Steelhead is a hard spun story of a Portland Oregon steelworker that enjoys his off hours at the rivers of the northwest in search of a world record steelhead. But his life is interrupted when his co-workers start to have several unexplained accidents at work. Then when Monty Rickey begins to poke his nose into the details of the accidents they unravel into multiple murders. Catching the murderer and proving his involvement becomes an obsession with Monty. However, Monty has painted a target on himself in the process. Can he hook the wily fish and land it before it gets away?