Prince of Wales
STEELHEAD
JOSH MILLS
FEATURED GUEST CONTRIBUTOR
The scene in front of me matched the
mental picture I had for a southeast Alaskan
steelhead stream.
upstream of the salt, a chrome-bright hen of
ten pounds or so came up and smashed my
strike indicator....
Emerging from ungodly deadfall and
bramble, the creek met the ocean half a
mile downstream. The water braided into
several channels, and tide depending, had the
possibility of holding fish that rode in on the
rising water.
My heart instantly hit my throat. Holy cow!!
Oh yeah, and two bald eagles circled overhead.
Might as well make it a postcard or something.
As I worked the first good holding water
Our trip to Prince of Wales Island in southeast
Alaska for spring steelhead had been on the
books for six months and to say it was highly
anticipated was an understatement. From
the information we could gather, we knew we
were in for a different experience from the
steelhead fishing we know well here in the
Northwest.