Monthly Archives: January 2009

Protecting the McKenzie River from death by 1,000 cuts

Joe Moll, Executive Director of McKenzie River Trust is working hard to prevent us from loving our homewaters to death. Find out more about the threats to the McKenzie River watershed and what our local land trust is doing about … Continue reading

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United States, Canada Agree to Reduction in Canadian Chinook Harvest

The United States will compensate Canada to the tune of thirty million dollars and the Canadians will reduce chinook harvest off the west coast of Vancouver Island by thirty percent.  The change came about as a result of the Pacific … Continue reading

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Fly Fishing Links: New Year resolutions — get back on the internets

In this installment of Fly Fishing Links, we’re pointing out a few fly fishing bloggers that fell off the wagon but got back onboard last week. Felt Soul started blogging again in a big way with an update on Red … Continue reading

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Monitor River Levels for Coastal Winter Steelhead Success

Here’s a quick run-down on some preferred river levels: Siuslaw: 7′-4′ (at Mapleton) Alsea: 6.5′-4′ (at Tidewater) Siletz: 6.5′-4′ (at Siletz) North Fork Umpqua: When the flow on the Steamboat Creek gauge and the North Fork at Copeland Creek gauge … Continue reading

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Barrett’s prescription for blown out rivers: Get organized

The rivers are blown out, 300% of typical snowpack in Oregon’s Coast Range melting and sliding into the ocean. Our rivers needed the flush to get the winter steelhead season started, but the weather has left a lot anglers twiddling … Continue reading

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Wild Bill’s Bahama Bonefish

Here’s a little fresh fish porn for your Sunday morning from Wild Bill Laroux’s Bahamas Bonefish trip: Send us your fish pics! FYI: If you noticed some blog downtime last week, our apologies. We had a sick MySQL database somewhere … Continue reading

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