5 Best Summer Steelhead Fishing Rivers in the Willamette Valley
Photo by John Elder Fishing Guide Service
The Santiam, McKenzie and Willamette rivers have superb hatchery summer steelhead runs close to home for many Oregonians.
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Best Summer Steelhead Fishing | Portland, Oregon
From the Clackamas to the Columbia, fishing Portland area rivers can be fantastic for summer steelhead.
From the Clackamas to the Columbia, fishing Portland area rivers can be fantastic for summer steelhead.
Best Summer Steelhead Fishing | Northeast Oregon
Photo courtesy of Dunroven by the River
The Grande Ronde and Wallowa Rivers highlight an underappreciated region that some years is outrageously good for summer steelhead.
Best Summer Steelhead Fishing | Oregon’s Mid-Columbia Area
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North-central Oregon’s Columbia, Deschutes and John Day rivers are loaded with reel-screeching summer steelhead.
Summer Steelhead Fishing | Best Rivers on the Oregon Coast
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South of the Columbia River system, Oregon has five reliable summer steelhead fishing rivers: Rogue, Umpqua, Siletz, Nestucca and Wilson rivers.