"The Quiet Pool"

Yours truly on the Kilchis River I thought that tying a size 20 dry fly was about as likely for this old fly fisherman as scoring with Ang...

I've written more than a few time about the way I feel about the Metolius river on this blog before. It's a magical and wonderful pl...

Yes I know another dead wild steelhead! This one from the Snoqualmie river in Washington. The blood coming from the gills and mouth spells c...

The State of Steelhead Article Courtesy of Wild Steelhead Coalition The article attached to the link above will alarm you or at least it sho...

I recently attended a fly fishing film festival at movie theatre/beer hall in Portland. The festival featured short clips of various fly fis...

We will be turning our clocks ahead this weekend and that means an extra hour of daylight! Deschutes here I come with my March Browns in han...

I am on an epic quest friends. I'm talking about a quest of monumental proportions and while I've flirted with achieving this quest ...

Look at this picture and if you are not upset to the point of outrage then you don't care about wild steelhead and their well being! ...

A winter in the Pacific Northwest is usually feast or famine! In late December of 2008 we had two feet of snow on the ground and lots of wat...

Am I asking a rhetorical question here? Maybe! Let's take a look at Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's record concerning Orego...

I thought this article by Sandy Lonsdale was a good fit here on The Quiet Pool. The Metolius is almost a holy place here in Oregon and it...

I walk along the exposed rocks of a winter river that is far to low, cold and clear. Runs that were once too swift and deep for my fly are n...

When I was a kid I always thought it was cool to listen to my parents and especially my grandparents talk about the good old days. When they...

I love this particular work by Vincent van Gogh. I've never been to France much less to the Rhone river region that this painting de...

To commemorate my very first steelhead on January 17, 1975 I am bringing back this "blast from the past" blog entry from three ye...

Any of you that have read this blog know that I have no love for the way things are run at Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. I've ...

This original artwork was done for me by Guy Jacobson. Guy is one of the "Friends of the Quiet Pool" listed on this blog and his w...

I'll probably add to this as I think of them but these are the things that I am convinced of when it comes to fly fishing. I'm quite...

The older I get the more it seems like there is always something I need to learn. So what did this old broke down fly fisherman learn in 200...

This book was my 2008 Christmas gift from my dear wife. I cannot say enough good things about it. Thousands of Atlantic Salmon and Steelhead...

We are in the biggest snow storm in 40 years here in the Pacific Northwest and with warming temperatures predicted for this weekend the poss...

One would think that after over 35 years of fishing in the Pacific Northwest I would learn. Hell no! After all these years I have not learne...

My favorite fantasy girl from bygone days passed away yesterday at the age of 85. There was just something about Bettie Page that us guys re...

One of the hot topics among anglers here in Oregon is the one of who owns the beds and banks of the rivers of this state. Should be simple s...

There are, no doubt, countless lists about how one should conduct himself while enjoying the sport of fly fishing. I am quite sure that they...