"The Quiet Pool"

Once again we have to use the legal system to keep the renegade Bush administration from raping yet another natural resource. From Earthjust...

I got this from the Recycled Fish website and it makes sense to take this pledge don't you think? You see if we sit back and complain wi...

The "Dog Days" have arrived early this year and here we are in early July with the temperature expected to be a "toasty...

I talk a lot about conservation on this blog and hopefully it helps those who have questions about the status of wild fish runs. Native Fish...

As if we didn't already know what Cheney is capable of here is further tales of abuse by the most corrupt presidency in US history Leavi...

Some times it takes a radical approach and decisive action to change things for the better! Robert Kennedy once said "Some men see thin...

Recently Miguel Morejohn sent me this wonderful video of spawning steelhead. Just click on the link below to view the video Spawning Steelhe...

Remember when Dana Carvey used to impersonate the late Johnny Carson? He would mimic Carson's famous line when Johnny's straight man...

Courtesy of the Idaho Statesman and Native Fish Society One fish, two fish, wild fish, zoo fish. Or so goes the Bush administration's si...

Yes it absolutely does! Without ethics on the streambank among sports fishers it would be a chaotic mess! Can you believe someone would actu...

Last summer my lovely wife and I spent a couple of days in the central Oregon town of Sisters.You see Sisters is one of those unique places ...

The economies of the states of Oregon and Washington are heavily dependent on recreational fishing dollars and I'm not referring just to...

As you dear readers know I have a passion for coastal cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki clarki for those of you that are dying to know wh...

Some might say that the following article is too pessimistic and they might be right. I however, think it's a dose of reality to all of ...

I've touched on this before and apparently the spectre of the Trask and Salmon River hatcheries closing has raised it's head again. ...

Here we are some 37 years after the first earth day in 1970. Have we made progress in those 37 years? Maybe some but it's for sure that ...

I've been pretty preachy as of late because of the various issues that are important to me so it's time for a moment of unadulterate...

North Fork Umpua River looking upstream from Mott Bridge I've been thinking about this topic for quite awhile and just couldn't ge...

I wrote my state senator Bruce W. Starr and asked him to support SB30 which would prohibit the construction of destination resorts within th...

Were you guys aware of that? Gee I wish someone would have informed the rest of us ignorant people Here are some quotes from gear/bait orien...

Any of you that have fished this river know what a special place it is. You can fish there and not touch a fish all day but feel like your d...

With apologies to Arnold Gingrich for plagiarizing the title of his classic fly fishing book I felt compelled to discuss with the myriad of ...

Are we finally getting that taste of spring that the weatherman keeps promising? I can hardly wait for my first trip of the year over the mo...

"A River Seen Right" is the title of a book about the North Fork of the Umpqua river that features a lot of stories about the form...

Can there be any surer sign of spring than these glorious words? "Pitchers and Catchers report on February 16th" After the cold an...