NEWAYGO – They’re everywhere. Beads. There are more beads on Michigan steelhead streams these days than there are in New Orleans on Fat Tuesday. Hard-plastic beads — which imitate salmon or steelhead ...

We're fishing with Antonio, the boatless angler, fishing the shoreline of the Lower Niagara River. Today we're bottom bouncing with a simple bead for steelhead. The month of April is one of the best ...

Justin Lasanske of Bloop Bead Co. with a Michigan steelhead. Here’s how it works. You tie or peg a plastic bead that represents a salmon or steelhead egg onto your leader. Three to five inches below ...

This winter's steelhead lure dujour matches fad-happy anglers' dreams with a whopper of a season on the north Oregon Coast. The entree'? Think bead; salmon-egg orange, red, pink...nothing more than a ...

Once, after a February weekend on the Wallowa River, I found myself in a roomful of steelhead anglers. There must have been 30 of us that had braved the single digit temps and you could count on one ...

Randy Bales of Lured Beads will show his techniques with bead fishing for winter steelhead during the Wednesday, Nov. 5, meeting of the Mid-Valley Chapter of Northwest Steelheaders. The meeting starts ...

The “Egg-Sucking Leech” has proven to be a very effective fly pattern for anglers targeting steelhead in the Chautauqua County Lake Erie tributaries. Photo courtesy of FleegersFlies.com The winter ...

For many anglers, the arrival of winter ushers in a season of rest and recovery. But for those of us who pursue steelhead, winter is not the time for taking a break. It’s a time to spend long days on ...

When it comes to Michigan fishing in November, two things stand out. One, fewer anglers are out likely because of other outdoor recreation activities like hunting and the cooler temperatures. Two, the ...