The fall steelhead run always start with the skippers; the juvenile steelhead that migrate first up the river system quickly followed by the adult steelhead. Landing skippers is the first indication the fall steelhead run is about to happen.
Here’s Brian from Cincinnati, OH with a bright chrome “skipper” steelhead from the Muskegon river.
We’re finally getting pushes of higher water and colder air temps triggering fall steelhead up the river system in much better numbers.
post by: jon fortuna