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Heavy rain over the weekend brough flows on the Hood River up quite a bit. Flows dropped fast and are expected to trend downward. No recent reports about steelhead fishing.
For this steelhead run overall, there are very few hatchery winter steelhead that will be in the Hood River. The last year of hatchery winter steelhead releases was 2021. Wild steelhead must be released, so the Hood River is primarily a catch-and-release steelhead fishery at this point. But you can still get out on enjoy some winter steelheading on the Hood. The peak of the run will be late March/early April. Check flows before you go!
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The Kilchis River is in prime shape as of this writing and should stay that way through Friday (and maybe......