Besides wading in near-frozen waters and enduring a shivering winter chill, the challenge of steelheading comes down to one thing – getting a good drift. Steelhead can get very persnickety about the ...

The heart of the steelhead trout fishing season is arriving, and Jeff Liskay of North Olmsted is already into a run-and-gun style of fishing on the rivers and streams of Northern Ohio. An expert at ...

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 ...

Strong returns of salmon and steelhead to the Columbia River basin have been delighting anglers since summer from the Washington coast, up the Columbia, Snake and, more recently, the Clearwater and ...

Sometimes using a float is the only way to properly present the lure or bait to the fish, be it steelhead or salmon, or panfish, walleye or smallmouth bass. While float fishing is not the answer to ...

Julie Garcia of Grangeville fishes for steelhead from the bank of the Salmon River. Pete Zimowsky Special to the Idaho Statesman The goldish-pink Wiggle Wart steelhead lure did its magic in the ...

What is a Slip Bobber Rig? A slip bobber rig requires a few key components to tie everything together, but the star of the show - and what gives this rig its name - is a float (bobber) that has a hole ...

The wind blew so hard across the Black River that as Kevin Murphy tried to row his 18-foot driftboat downstream with the current, the upstream gusts kept him locked in place. He couldn’t move anywhere ...