"The Quiet Pool"

Here are a few Facebook groups that are near and dear to me....come and join us For The Love Of Wild Fish The Soul of Fly Fishing The...

He had to be! That can only explain the various things that befall us hapless fly fishers in our never ending quest for fly fishing nirvana....

    Article Courtesy of Michigan Fly     1. The Head Nod Guy . This is the dude that simply gives you a nod of the head to ac...

  When I started this blog back in 2006 my intent was to have a place to reflect on my life as a fly fisherman. I started out with good ...

Native Fish Society Petition Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is out of control and trying to save their ass with this plan. ...

In Search of the Grab Click on the link above for a stirring video of steelhead fly fishing with a spey rod.

I have made it abundantly clear over the life of this blog what I believe and who I support. I thought that it would simplify things if I ju...

The owner of Cutthroats Galore , Leonard Steves, is a man after my own heart. Please check it out.                                Phot...

Okay so let me see if I got this right. Anglers face the ever expanding crowds on their favorite steelhead streams. There are not en...

 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...