Prince of Wales Island Steelhead Report 2022

It has been another fun season of Steelhead fly fishing. The 2022 season certainly had its challenges, but for the most part it was a great start to the year. The fishing was good early in the season. There were lots of fish around and the water conditions were pretty good, but the temperature was darn cold. Later in the season we had a bad dry spell that caused historically low water levels which made the fishing very challenging. Fish were crammed into very small runs and were incredibly skittish. On top of that, the fishing pressure really started to increase which added to the challenging conditions. Towards the end of the season we got some rain and much better water levels. Some bright fish came in late which made for some decent fishing. The Cutthroat and Dolly fishing really started to pickup through early spring, and will continue to be excellent for the next couple of months.