Steelhead

While most people hang up their waders when the interior rivers turn to ice, the fishing season is just beginning for many of us in the Pacific Northwest. Many anglers have waited all year to pull their fishing gear out of storage. Winter steelhead fishermen and women are some of the most passionate...

One of my favorite things about bringing a steelhead to hand is the downturned eye on her perfectly blushed face.  Flecks of gold, bronze, green and purple glitter in the light; painting her eyelid like an eighty’s popstar.  Her pupil — black and wild — looks down at the river as if to remind me...