steelie

Pacific Coast, Informal

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a fish, Salmo gairdnerii, of the Pacific coast, which spawns in fresh water after two or three years in the sea.

Quotations

1958

Jackie Francks [is] a veteran of two year's persuit [sic] of steelies. . . .

1963

Steelheading in the Valley is good from November to May with Steelies to twenty-five pounds.