Spring Steelhead on the Skeena - a great video to start off the 2014 Season!

Last April, we hosted Steffen Juhl of Salmon Junkies, a company that provides outstanding trips for Atlantic Salmon on the world renowned Varzuga and Umba rivers.  We wanted to see what Steffen and photographer/videographer Columbus Leth thought about Spring Steelhead on the lower Skeena system, and perhaps how they might compare to their Atlantic cousins.  Turns out they enjoyed the fishing so much, they're coming back again in 2014 - this time for several weeks, and with a few friends in tow!  Here's a great video shot and filmed by Columbus - we think you'll agree that there's some pretty darn good stuff in there...

Spring Steelhead - the Last of Week 3

Along with big, bright fish, a great reason to fish the Spring is for the coastal mountain scenery - complete with snow capped peaks. All photos by Columbus Leth & Steffen Juhl

In our last post we posted a few photos from Jeff Bright's hosted week with his client Jim, Steffen Juhl and Columbus Leth.  We've since gotten a few of Steffen and Columbus' excellent photos and wanted to make sure that they received a wider audience than just us! 

Steffen with a chromer

Translucent fins = fresh

Columbus' big fish of the week!

Good Steelhead images wouldn't be complete without a rod/reel/fly shot...

Getting ready to go!  Jezz at Pioneer Lodge seeing the guests off in the morning...

Even after being landed, Spring fish still have lots of energy.

River transportation - ideal for skinny water

You know a fish is fresh, when...

High teens for Columbus!

We like it when the tape measure stretches this far...

Sky and Columbus with one of the 'smaller' ones for the week.

Now that fish has some shoulders...