The Umpqua, the Deschutes and Grande Ronde in one trip.  What great opportunity.  I cleared my schedule and headed north.  The weather was gentle and high clouds or haze.  The 3 rivers were in great shape and fishable.   But the only fish I hooked and landed were on the Grande Ronde (a tributary of […]

  I made a quick trip to the Klamath to get my gear in order for the 6 day 5 night Grande Ronde trip.  The water temperature was in the high 50’s, but the fish were a bit hard to find.  I traveled about 40 river miles in total, but managed to land 6 adult […]

Spey fishing for summer steelhead on the Deschutes  this August my fishing buddy Jim out fished me by 3 to 1.  I was reminded how challenging it can be to keep focused in the long periods between fish and why I even fly fish for steelhead.  I figured out a few things and they are below. Interacting […]

Mark, Peter, Emanuel, Kelly, Jim-Jan 2010 A week in January on the Hoh River would seem like a guarantee rain storm. But, for 4 days we fished for steelhead with little more that mist and occasional light rain. It was a long drive after the boys picked me up from the Safeway in Olympia. We […]