Low and clear — careful approach country. Take your time — read the water before you cast.
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How to fish · for steelhead
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
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The big water below Tippy Dam gets huge runs of king and coho in the fall and a steelhead run that holds fish all winter and peaks in spring. It's a tailwater, so it fishes steady and cold while the freestones are out — crowded in the salmon weeks, far better once the leaves drop and the chrome takes over.
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The big water below Tippy Dam gets huge runs of king and coho in the fall and a steelhead run that holds fish all winter and peaks in spring.
Low and clear — careful approach country. Take your time — read the water before you cast.
Live readings — water temperature is an estimate where the gauge does not record it.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
The big water below Tippy Dam gets huge runs of king and coho in the fall and a steelhead run that holds fish all winter and peaks in spring. It's a tailwater, so it fishes steady and cold while the freestones are out — crowded in the salmon weeks, far better once the leaves drop and the chrome takes over.