News — steelhead fishing

Summer Steelhead in Low & Clear Water

Posted August 12, 2014

Summer Steelhead are a unique anadromous target. They are different from their winter counterparts in that they are built to enter fresh water before they are sexually mature, and as a result they spend a long time in the tributaries before spawning. Summer Steelhead in the Columbia River start showing up in March and April, and continue to enter the mouth all the way through fall on their way to tributaries like the Cowlitz, Deschutes and other notable summer steelhead tributaries.Anglers love summer steelhead for a number of reasons. "Summers" are fantastic to eat due to their high fat content...

Columbia River Guided Fishing Trips

Posted July 15, 2014

The Columbia River basin is one of the best fisheries in the world for salmon and steelhead!

Steelhead Bobbers Discussion | Sliding vs. Fixed Floats

Posted May 19, 2014

Here at Fishing Addicts Northwest, we love to float fish. It’s the ideal presentation as you walk up onto a hole. It is not loud, and tends to not spook fish like heavy hardware may, and has direct visual sense that you have covered water.So let’s talk floats I will be comparing two different “styles” of floats. The first of which is a “sliding” float. A short description: a sliding float is engineered to slide on your mainline between your terminal weight and a bobber stop, which is set at a specific “depth” to match the water you are fishing....