"The Quiet Pool"

For those of you that come here to be inspired by my fly fishing anecdotes I apologize. Gas prices, weather and abysmal returns have made it...

Before I go any further with this entry I just want to make a few things clear. I believe that gill nets are an antiquated, non-selective fi...

It has been a tumultuous time for those involved in wild fish conservation here in Oregon. We have faced the onslaught against wild fish by...

I decided to do something that I've only done once before. I took out a lifetime membership to Trout Unlimited. There is a lot that can ...

Does the title of this entry shock you? Do you think I'm sensationalizing? Do you think I'm making this up? Believe me friends I wis...

Do you think I could take this one hundred degree plus weather and save it for say January? Yes, yes I know I promised not to bitch about th...

Let me share with you some criticism I've earned during my time here on The Quiet Pool. They say that one can take pride in who their en...

This was the day that we friends of wild fish long been waiting for. This was the day where we could let all seven ODFW commissioners know h...

I admit it....I'm am a gear junkie! I just cannot get enough and about the time I actually do come to my senses and realize I have enoug...

After a nice but fish less visit to Central Oregon your favorite angry fly fisherman is back.I met my new granddaughter and spent time with ...

Couldn't sleep so please excuse the ramble and over zealous punctuation. Fly fishing is steeped in tradition. Some of the old names asso...

My newest grand daughter arrived yesterday at 6:18 PM in Bend, Oregon. She weighed in at 8.8 lbs and is 22 inches long for those of you that...

If our father had had his say, nobody who did not know how to catch a fish would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching him. Norman Macle...

I just learned of the death of comedian George Carlin. I bought one of his early comedy albums " AM FM " and never laughed so hard...

I think one of the biggest thrills in fly fishing is a trout violently grabbing a dry fly on the surface. There is just something about the ...

So here we sit looking into the abyss that is the current salmon runs on the west coast. We can point fingers at so many things like El Nino...

This little blog is officially two years old! To those of you that have been faithful followers of my often incendiary rants and musings I s...

Today marks the fortieth anniversary of the assassination of Robert Kennedy.While we can only speculate about what a second Kennedy administ...

May 28th marked the ninth anniversary of my beloved grandmother's death at the age of almost 101. She was my angel on earth. She was the...

I've corresponded with Bill McMillan over the last few years about various wild fish conservation concerns in this region. I know of no ...

According to Webster mandate is defined as simply this An authoritative command; especially : a formal order from a superior court or offici...

It's that time of year again. A time of year that all we who fly fish wait for. We wait patiently and in my case not so patiently, for t...

Oh yes friends I have got plenty to rant about too! I was reading in the latest edition of Northwest Fly Fishing about how the state of Was...

I rant a lot on this blog about wild fish and how important they are but being just a layman I am not eloquent enough to put it layman's...

I know at least a few of you that read this blog are persons of faith. I would hope the following entry will not offend but perhaps make tho...