"The Quiet Pool"

 Low water and bright sunshine made the fishing slow to non-existent on the third to last day of the coastal trout season.We fished all thos...

Do I mean what I am saying in the title of this entry? Hell yes I do and here is why. Sports anglers are the most greedy, ignorant,lazy ,s...

    Good friend and fishing buddy Pete Priepke passed away on September 2nd after a long battle with cancer. Pete was the one that got ...

Good article in "The Drake" about the efforts for wild salmonids on the Sandy River. Saving Oregon’s Sandy River You can...

I was recently reading one of the more popular northwest fishing forums where the topic of discussion was "What makes a good fisherman...

As I travel east on I-84 on my many journeys to the Deschutes I of course pass by the freeway sign for Celilo village. It's pretty easy...

photo courtesy of the Trout Underground   Most of you are probably pretty tired of my ranting about ODFW, douchebags and ignorant peop...

Linked letter from Native Fish Society and Steamboaters to Oregon Gov.Kitzhaber concerning Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's plan...

    Isn't it amazing how someone is always thinking of new ways to harm our fragile eco-system? Whether it be things like the pro...

If the science does not agree with your thinking then by all means ignore it, discount it or just out right hate it. Never has this been mor...

Just one question to the lynch mob on ifish who hate NFS. What have YOU done for your local stream? Huh? C'mon big mouths. So typical ...

As I travel east on I-84 on my many journeys to the Deschutes I of course pass by the freeway sign for Celilo village. It's pretty easy...

Okay first of all I am not talking about skills or technique here. It has nothing to do with how well you can tie a fly or how well you ca...

I've never really been asked why I enjoy fly fishing with a bamboo fly rod and it's probably a good thing because I'm af...

Those of you that either live in Oregon, care about wild steelhead or both need to pay attention to what ODFW is doing here. Why did I tit...

So here I sit in late November pondering the winter ahead. I always approach winter with mixed feelings and this winter will be no exception...

    "Out where the rivers like to run I stand alone and take back something worth remembering" Remember this old song by...

  These young men have superbly captured the joy of fly fishing for coastal cutthroat trout. In those days when the dramas of life seem to w...

Am I getting old? Wait a minute...don't answer that! What I mean is, have angling courtesy and ethics passed me by? What happened to...

This is good advice from ODFW From Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife SALEM, Ore. -- With summer temperatures heating up throughou...

As a kid I lived in the Los Angeles area during the sixties. The number of "baby boomers" on our street was impressive so there wa...

CHRONOLOGY OF SALMON DECLINE This chronology of the decline of salmon in the Pacific Northwest is provided by Native Fish Society

Harry Lemire R.I.P. Harry Lemire was one of the last of a breed of Pacific Northwest steelhead fly fishermen. His exploits  were the thin...