"Steelhead are a form of oceangoing trout endemic to some rivers draining to the Pacific from North America and Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula".......Some of the finest Steelhead habitat is found along the Skeena River which flows some 350 miles in a southwesterly direction from its headwaters in northwestern British Columbia to the Pacific near Prince Rupert"........"Along the way, it picks up tributaries that represent a “who’s who” of the world’s most celebrated steelhead fisheries — the Babine, the Bulkley/Morice, the Copper, the Kispiox, the Sustut"............"Some anglers will spend over $7,000 a week to visit fishing lodges on the Skeena’s rivers"..........Why spend a small fortune just to fish for Steelhead?........."Because Steelhead Trout exhibit a general reluctance to eat once they enter fresh water"......... "Unlike the resident fish, these vagrants of oceans and rivers can rarely be fooled by "matching the hatch"........... "Instead, Fly Fishers cast their flies with the hope only to find a fish in a mood to grab the fly out of aggression, frustration, hate, annoyance, or curiosity"..........Steelhead, "a true heavyweight adversary" for Fly Fisherman!

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The Lure of 

the Steelhead Trout

The beautiful Skeena River

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Path of the Skeena River
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Chris Santella about to release a wild steelhead 

on the Morice River near Houston, 

British Columbia.CreditCreditMike Marcus

• Nov. 9, 2018