Salmon River is holding a lot of Steelhead right now. As of today, the upper fly section of the river has closed for the season, but fish can be found throughout the river.
In high pressured areas or as the fish move further upstream the best patterns were steelhead candy, black stoneflies and smaller nymph patters. As new fish continue to enter the river standard sucker spawn and egg patterns work well for the fresh chrome fish. The river is also seeing a good share of brown trout and a few lingering salmon are still there, but will not be much longer.
Water levels are really low so while the river continues to hold a lot of fish, these fish are more likely to hit in the morning and then sparsely throughout the day as fishing pressure and the low water seems to slow the bite. Possibly, with the cold front which has moved in less fishing pressure will exist making the bite pick up once again. While winter conditions are quickly closing in, right now is a great time to target steelhead in the river if you can find a nice gap in the weather.
