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 […]

These were a great couple of days on the Klamath River for steelhead fishing. Air temps were in the 80s and water temps in the low 60s and there were a few fish that grabbed swung flies. Thank you Steve, Paula, Renie and Dominic for a fun adventure. Best fish of the weekend is below.

This is the documentary of the 25 mile back pack trip along the Deschutes River Macks to Mouth Back Pack.

Water temps of 58 greeted us Saturday morning on the Klamath River.  Perfect temperature for swinging Brindle Bugs and Herniators for steelhead.  Craig and Bruce are very seasoned anglers and we found steelhead first thing.  The fish were around in small numbers all day, but we hooked fish consistently.  Weather was a bit sunnier than […]

       I had already spent 5 amazing days on a back pack trip walking from Macks to the Mouth of the Deschutes in late August (click to read the post) and now I had 5 bonus days of fly fishing steelhead on the Deschutes.  I drove over at least 7 steelhead rivers to get there on […]

  Fly fishing guides are a fantastic way to learn about a river and quickly increase your knowledge of fly fishing for steelhead.  At $3-700 a day, you pay for that quick learning curve.  That is why it is essential to find out about them before you send you deposit. A good steelhead fly fishing […]