Despite the fact that the river Akins frequents remained open, he said he’s had to fight the misconception that all steelhead fishing in Idaho was banned this year. Riggins City Councilman Roy ...

The portions of Idaho rivers that remain closed to anglers ... achieves the commission’s objective to limit impacts to steelhead fishing as much as possible while we remain focused on finally ...

Steelhead are rainbow trout that leave Idaho in the spring as juveniles ... Stable weather and consistent river flows tend to produce the best fishing. But even if conditions are imperfect ...

LEWISTON – A bad year for anglers got even worse Friday, when the Idaho Fish and Game Commission voted to close steelhead fishing in the Clearwater River basin and on a short section of the ...

Barbless hooks are not required for Boise River steelhead fishing, but are required in other steelhead waters in Idaho. Idaho Fish and Game also stocks rainbow trout into ponds around the ...

BOISE, Idaho - Idaho Fish and Game officials say that if enough steelhead return to the Oxbow Hatchery, then anglers could be fishing for stocked steelhead in the Boise River by Thanksgiving.

Steelhead fishing in Idaho has been at the mercy of the river stream flow. If the flows are lower then fishing has been above average, and if the rivers get blown out then the fishing is not good ...

The new catch-and-release record for Idaho steelhead was caught on a swung fly ... A traditional fly-fishing technique carried over from the Atlantic salmon rivers of Europe, it’s one of the more ...

IDAHO FALLS – If you’ve been waiting for some of the best news of the year for anglers, hold on to your fishing ... Dam on the Snake River is the last of eight dams that steelhead cross ...

Spey anglers, those who prefer two-handed fly rods, are having a good run of late on Idaho's Clearwater River. Kyriacos Panayiotou, of McCall, landed a 41-inch steelhead while swinging flies Oct. 6.