"The Quiet Pool"

It appears that there is a new kid on the block as far as fish conservation goes. The CCA which is short for Coastal Conservation Associatio...

....and about also! I am on a crusade so to speak. I happen to believe we are truly blessed to have one of the last populations of wild trou...

Dear Readers, You'll notice that my links section is titled "Friends of The Quiet Pool" Well there is a good reason for that. ...

Do you feel that crispness in the evening air? Here it is the first of September and we wonder where the summer has gone! All those fishing ...

So to begin with let's dispose of all the definitions of what fly fishing is and is not. We all know the what it is as far as tackle an...

I've thought a lot about the effect the world wide web has had on our rivers and lakes and frankly I do not like what I am seeing.Appara...

Do you remember the time when you were in high school that beautiful girl you had a huge crush on? She sat in front of you in math class, yo...

Something in this poem by Gottfried Keller says what I feel. Gottfried Keller is an atheist and while I do not totally embrace atheism I am...

Picture from Mott Bridge of North Umpqua River wild steelhead This from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife website Effective Jan. 1,...

A fisherman in Newport Beach, California stabs a sea lion to death with a steak knife for stealing his bait...and on the top NW fishing foru...

The old man looked forward to his day on the river with the kid as he gathered up his rod and headed out in pursuit of trout.The kid was alw...

I have a love affair bamboo fly rods.There is nothing like fly fishing one of these rods. This film "Trout Grass" captures the ess...

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...