"The Quiet Pool"

Whenever you hear a fly fisherman speak you can bet that they are either lying or not telling the whole truth about their fishing trip. So ...

For those of you that might think my rantings on this blog at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is unreasonable then read the artic...

This picture is of a soon to be dead cutthroat trout. See the bleeding from the gills? The picture was on ifish.net, that bastion of the h...

Senator Edward M. Kennedy passed away tonight at the age of 77. He was the last of the Kennedy brothers and the only one to not die a violen...

We are snobs! It's just that simple. Oh not all of us of course but the ones who make a lasting impression are what we all are judged b...

I do not fish for fall chinook anymore and haven't since 2004. You see I have this silly notion that fishing of any kind should be enjoy...

I am an opinionated old goat and I admit it. At this stage of my life I have gotten beyond caring what people think of me and so I figure th...

Have you ever taken time out of your day of fishing and just watched the river? You would be amazed at all you see. Most of us are so focuse...

My trip to the Deschutes last Saturday reminds me of the old Doors song "Strange Days" Strange days have found us Strange...

As revolting as the above picture is to me I am not angry at the angler who killed this cutthroat trout and then snapped the picture. I am a...

In other news of the obvious it has been determined that hatchery steelhead are inferior to wild steelhead. Their offsprings are inferior a...

I was thinking about this latest entry all day and taking inventory on my own fishing life as I did. I think there is an evolution many angl...

You children of the 60's must certainly remember the old Sonny and Cher song "The Beat Goes On" don't you? Well I thought ...

Update - 7/20/09 The biggest fear that we had when ODFW proposed the harvest of coastal cutthroat trout on the north coast is being realized...

Before we talk about beer, which I'm sure is a subject very near and dear to the hearts of many of you I wanted to share with all of you...

Once again my Wisconsin comrade Erik Helm of The Classical Angler has hit the nail on the head and I want to share his wisdom with you not ...

I've written a lot about this river in the three years that "The Quiet Pool" has been in existence but I can never seem to ade...

As I browse this so called world wide web I am constantly amazed at some of the things I read. The internet is a vast source of information ...

For those of us that love this magical river this is a day to celebrate. For those of you that have never visited the Metolius you owe it to...

There is not another conservation organization in this country that has done more for cold water fisheries than Trout Unlimited. Formed alon...

Wild Steelhead Smolt HATCHERY SMOLT CITY (Sung to the tune of Surf City) I got a 9 foot graphite 4 weight and I call my Burkie Hatchery Smol...

Here it is the first day of summer and I'm bored to tears! Cutthroat trout fishing sucks! It's too early for Deschutes steelhead and...

This entry is a continuation of what I posted yesterday. I thought of all these clever concepts while on the river today not catching any fi...

Here I sit early in the AM in anticipation of another fishing trip to the north coast in pursuit of coastal cutthroat trout. You may remembe...