When I first started fishing for steelhead about a decade and a half ago, I was convinced that it was an autumn event only. Those I fished with ventured to the B.C.s Skeena watershed, the Grande Ronde, Idaho’s Clearwater and Salmon rivers, and Oregon’s John Day and Washington’s Klickitat. I was able to fish all of these, and most of them multiple times. They were great times filled with beauty, good fishing, and learning from wonderful people. As the years went by, my Octo

The Climate Prediction Center's forecast for this February looks eerily similar to what we have been having over the past several years. air temperatures are suppose to be in the 40s for the most part. This makes for some solid fishing on the Snake and the South Fork. But could this now be another year when we see water temperatures in the high 60s in August? Ominous indeed. nonetheless, we won't know what is going to happen until the spring forecast comes in. That coul