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Now that it’s the first of March it’s time to start thinking about fishing again! It’s been a pretty cold winter with a few mild days mixed in to help keep the snowpack reduced. These mini run-off situations gave some bumps to the w

Take out the Lower Four! OregonFlyFishingBlog.com and Caddisflyshop.com are proud supporters of efforts to remove the four lower Snake River dams. Check out TU president Chris Wood’s article below. The tipping point for salmon and steelhead

It’s been a interesting winter here in the Great NorthWest. Dry and mild temps have been conducive to outdoor activities. My fruit trees think its spring and damn Peck Peck is starting to patrol his drumming stations. Fishing on the Olympic Pen

The inlets and beaches of Puget Sound are some of the only places in the world that you can cast to Wild Coastal Cutthroat Trout in the saltwater. Like their steelhead cousins they spawn in freshwater and return to feed in saltwater. Unlike steelhea

It’s looking like steelhead season will continue for the next couple weeks.  A cold spring has lent itself to cold water temps and plenty of snow still around down low.  Don’t let this get you disheartened though!  It̵

Each fall Greg and his best friend Rob chase steelhead for two weeks around Oregon swinging flies. Here they are checking in after a week of fishing…. So far 7 for 9 caught…..Vamos!!!

From Wild Steelheaders United Last month the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that the Deschutes River will be closed to fishing for steelhead salmon and bass for parts of the summer to protect the river’s seriously at-risk summ

It’s approaching mid-April but it feels more like the first of May with the recent weather. One could argue that it felt more like the end of May with the recent 70-degree days. Steelhead fishing has been challenging as we had not received much

Sturgeon fishing on the Willamette continues to be phenomenal. The water temp came up a few degrees last week and set it on fire! On my last trip i had 5 guys in the boat and we landed 19 fish 14 of them were oversize and we had two doubles on oversi

Unless you are a professional fly tyer or if you are at your bench several times each week I think it makes sense to go through a technique review at every oopportunity you get to share ideas with another fly craftsperson. In this R

Spring is trying to bust loose!  Birds are chirping days are getting longer and steelhead are in the river!  What an awesome time of year!  We have another year of fishing in front of us…spring steelhead summer trout fall salmon

From Wild Steelheaders United After more than two years of plan development and stakeholder meetings Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is accepting public comments on its Rogue-South Coast Multi-Species Conservation and Management Plan (R

It’s that time of year again for Fall Fishing on the Sacramento River. The steelhead are biting and we’re catching fish! If you’re looking to fly fish for Sacramento River Steelhead please give me a call to book your dates. DonR

From Flylordsmag.com Will Poston Oregon’s Deschutes River will have a fishing season for summer steelhead this year announced the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW). The summer steelhead fishing season on the Deschutes will open o

Finally some warm weather is helping us forget about the cold spring we have had so far. With temps in the 70s this weekend the water temperatures should climb a little and get things to where they should be for this time of year. Steelhead fishing i

Fall Shop Hours 7am – 7pm We are running at full throttle now chasing kings!  The whole crew is back guiding (except Donnie…he’ll be back in late October for steelhead).  The shop is packed and we are looking forward to a

From Save our Wild Salmon The Rally for Salmon at Willamette Park in Portland OR on June 25th will feature our biggest gathering and on-the-water event in several years! Tribal activists and salmon steelhead orca and clean energy advocates will ̷

From Native Fish Society March 2022 North Umpqua Summer Steelhead returns have declined significantly over the previous five years. In 2021 a record low run of only 450 wild Summer Steelhead returned to the North Umpqua basin. This historically low &

Late fall steelhead fishing has been good and we are now entering the winter season. This is still a great time to book a trip on the river as steelhead are willing to play all winter. We have been running trips on a few different rivers lately so fe

This is the month Kings are here in good numbers. Big fish too.. 4 kings over the 28lb mark so far.. we have openings left. I think fishing will remain good through September out here.. no coho yet but there out here somewhere.. The post August 8th