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steelhead vs salmon

Steelhead Trout vs Salmon – What’s the Difference?

The rivers throughout North America are full of a variety of different fish species, but few are as popular as ...
Best Bait for Salmon

Best Bait for Salmon

Choosing the best bait for salmon will depend largely on how and where you are fishing. As an example I've ...
best salmon fishing reel

Best Salmon Fishing Reel

​There are many ways to catch salmon whether that's drifting a plug, casting a spoon or trolling a hoochie behind ...
Kokanee Fishing Without Downriggers

Kokanee Fishing Without Downriggers – What are the Options?

​Although not the ​perfect setup ​Kokanee Fishing Without Downriggers is still possible and you have a number of available options ...
plunking for salmon

Plunking for Salmon

Plunking for salmon is an often over looked technique that a lot steelheaders seem to use to great affect. ​Using ...
drift fishing for salmon

Drift Fishing for Salmon

Drift fishing is a great way to cover a lot of water along a particular stretch of river and it ...
best salmon lures

Best Salmon Lures

There are a number of different techniques that can be used to catch salmon but one thing for certain is ...
Salmon River Fishing Techniques

Salmon River Fishing Techniques and Rigs

​There are many different salmon river fishing techniques and learning to master them all will mean that you can fish ...
Trolling Speed for Salmon

Trolling Speed for Salmon

The speed at which you troll for salmon can have a dramatic affect on your hook up rates. This depends ...
Salmon Rigs for Trolling

Salmon Rigs for Trolling

​There are a few types of salmon rigs for trolling that are wildly used by anglers today. There are lots ...
Best Coho Salmon Lures

Best Coho Salmon Lures for Rivers

​As the coho make their return from September to late November in the rivers and streams of their origin anglers ...
Salmon Flashers

Salmon Flashers

Without a doubt salmon flashers are an absolute must when deep water trolling for salmon using most of the popular ...
Best Salmon Spinners

Best Salmon Spinners

​Throwing lures such as salmon spinners and spoons has somewhat of a renaissance over the past ten years. There was ...
Salmon Trolling Setup

Salmon Trolling Setup

​Your choice of salmon trolling setup will largely be determined by how, where and for what you intend on fishing ...
best salmon fishing rod

Best Salmon Fishing Rod

​Salmon are some of the most prized fish for many recreational anglers and given their migratory nature their are many ...
jigging for kokanee

Jigging for Kokanee – [The Ultimate Guide]

Whilst most anglers will tell you that trolling is the go to method for catching kokanee more and more are ...
best kokanee rod

Best Kokanee Rods – [Buyer’s Guide]

​The best kokanee rods are able to stand up to season after season of hard trolling combined with a soft ...
best kokanee lures

Best Kokanee Lures

The best kokanee lures are also some of the most odd looking things you'll ever see in a freshwater fisherman's ...
kokanee tackle

Kokanee Tackle and Gear

​The Kokanee tackle setups of days past were once big heavy gang trolls on beefy trolling rods. Things have changed ...
flashers vs dodgers

Flashers vs Dodgers – What’s the Difference?

​If you have ever trolled for salmon or lake trout then you've probably used a down-rigger setup. Both flashers and ...
best steelhead bait

Best Steelhead Bait – Tips and Tricks

The beauty of steelhead is that they have a habit of biting a wide variety of natural and artificial baits ...
Egg Fly Patterns

Egg Fly Patterns for Steelhead

Egg fly patterns for steelhead are ​likely the most popular fly pattern for fishing the Great lakes tributaries. For many ...
steelhead eggs

Steelhead Eggs – (Tips and Tricks)

​Fishing with eggs for steelhead is a no-brainer once the eggs are moving through the current large steelhead will gorge ...
stonefly nymphs

StoneFly Nymphs for Steelhead

When winter trout are feeding on nymphs there is not much difference between a small trout and a steelhead. They ...
steelhead nymphs

Steelhead Nymphs – (Tips & Techniques)

​There are a number of techniques that work well for catching steelhead on fly tackle. Swinging streamers and soft hackles ...
Best Steelhead Lures

Best Steelhead Lures

Fishing for steelhead does not need to be a complicated as some anglers make it. Having a few basic steelhead ...
Nightmare Jig for Steelhead

Nightmare Jig for Steelhead

Despite it's odd color combination fishing the Nightmare Jig for steelhead is one of the most effective ways to snag ...