How to Read Steelhead Water with Scott Baker McGarva 

By far the best video for reading steelhead water.

Thank you so much for sharing your valuable knowledge in reading water to put the odds in my favor in catching a steelhead. Or two! From a new friend in fishing. Ernest

Love this video. Lots of good info in there. Scott taught me to fly cast back in a class he taught in like 1993/94 out back of Berry's tackle. He was always great to talk to and very friendly and knowledgable. Helped me out a lot. I literally know how to fly cast because of him. Beautifully put together video too. Nice work.

Ohh I have been waiting for a video like this one for a long long time😍 I saved it in my play list so i can watch it 300 000 times more,,,,, lol Thank you so much! Wish I could hit that like button more than one time hahaha. Tight lines

I was looking for a video on reading water for targeting a river for fishing, so thank-you.. picked up a deeper smart sonar but this is better.

I work a run from the bottom up 100% of the time. I pull steelies out the back door one after the other, working up the run, and not upsetting the entire thing by catching the first one at the top then fighting it down through the run. 10x more fish.... and yes i am nymphing, because i like to catch a ton of fish.

Thanks April and Scott. I am new to spey casting, salmon and steelhead fishing. I appreciate all the valuable information. I also appreciate the reminder about fishing the water well, regardless of catching fish! Most excellent!

I really appreciated this video. Beautiful water and background with solid information. Thank you!

Great info and one of the most important things to know when steelheading .

Thank you, April, for another great learning video. I really appreciate your guests!

Great video! I've been fishing that river for a few years so its nice to see some homewater. Definetely some beautiful fish there :)

Thank you for sharing🍺🍺 Most would not share their knowledge and experiences🤙🤙

You're the man Scott. Great video.

Beautiful shots and some amazing info here for new Steelhead fishers

This is a great production, fantastic job.

Great info here. Thanks. I'm down here in Oregon jealous of your awesome steelhead rivers and opportunities

A Brilliant Video, please can we have some more, and so informative. Bryan.

really well done ...i enjoyed that and scott is a boss !

Great video on many levels... and one of my favourite places to fish...

Oh yeah, I just want to say , incredible information, top 👏 notch 👌 quality, time and energy and more time, is quality, this is by far , epic details of what you're looking for, altogether, its incredible how steelhead do setup in such skinny water as they move up into those locations, I realize its a lot of time and respect, to reach that goal and spiritual success in life. Just remember respect what you love, give back more then you take. Epic quality. 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Great insights! Pleasure to absorb this mindset!

Good vid. Very practical info. Well done

I can’t remember if this helped me or not but I remember watching it . And I’m definitely catching fish so who knows

Really well done, Thank You !

Love this video. Thank you very much

Nice video! Learn a lot!

Good advice . Thanks for the video

Sage advice Scott 👏👏

Thanks so much! You are like a virtual mentor lol

Awesome Video!

this was awesome for me

what is the song up to 2:25? Captured the feeling of being on the water

Good 👍👍

Is this west coast Canada?

I’m the opposite I cut my teeth on the fly and have since switched to a centerpin. Much more fun to fight the fish without drag and really allows a lot more complexity where everything from the angle you hold your rod to the subtle shades of jig coloring, to the shape of the float has an impact on your catch. It’s a ton of fun to tweak and tweak and then figure out that the switch to a different shot pattern makes the difference between a skunk and a banner day. Of course fly fishing has this aspect too but I think to a lesser degree. For me the flies generally are reserved for the inland fish.

A bump with a big ol jerk set ;)

Leave fish alone spawning...😆😆😅.....come to michigan Very good video..btw

Lol conventional you are funny

Did you later make fun of yourself for using a float set-up?

Pfttt...why make fun of a fly fisherman using an indicator. There's different ways of catching a fish using a different fly fishing techniques, nymphing being one of them. You can use any different approach fly fishing if it works for you CATCHING many fish, it works for you PERIOD

Sooo you make fun of people who use an "indicator"(bobber) but you throw a rubber worm with a bobber the size of a donkey turd! I make fun of anyone uses above her to fish!

Unlike conventional fishing.. what asshole doesn’t start at the top of a run a work down.. any serious angler knows this and sticks to it