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Category Archives: Oregon Salmon fly fishing
What Should Our Ocean Flies Look Like?
So OK, this is a rather simplistic post but still it seems relevant, at least the question is one that i’m constantly asking myself each time I set to sea with fly rod in hand here at Pacific City, and … Continue reading
Emergency Regulations on the Umpqua – July 2018
Effective immediately, an emergency regulation protects wild summer steelhead and early returning fall chinook on the mainstem Umpqua River. Emergency regulation, Scottsburg Bridge (Hwy. 38) to River Forks Boat Ramp: Today through September 30, 2018, angling is prohibited within a … Continue reading
Wild Willamette Steelhead in Peril
From the Conservation Angler For Immediate Release: Monday, August 7, 2017 David Moskowitz, Executive Director, The Conservation Angler 971-235-8953 Bill M. Bakke, Conservation Director, The Conservation Angler The Conservation Angler shares the conservation concerns about wild Willamette River Winter Steelhead: … Continue reading
Coho Fly Fishing Report at Pacific City July 28 2017
I had the opportunity to troll bucktail flies out of Pacific City with friends a few days ago. We fished from about 0630 to 1300 hrs – hooking 9 silvers, and brought 3 to hand. Two were wild fish released from … Continue reading
Remdinder -Oregon Coastal Salmon & Steelhead Presentation Oct 22, 2016.
Is anyone interested in the status of Oregon’s coastal anadromous salmon and steelhead? I bet that plenty of people are not familiar with some basic facts like which species is most abundant, which species is most widely distributed, which species … Continue reading
Coastal Chinook – The Game is ALMOST on . . . .
In the estuaries anyway. One friend who lives south of me has caught five kings so far, four on anchovies and one on a fly. Another friend sent me the photo above on August 16th from a river to my … Continue reading
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No wild Coho season in coastal bays and estuaries this fall due to weak run
From ODFW 2016 News Releases August 2, 2016 SALEM, Ore.—As a precautionary measure, ODFW will not propose any coastal freshwater fisheries on wild Coho this fall due to concerns over poor ocean survival and adequate spawning escapement to coastal rivers … Continue reading
The Story behind the Story: Bill Monroe’s “Almost” Springer
The headline reads as follows: Retired salmon research scientist turns author; racing an unknown deadline. Bill Monroe (Oregonian Sportswriter) was my guest fishing the Nestucca estuary on June 29th. We had a very nice relaxed visit and diligently cast our … Continue reading
Postcards from the Oregon Coast
Yes folks, here we are on the cusp of the fall Chinook salmon season. The weather is on and off, wet and dry, calm and windy. One day I’ll fish eleven hours and never get a tug – not one … Continue reading
Fly Fishing the Ocean Offshore Oregon
I’ve had many opportunities to fly fish the ocean off Pacific City as guest of several great friends who own dories. One of these boats is a new Terry Learned boat (The Fly Guy); one dates back to 1960 (the … Continue reading
What have the Silvers been eating lately?
Many folks have enjoyed some great fishing for slivers this summer in the ocean offshore Oregon. The season in which hatchery (adipose fin-clipped) coho may be harvest by recreational anglers is over, but there will be another period of harvest … Continue reading
Silvers Tripple on Bucktails at Pacific City
Once in a while, if we are really lucky, it all comes together. Today was one of those miracle days. I’m too tired to write much, and that’s probably a relief for a lot of our readers. Just imagine what … Continue reading
Why we loose fish – sometimes
We fish and fish, and sometimes we hook a fish. If that fish happens to be a spring chinook, it is a dear prize and we then proceed to do our best to land the fish. We may release the … Continue reading
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Luck of the Draw – First Springer on the fly
Sometimes everything goes right. I met a young man recently, new to the Oregon Coast, who saw me fishing and started to ask questions about what, how, when, and even why. I offered help on lines, gave him a few … Continue reading
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Fly Fishing with Mikhail Skopets
On May 19, 20, and 21, I had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Mikhail Skopets on some of my home-waters, where we fished for spring chinook in Tillamook Bay and on the Nestucca – and for black rockfish in the Pacific … Continue reading