Summer Steelhead

Summer Steelhead are an extremely hard fighting fish. They will do anything to get away. They take long runs, jump frequently, and try to break your line on rocks or brush that may be in the river. These fish migrate up the river to spawn, so numbers of fish are much more unpredictable. We usually boat a couple of them a day. We use 8′ rods, 8-12lb test, side drifting, plugs, etc. Techniques used are side drifting, plugs etc. We also fly fish for these great fish with 7-8 wt. rods.