"The Quiet Pool"

This is disturbing news folks but it's not surprising. Tough to lay the blame at any one source but the ultimate culprit is us! The Foll...

The above photo appeared on the northwest's largest sports fishing internet forum and yes that is an intact adipose fin. It will no dou...

Anyone remember Susan Powter? She was that manic crew cut wearing blond exercise and diet guru and television huckster from the 90's wh...

I dream of a place that maybe one day I'll visit. I know I'll feel right at home and welcomed as the prodigal son returning to his ...

In my humble and unlearned opinion this is maybe the greatest social commentary song ever written! As timely today as it was when Neil wrote...

What a sad picture. I'm not begrudging this gentleman his triumph because that is a very nice, once in a life time wild steelhead. Many ...

Well faithful readers we made it through another year. For me it was a year of enlightenment, accomplishment and of course failure. How was ...

Many of you have seen the fishing "superstars" at various fishing industry trade shows haven't you? They usually have a grou...

From the bottom of my heart I wish each and every one of you a joyous Christmas and a happy New Year. Thank you all for reading my humble wr...

I'm not! Seems like they have performed a mass hypnosis on the fishing crowds here in the Pacific Northwest. Record numbers of members s...

I recently commented on the high price of rearing a hatchery fish. I think it's a price too high and the diminishing return that these c...

I was saddened to learn that Hardy Brothers. of Alnwick England, yes that Hardy Brothers, had outsourced much of their reel making operation...

What does it cost to raise a hatchery salmon in the state of Oregon? Are we getting our moneys worth? I ran across this information from the...

Almost no one complains more about the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife than I do. I take exception to their marginalization of native...

I was prepared to write today about Norman Maclean and "A River Runs Through It" and indeed will at a future date but this story i...

The short dreary days, the seemingly endless rains and the bone chilling cold is what awaits me in the months ahead...how I dread this time ...

So where are they? That certainly must be the number one question on the mind of every Pacific Northwest salmon angler this season. The annu...

Have you ever seen those old vintage fly fishing photos from back in the fifties? You know the ones I'm talking about. Usually an advert...

The largest northwest internet fishing forum is in a tizzy because the CCA (Coastal Conservation Association) basically told them "Don...

The end of summer has suddenly thrust itself into my consciousness and so it's reality time for me. Winter, with it's endless rains...

In Roderick L. Haig-Brown's classic book Return to the River the author describes the journey of the Pacific fall chinook salmon to the...

Photo by Bill McMillan The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife or ODFW apparently are unaware of the wild steelhead populations on the no...

The fish so nice they named it twice! I cannot think of a species of fish that I love more than these silvery coastal dwellers. They come to...

Once again a federal court judge has had to undue the meddling of the Bush administration. This is truly good news and will have an effect o...

Please excuse the sarcasm but this is not exactly new information. Anyone with any modicum of common sense knows about the over all inferior...