Best way to get started on the North Shore is to visit with John at Great Lakes Fly Shop in Downtown Duluth, he us how to rig for the streams up the and put us on steelhead. My friend had never caught a steelhead on a fly rod before and I had one to my credit from last fall on the Root in Racine, WI. John was a tremendous help and we both caught steelhead that afternoon.
Good Luck!