The Central Valley’s steelhead season is underway with the lower American River proving to be an early standout for the magnificent fish showing up and being caught. This easily accessible urban fishery, which flows through the heart of the Sacramento metro area, is unlike any other. It’s home to two strains of steelhead, a native Central Valley strain and a much larger coastal strain originating within the Eel River and introduced to the lower American after the Folsom and Nimbus dams were cons