Guest writer Tal Gregory blogs about fly fishing (here) and books (here) between bouts of working, both at his job, and, on an old house that will never actually be finished. Fly fishing successfully for steelhead requires a broad range of skills. I have been working on acquiring them over the course of 20 years,
Category: Steelhead
Steel: Episode 2
I recently got to go out steelheading again for a couple days with one of my colleagues, Kevin, and his Dad, Pat. We went to the Pulaski area where some other bloggers have posted about in the past. It was the weekend before Thanksgiving, and conditions were favorable. Weather was nice and flows and visibility
Salmon River, NY
First, the title of this post is actually a bit misleading. I didn’t even fish the Salmon River – more on that soon – but rather fished several other rivers and streams in the immediate vicinity of the Salmon River. I had made one previous trip up to this area last year and was met
Tightline Nymphing for Steelhead
Up above, is a very cool video. I find that the older New Fly Fisher videos can be hit or miss, but, they seem more informative these days. This video is about tightlining for steelhead. They cover the rig in the early part of the video, and there’s a very nice fish landed towards the