Steelhead fishing in British Columbia is one of the more challenging river sport fishing opportunities we have to offer. Apart from salmon and sturgeon, British Columbia is also highly regarded as one of the top steelhead fishing destinations in North America and some of the world's most renowned steelhead rivers flow through our province.

There is something to be said about the steelhead when anglers travel thousands of miles in hope of catching a few of these hard-fighting and acrobatic beauties. They aren't nearly as abundant as our salmon and at times they can seem to be elusive and "moody", testing the angler's abilities, knowledge, and experience to its fullest. It seems that this sort of challenge grows on certain anglers, and the steelhead has a large world-wide following of die-hard "steelheaders", who travel all over in hopes of landing that trophy steelhead of a lifetime. For many river anglers, finding, hooking and landing a big steelhead is the ultimate experience in river fishing!

The steelhead is an anadromous (sea-going) trout that spends a portion of its life in the ocean, before returning to fresh water to spawn. Although certain stocks of steelhead can attain weights in excess of 30+lbs, most of the fish we hook are 8-15lbs, with fish up to 20+lbs available. We do hook fish on most outings when using natural and artificial baits. Getting a winter run fish on the fly is a little more challenging, but patience and persistence can pay off.

In this part of British Columbia, we offer steelhead trips on several different rivers for both wild and hatchery fish, with each river providing the angler with it's own unique character, setting, and spectacular scenery. Our winter-run steelhead are present in our rivers from Dec-May, with the best fishing available from Feb-April. …(see our Higlight Fisheries). Our summer-run steelhead are available from June-Oct, with best fishing available from July to September…"species availability chart". The winter steelhead runs typically produce substantially more fish than our summer steelhead runs.