Part I It has been nearly 150 years since the ova were imported from a tributary of California’s McCloud River to the Caledonia fish hatchery near Mumford, New York, that initiated the Great Lakes steelhead fishery. And whether you consider these creatures steelhead or simply lake-run rainbows, ther… Become a member of Swing the Fly […]
Great Lakes
Steelhead were first transplanted into the Great Lakes in the late 1800s and have since established populations returning to the tributaries of all five lakes. Swing the Fly is honored to have contributors who have been on the pioneering edge of swinging flies for these Great Lakes steelhead.