Archive for December 2022

Great Lakes winter steelheading is not for everyone… but it can be. It’s deer gun/deer rifle season or even later. That means fewer anglers. Plus, the fair-weather fly anglers (no shade intended) are off the water deep frying their turkey, buying a deliberately ugly Christmas sweater, or deciding what size heart shaped box of chocolates…

If you’re just getting started in fly fishing, or maybe just getting serious about it, the first thing to do is pick a species and pick a river. You can fly fish for anything. Most rivers in the US have either an abundance bass or trout (seldom both), and perhaps even more have an abundance…