"The Quiet Pool"

Bet you never thought I would give any "atta boys" to Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife on this blog did you? Well to show I ...

Last Friday I took my first trip east to fish the Deschutes for trout and I had a wonderful time. There were no large March Brown hatches co...

This video, courtesy of Oregon State University and Mark Stangeland of North Umpqua Fly Guide , is from 1968. What amazes me is that 42 year...

In a time of diminishing resources it just makes sense to not kill everything we put our hooks into doesn't it? Why do people have suc...

Despite all the turmoil and strife there is still a lot of beauty in this world. In my travels I have been very blessed to witness some beau...

Why do some people reject the idea of healthy wild fish populations, clean water and clean air? I'm not asking a rhetorical question her...

This post from the Classical Angler by Erik Helm  compliments my annual post about leaving spawning steelhead in the upper rivers alone whic...

As those of you in the Pacific NW know, this is supposed to be a hot summer, and combined with little snow pack, it looks to be very tough g...

As I sit here impatiently awaiting the UPS driver to deliver my new trout reel I am thinking about some of the legends about fly fishing in...

After reading what took place at a recent public meeting concerning the depressed runs of fall Chinook on the Nehalem river I felt the need ...

I have a favorite fishing partner these days. He is actually the perfect fishing partner and there is no one else I would rather fish with. ...

Second only to Hendrix and that's according to Clapton

  By Roger Phillips of the Idaho Statesman California is now closed to the harvest of wild steelhead trout. The state closed the Smith...

I struggle during the northwest winters...no big secret there since I talk a lot about it here on the Quiet Pool. This winter is different t...

Courtesy of Bloodknot.net Mr. WILLY BUGGER. (Male, 45 to 65) This customer usually gets dropped off by his wife before she goes grocery s...

Through these cold, dark days of winter hope "springs" eternal....enjoy!

Joel La Follette of Royal Treatment Fly Fishing  has completed his labor of love, the Dan Callaghan Memorial fly plate. This item is now ...

Fly rod crafted by Mike Hoffman of Tualatin, Oregon In the utilitarian sense there really isn't anything practical about a bamboo ...

Today's post is probably going to sound like one of those old guy, "In my day we..." type of rants well maybe it is. You have ...

With declining fish runs making everyone either scratch their heads or point fingers the findings found in the link below might shed some li...

  I was talking to a friend today and he was lamenting the early closure of the Skagit river in Washington. He called it the "Moth...

By Ted Williams A number of organizations and concerned fishery scientists called for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)...

I can't remember if I made some sort of half-assed promise not to bitch about winter this year so if I did make some kind of pledge to n...

To View the entire Green Butt Skunk Collection please visit Joel La Follette's Royal Treatment Fly Fishing This is just a great pr...

This movie will be shown for free  courstesy of the Sierra Club and Sportsmen's Alliance of Alaska this coming Tuesday in Portland Orego...