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Spring is in the air:
It isn't time to hang up the steelhead gear just yet! Washington's coastal rivers are still kicking out plenty of steelhead, as is the Skagit River system in the North Puget Sound region. To the south the Trask, Wilson, Siletz, and Nestucca Rivers in Oregon have all seen some great fishing the last couple of weeks. Flyfisherman have been hitting good numbers of fish on both the Methow and the Grande Ronde in Eastern Washington. All of these systems should produce steelhead for at least a few more weeks.

In addition to some late season steelhead opportunities the Columbia River system is starting to see it's annual push of spring chinook. Eric Linde of Lindes Sportfishing reports good catches of chinook off the mouth of both the Kalama and Cowlitz Rivers the last few days and mentioned that the Wind River is going to see a banner return of roughly 24,000 springers this year. That's definitely worth the trip!

Sturgeon fishing is also heating up on the Fraser River to the north and on the Columbia River below Bonneville Dam. Oversize sturgeon will start making an appearance below Bonneville sometime in early May.

The recent Salmon University class held March 25th and 26th in Renton was sold out with some 270 participants taking part in the two day event. The 2006 Steelhead University seminar is scheduled for December 2nd at Outdoor Emporium in downtown Seattle. Call T.J. Nelson at 425-377-1167 for more details.

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Welcome to Steelhead University! The sole purpose of this site is to help you catch more steelhead. Steelhead are, and always have been, the most elusive and sought after gamefish in the Pacific Northwest. In addition to their elusive nature, they are perhaps the hardest fighting freshwater gamefish in North America. Catching these prized fish, however, even for the most experienced fisherman, has always been a challenge.

This site will provide useful information for both novice and experienced steelheaders on how, when, and where to catch these prized fish.

 We'll have tech tips, product reviews, destination articles, and in season updates related to steelhead and salmon fisheries throughout the Pacific Northwest. You'll also find useful links to weather forecasts, river levels, maps of major river systems, and other useful information to help you plan your next trip to the river.

Steelhead University will be brought to by two of the northwests top river anglers, full time guide Rob Endsley and co-host of the Wild Country Radio Show Tom T.J. Nelson. 

In addition to hosting this website, these guys will be conducting informative clinics with some of the Northwest's top names in sportfishing, all for the sake of making you a better angler!  Stay tuned for 2006 clinic dates, as we'll be adding them soon!

In addition to steelhead fishing, this site and our clinics will also be focused on how to catch salmon once they enter the freshwater environment.  Catching salmon after they enter freshwater is just as detail-oriented as any steelhead presentation and many of the techniques used to catch steelhead are adaptable to catching salmon.

What makes Steelhead University special is that the information you find here is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We'll be adding articles, tech tips, maps, and other useful fishing knowledge on a regular basis.