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Category Archives: Oregon Salmon fly fishing
Echo Fly Rod Seasons of Pacific City: Spring/Summer
This is the second of three blog posts that feature the Echo fly rods I fish through the seasons here in Pacific City. I have learned though personal experience to appreciate the performance and value of Echo fly rods for over a decade now. Although … Continue reading
Coho or Chinook – it’s in the gum line
The question always, always comes up this time of the year, and is especially common this year because the coho salmon run is more abundant than usual, and people are catching more of these fish than they do in other … Continue reading
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Update From the Estuary – October 2019
Where to start? The days fly by when you salmon fish the way some people do in the autumn. The tides flow and ebb, the moon passes overhead and underfoot, water temperatures finally moderate, and we fish. Yes we do. … Continue reading
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Aquaflies news, reviews, and light thoughts to ponder
Doug Brutocao was recently my guest at our family cabin in beautiful downtown Woods, suburb of Pacific City, where he and Joe fished for salmon while I chased fruitlessly the elusive sea run Cutthroat in no fewer than three nearby … Continue reading
Protect Oregon Coast Springers
From: the Native Fish Society Dear Friends and Supporters, Yesterday, alongside Umpqua Watersheds and the Center For Biological Diversity, Native Fish Society submitted a petition to the National Marine Fisheries Service to protect Oregon’s coastal spring Chinook under the Federal … Continue reading
ARTIFISHAL – Film Showing April 25th, 2019
Please join us for a showing of one of the most important fish conservation films ever produced. ARTIFISHAL sheds light on our failings in producing and protecting fish. If you want the truth about hatcheries and hatchery fish this film … Continue reading
Rewriting the Story of Spring Chinook
From the Wild Salmon Center New research findings from a team led by UC Davis, and including WSC Science Director Matt Sloat, is upending our understanding of spring Chinook. Samples of spring Chinook from ancient fishing spots in the upper … Continue reading
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


