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Category Archives: Fishing Reports
January Winter Steelhead Update
Report: A few fish trickled in late November, early December but steelheading was slow overall due to low water and frigid conditions. The rain dances were heard and answered with an overcompensating vengeance. A lot of rain and milder temperatures … Continue reading
Posted in Coastal Steelhead Fishing, Fishing Reports, North Umpqua River Fishing Reports, Oregon Coastal Fly Fishing, Oregon Winter Steelhead Fishing, Uncategorized
Tagged alsea, chrome, coast, fishing, fishing report, fly fishing, Oregon, pnw, report, spey, steel, Steelhead, swing, switch, umpqua, winter, winter steelhead
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Abaco Island Bahamas – Trip Report November 2024
Abaco Island offers a wide range of bonefishing options from the very northern tip near Treasure Cay, all the way south to Sandy Point. Anglers can experience Abaco by going to one of the fishing specific lodges on the island, … Continue reading
Posted in Fishing Reports, Fly Fishing Travel
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How to improve your stillwater game this Winter
Stillwater Guide Adison Rook details his strategies for winter stillwater preparations. Check out his previous post on local stillwater opportunities. The peak of fall stillwater action is over for this season here in the Pacific Northwest. We had a pretty … Continue reading
Late September Fishing Report
After a summer of fires and hot temps, its safe to say most of us are ready for fall. Cooler temps are inbound and the trout are just as excited as us. Fishing lately has been good with intermittent hatches … Continue reading
Late August Fishing Report 2024
August of 2024 has been one of the coolest I can remember. The Willamette Valley has largely escaped the smoke and water temperatures have been holding steady at cooler than last summer temps. August is never a month with significant … Continue reading
Summer Small Stream Tactics With Simon and Nick
In this video, Simon and Nick venture up into the mountains to fish a small freestone stream. Hot weather and wildfires have them searching out cold, shaded tributaries for small native trout. This helps give the trout in the warmer … Continue reading
Summer Dry Dropper Fly Fishing in Oregon
In this video, Simon works his way through a beautiful stream on a hot day. He primarily uses a Dry-Dropper setup to search and work his way through some beautiful water. This video marks the beginning of more “on the … Continue reading
Top 5 Summer Terrestrial Fly Patterns
Summer is in full swing and that means trout have terrestrials on the mind. This term refers to land based insects such as: ants, crickets, grasshoppers, beetles, cicadas, bees, etc. On small streams with lots of streamside brush and vegetation, … Continue reading
Posted in Fishing Reports, Fly Fishing Glossary, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Oregon Fly Fishing Tips, Uncategorized
Tagged ant, beetle, cricket, dropper, Dry Fly, dryfly, fishing, Fly, fly fishing, grasshopper, hopper, hopper dropper, hopper season, Instructional, McKenzie River, Middle fork Willamette River, season, summer, Terrestrial
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PSA: The Road to Gold Lake Is Open 2024
The gate on Gold Lake road which leads to Gold Lake is now open. For all of you anglers who are looking for a closer stillwater option than going all of the way up the Cascade Lakes highway, Gold Lake … Continue reading
Posted in Central Oregon Fishing Report, Fishing Reports, Oregon High Lakes, Stillwater Fishing
Tagged brook, brookie, brookies, fishing, fly fishing, Gold, gold lake, highlakes, lake, stilllwater
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6/10 Fishing Report
Our rivers are at a great level for floating and wading currently! We are seeing a lot of bugs so summer dry fly fishing is on. Searching with a dry dropper setup is a great method to locate fish. Hatches … Continue reading
Posted in Central Oregon Fishing Report, Fishing Reports, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Oregon Fly Fishing Tips
Tagged Callibaetis, crane, davis, fishing, fishing report, fly fishing, Gold STone, hosmer, lake, lakes, McKenzie River, Middle fork Willamette River, sally, stillwater, yellow, yellow sally
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Wenaha Warnings
(Photos by author. Lou Wentz’s latest book is Tributaries: Fly-fishing Sojourns to the Less Traveled Streams) A month or two before we decided to move to Oregon, I came across a destination article in one of the national fly-fishing magazines featuring the … Continue reading
Diamond Lake Fly Fishing Report May 2024
I took a break from the local reservoirs and fished Diamond lake 5/23 and 5/24 with my dad, and the fishing was good! The lake is shaping up well will water temp in the mid 50’s, and we had a … Continue reading
Posted in Fishing Reports, Oregon High Lakes
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