Hi, I'm Dave Graybill, the Fishin' Magician!
This is big, wild steelhead that posed for a photo before being released. It hit a shrimp-baited Mack's Lure Rock Dancer jig on the upper Columbia River. Fishing is open now above Wells Dam on the Columbia, and the Okanogan River. See the emergency rules for details.
I grew up in Central Washington and began writing about the outdoors in the mid 70s. I began broadcasting report on outdoor recreation on KOZI Radio in Lake Chelan in 1991. My reports are now carried on several radio stations and many newspapers in Washington. The reports give what’s happening and how-to information on fishing for bass, perch, walleye, trout, kokanee, salmon, steelhead and other species.