"The Quiet Pool"

For various reasons we fly fishermen are held to a higher standard as far as angling ethics go and while most of us try to exhibit good ang...

Once again hatcheries are going to ride to the rescue and save us all! The California Department of Fish and Game released 16.5 million fal...

I guess I'm a typical angler. Somewhat superstitious, prone to rituals and mostly full of shit! With all of that in mind I want to tell...

Wild steelhead spawning in the river is an awesome thing to witness. When you take into account that these ocean going rainbow trout travel ...

Ever wonder how much those coastal hatchery summer steelhead cost? I can tell you they cost a hell pf a lot. We pay a premium price for our ...

Well dear readers I once again miscalculated the famous Deschutes river salmon fly hatch. This year it was way back in the early part of M...

Imagine my surprise when I found out that the coastal trout season opened on Saturday! A full week sooner than I originally thought. So tomo...

I love to fly fish for these wonderful trout on a early summer day before the water gets too warm for them. the northern. Perhaps it's...

I had the distinct honor of floating down a north coast river this week with none other than Skagit /Spey casting expert Mike McCune and it ...

This white paper, done by Bill Bakke of Native Fish Society, is a long read but an important one. If you are concerned about wild salmon, s...

I want to share this story by my friend Moon. Some of you probably know Moon from the Westfly website and know what he is capable of. Moon ...

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...