12 Months of Steelhead

Has anyone, (trutfully) has caught a steelhead in a PA tributary in every month out of the year?  I could have sworn I have seen this before and just wondered if any brave and crazy fisherman ever completed this.

I have caught them from September thru May and have not fished for them in June, July or August,  but I guess I should give it a try...

I bet Tim ( Fshrmn) has!

I think I've seen him say he has.

I've caught them.....1 month, maybe. Because I'm an awful excuse of a fisherman

I'm sure many of us have caught them in our dreams, LOL!

I've caught them from sept-may probably like most people on here that regularly fish the tribs.
 
 
Does it have to all be in the same year to count... now that would be impressive.

Loomis, yes, I actually have caught steelhead in all 12 months of the year in an Erie trib, but not all in the same particular year. As everyone said, September through May are pretty easy. And actually, late August is not that hard if you are persistent. I've went up a few times in late August just to take a day trip and almost every time found at least a few fish somewhere, and managed to catch a few.
 
June and July have been the toughest for me, as I only have 2 total in June, both skinny dropbacks in the very early part of the month.
 
And in July, I only have 1 steelhead in my entire life, and it was surprisingly a very nice fish from way up on Elk where a cold little stream was coming in. I know I probably should have let it be, but it was pretty hard to resist a shot at  July steel.
 
One other interesting thing also about summer at Erie. I have seen/caught some real nice browns much earlier than one would suspect also. I think they come in for a short time on some of the earliest of rains.
 
I get up to Erie a few times during the summer mainly to sightsee etc., and I have seen some pretty cool things fishwise. My bet is if you were a local, you could probably catch one 12 months a year about every year if you put in some hoofin, LOL.

Dan,
 
I think it is pretty obvious.  She is hot and loves to fish....  What other reason could there be???

That is interesting.  You will have to invite her to fish the tribs this fall.

Paris Hilton is a friend of mine too......

formerguide.  Bring her and yourself to the "One Fly".  We do have a female division, unless she can win the overall and get the antique bamboo. 

Hmmmmm.  I actually got Paris her first steelhead last year on Elk....One of my "honey holes".  Paris that is!

You think thats funny???  Thats real duud!!

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Formerguide,

she friended me on facebook, i asked her if I can use her pic for an avatar and she said she didn't care.  Shes super cool besides being good looking

 
AV and I are Facebook friends too- send me a friend request and I'll confirm! Like your blog BTW- keep up the good work!

every month but july and june also,but i always wanted to see if there was a rogue steelhead or two left stranded somewhere in elk then.but never gave it a shot

yes i have..i did it this past year..sometimes you get strays that never make there way back to the lake and what happens is they sit in the shaded areas for the summer..i caught 2 in july and 3 in june and 6 in august for the summer months and for the rest of the year to many to count..the secret is to go after a good rain because they be spooky and use immatations of aquatic insects such as nymphs and others