"The Quiet Pool"

Jeff Bright wrote this in the latest edition of "Adipose" the newsletter of Wild Steelhead Coalition In this age of compromis...

Today marks the 46th anniversary of the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. I remember the day very well a...

Ask yourself that and I'd bet you would say "Of course they do!" and I'm sure most are sincere so maybe I'm just prea...

This article is by Bill Bakke of Native Fish Society. It is a lengthy read but worth it. The following quotes are based on scientific ev...

The rocks on the stream bank are wet as I walk along this small coastal river. They never seem to dry this time of year as a matter of fact...

I know what you are thinking "Oh brother! He's starting his winter whine fest early this year" Well maybe I am. It seems li...

Good friend John Bracke demonstrating the Snap T spey cast on the Deschutes river.

I thought I would bring this one back to the top because a rash of stupidity has broken out on the internet fishing forums again again. I ...

The salmon in the above picture was taken illegally on the Nestucca river last week. See the intact adipose? That is a wild fish and there ...

Photo by Lambton While reconnoitering the Miami River today to see how many chum salmon have shown up I stopped at the Moss Creek Bridge ...

Now hang on there cowboy I haven't suddenly turned into friend of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife...quite the contrary! So  h...

You might wonder what the significance of the title of this entry is. Maybe you're are thinking that I am just stating the obvious beca...

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 Ma...

As I drove back from the Deschutes on Monday it hit me about the time the snow started hitting my windshield as we drove over Blue Box Pass...

This is the news release the the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife posted on their web page. October 23, 2009 CLACKAMAS, Ore. – ...

This posting is courtesy of Matt Stansberry of The Caddis Fly Angling Shop October 23rd, 2009 · Communique from Bruce McIntosh, Oregon...

I don't think a word like abysmal can adequately describes the status of the west coast fall Chinook salmon runs the last couple of yea...

Am I a cynic? Do I take a negative view of what is happening to our wild salmon and trout? Do I see the proverbial glass as half empty? Yes...

The autumnal equinox was most assuredly upon me as I journeyed to the northern coast yesterday for a day of pursuing coastal cutthroat trou...

Yes the need to kill wild fish is still flourishing in Tillamook County folks. While fly fishing for cutthroat trout last Friday on the...

I've been asked to provide a list of ODFW contact information so that if you have any concerns (and you should) about how our wild salmo...

Well it's the first day of autumn here in the Pacific Northwest and we are having mid-summer like temperatures. We've had these type...

What are the little annoyances that you've encountered in your fly fishing life? Those things that are minor but it still rubs you the ...

Well friends I'm back! Hawaii was everything I thought it would be and more. From the quaint little piece of paradise called Lahaina to ...

I think one of the rights of passage into old age must be reminiscing about the "Good Old Days" I find myself thinking about tho...