying medium. I’ve been witness to it since I became a published author, as slowly, magazine’s I once did work for closed their doors for good. It doesn’t bode very well for someone like me with a desire to share the written word and the … Continue reading A Dying Medium
I’m old enough to know better, not smart enough to change. Or maybe just to pigheaded. In any case it starts out the same way, so you would think I would know better by now. When it comes to steelhead, well any fish for that matter, prep work is essential whether the trip is for … Continue reading Whiskey and Water: When The Drink Hurts My Head But The River Calls My Name
I’ve been steelheading for a long time. I’ve witnessed and experienced a lot over those years. At times I become complacent with it all. Completely satisfied with myself and my accomplishments on the water. It sounds a little smug, I know, but don’t take it the wrong way. I know to never take anything for … Continue reading Caught off Guard
It surprises me how few people are twitching jigs for river salmon here in the Great Lakes. When I ask around I get a pretty common answer as to why: that’s more of a west coast thing. Of course that answer comes from those who have heard of it, but in all honesty, most people … Continue reading Twitching Jigs for Great Lakes Salmon
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