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steelie Pacific Coast, Informal

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

  See also: steelhead  

  • 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.