Posted on October 28 2014
Written by: Dan Gracia, Orvis Sporting Traditions Specialist
Leland Miyawaki of Orvis bellevue (WA) shows off a fine Pacific Northwest steelhead.
Photo courtesy Leland Miyawaki
Throughout most of the Pacific Northwest, steelhead young spend a year in their native rivers before they smolt and head out to sea. This smolting process is the changing of the steelhead young’s physiology to allow it to thrive in a saltwater condition. Up until this. . .
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