This winter's steelhead lure dujour matches fad-happy anglers' dreams with a whopper of a season on the north Oregon Coast. The entree'? Think bead; salmon-egg orange, red, pink...nothing more than a ...

NEWAYGO — They’re everywhere. Beads. There are more beads on Michigan steelhead streams these days than there are in New Orleans on Fat Tuesday. Hard-plastic beads — which imitate salmon or steelhead ...

Here’s how it works. You tie or peg a plastic bead that represents a salmon or steelhead egg onto your leader. Three to five inches below that bead, you tie on your hook. When a steelhead grabs the ...

NEWAYGO – They’re everywhere. Beads. There are more beads on Michigan steelhead streams these days than there are in New Orleans on Fat Tuesday. Hard-plastic beads — which imitate salmon or steelhead ...

When you’re getting ready to cast your fishing line, are you adding a bobber, float or strike indicator? Bobbers have come a long way from being just a plastic red and white ball sitting a couple feet ...

We're fishing with Antonio, the boatless angler, fishing the shoreline of the Lower Niagara River. Today we're bottom bouncing with a simple bead for steelhead. The month of April is one of the best ...

I remember my first steelhead like it was yesterday. I was 16 years old and had tried and failed more times than I could count on one hand. But on that special morning, my knots held and the hook did ...

NEWAYGO - So, what’s your choice, bags or beads? Veteran steelhead guide Jon Kolehouse is a big fan of using beads for bait. When I met up with him recently, with my buddy Tom Goniea, he handed us ...

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 ...

Last week’s heavy rain followed by a stretch of dry weather has improved winter steelhead fishing in Oregon’s rivers. Here’s a breakdown of where anglers are catching the sea-run rainbow trout, which ...