Late Winter Steelhead Fly Fishing

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Late winter Great Lakes Steelhead fishing is cold but a lot of fun! I will show you what I use to catch fish on the fly! Greatlakes steelhead are as much fun as you can have with a fly rod so I encourage you to go out and give it a shot.

Gear used:
Orvis Clearwater 6wt 9ft
SA Mastery MPX floating line
Simms Freestone Waders
Simms Freestone Boots Rubber Sole

Flies Used:
Bead head(3.3mm tungsten) McFly Foam Egg Pattern in Cheese Colour

Leader:
15lb Maxima Clear 4ft
2.5mm Tippet Ring
6ft 4x Flourocarbon tippet
2 BB split shot

Skagit Setup
Airflo skagit scout 240grain
Airflo Steelhead Polyleader 5ft 7IPS
12lb MAxima clear 4ft
Pink/White Intruder Fly
Category
Steelheads
Tags
winter steelhead, fly fishing for steelhead, late winter fly fishing