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Portland Oregon fishing Guide Marvin’s Guide Service is currently fishing Spring Chinook salmon on the Columbia and Willamette River. Marvin’s Guide Service has had over 35 years fishing experience on the Columbia and Willamette River fo

Recorded: 45 ° F Fishing: Fair S U M M E R S T E E L H E A D: At this time Steelhead are spread throughout the lower 100 miles of the Deschutes. Steelhead “catching” seems to be improving now that the Chinook Salmon have finished spa

Effective immediately an emergency regulation protects wild summer steelhead and early returning fall chinook on the mainstem Umpqua River. Emergency regulation Scottsburg Bridge (Hwy. 38) to River Forks Boat Ramp: Today through September 30 2018 ang

Jay Nicholas demonstrates how to tie a version of a classic salmon and steelhead Boss fly. The pattern is simple and “old school” but works very well in summer fall and winter in rivers and estuaries. Modern Boss Fly Thread: … Conti

Interesting article on OPB yesterday about the decline of mega-Chinook. Our official position at OFFB is that the sole mammal species responsible for salmonid declines is sitting behind our keyboards. But there is some interesting stuff about orca bi

A spectacular sunset yesterday added yet another superlative to the fantastic summer we’ve had up here at QCL. With only 9 fishing days left we’re still pinching ourselves on how great this season has been! Unusual northeasterly winds on

As of April 1st  we are under some very restrictive interim chinook fishing regulations in the Vancouver area.  In this update I am going to talk about the regulations  proposals on the table  what we might see in

Well I finally figured out how to get my blog going again with the help of my son. I will be posting every Sunday. What a great year it has been. With all of the regulation changes on keeper sturgeon I had to expand and it has been a blast. This spri

The 2013 Fall chinook salmon season on the Oregon coast is shaping up to be one of the best we have seen in at least a decade.  No bull.  More early fish and the prospect of a steady push of fresh salmon … Continue reading &

Read the headiness.... “Fall Chinook run on Columbia largest in decades” (this from Oregonian Live.com) You may be wondering what the heck our coastal chinook fishery has to do if anything with the Columbia River Chinook … Continue

This isn’t one of our videos but it is still worth sharing none the less.  Being able to see these amazing fish from a view point that we often don’t only adds to the appreciation we have of them.  Enjoy the footage. p Faded Glo

  Time marches on and my how it sprints on it seems. My dear friend Jeff Hickman is but a week from heading north to open Kimsquit Bay Lodge on the Lower Dean. Jeff knows the kings in BC and … Continue reading →

This Saltwater Clouser fly fishes well in the both open ocean and estuaries. The texture of the Electric Yellow fibers are not as pleasing to my likes as most of the Steve Farrar’s Blends but it is bright and I … Continue reading →

I had the pleasure of fishing Tillamook Bay with the most excellent guide John Krauthoeffer and Bill Monroe and Grant McOmie.  Bill and Grant have ritual salmon fishing ventures with John each year – they witnessed my first Tillamook

Chinook salmon

Reef bottom. Water depth 36m.

Chinook salmon

Chinook salmon

Yep this is yet another of my “almost” intruders that feature great materials color scheme and technique to produce a fly that is attractive to every living fish on the planet but especially to Chinook salmon because these fish often …

Chinook salmon