Steelhead fishing on the west coast has been a grind this year to say the least. We had a month with no rain then the rivers blew out and since that point the fish have been making you work hard for your bites. The past couple weeks I have had customers out on the Klamath, Smith, Chetco, Umpqua, and Rogue rivers...
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I HAD A FEW DAYS OPEN UP DUE TO CANCELATIONS AND SCHEDULE CHANGES SO GET A HOLD ME IF YOU WANT TO FEEL THE TUG 3/4, 3/18, 3/23, 3/25, 3/30, and 3/31 The cold hard steel finally decided to show up and being out on the river this past week actually feelt like winter steelhead fishing. We did pretty good the last...
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The winter steelhead season is well underway on the west coast and with the lack of water in the rivers, fishing has been pretty tuff. Keep your eye on the prize, find em and grind em, and keep your tip up. Ironhead Guide Service had folks out on three different river in California and Oregon and most groups got to...
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We got to fish the lower Klamath River this week and found a mix of fall and winter fish. The river is still a little high but if you find some slow water fish it. The fish were hanging out in the slow deep water and close to the banks. We picked up all of our fish on yarn balls...
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Tim came up to test his luck at some chetco steel and looks like he had a pretty good day. Guide Shane Blair put the guys on some fish and sounds like they even got to experience a plug plow down. Thx Shane for helping out, good times on the river and getting away from the hustle is what IGS...
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This last week has been a little tuff for the fisherman. The rivers are getting low and clear and you have to work really hard for your bites. I spent the last week fishing the Klamath and the Umpqua and the results have been pretty similar. We have been getting 3 to 6 adult steelhead a day and a few...
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