steelheadern.
/ˈstiːlhɛdə/ North American.
One who fishes for steelhead trout.
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trouter1830
steelheader1948
1948 Game Trails in Canada Feb. 25 The average steelheader that lands one in three seems quite content.
1964 Vancouver Province 14 Feb. 18/1 The Gold River has blanked many a good steelheader.
1972 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 1 Jan. 21/3 April is the awakening month, when..steelheaders shift to trout fishing.
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ˈsteelheading n.
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troutinga1768
steelheading1954
1954 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 5 Nov. 13/1 They had gone out steelheading that morning.
1971 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 24 Jan. 3/1 She had learned to avoid the cardinal sins of steelheading.
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