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Category Archives: Oregon Salmon fly fishing
Salmon Slam 2011: Chrome on the high seas
Each morning we pulled out of Sekiu Harbor at dawn, purple sky and bourbon fumes trailing in our wake. One of a handful of boats staggering out past the kelp beds, around the break-wall, and accelerating up onto plane. By … Continue reading
Had a great time, nearly drowned both days
We’re going back to the Strait. I’ve been tying some Nelson silver salmon flies in various colors for bucktailing in the prop wash. One week of debauchery in the no-man’s land between the U.S. and Canada. Here are a bunch … Continue reading
Autumn Dreams on the Big Windy
Last weekend was to be my first scouting trip for fall chinook, only two weeks after saying farewell to North Coast springers. I relished the chance for three long, quiet days of unicorn hunting. No fish required. A study in … Continue reading
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Reflections and Revelations from the Oregon Coast
As the foxgloves fade and the salmonberries ripen, our coastal rivers are settling into summer. The rainforest has grown into a full-blown jungle, almost impenetrable. Spring chinook have found refuge in cool canyon pools. Summer steelhead are tucked into comfortable … Continue reading
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Echo Edge Rod Review
I’ve broken two salmon rods this spring season, both of which are still being repaired, so I was relieved last week when Daughters allowed me to test out the new Echo Edge 10-weight. Tim Rajeff, the rod designer at Echo, … Continue reading
Sneaky Pete Reports: Diamond Lake Spotty but Rewarding …
A recent trip to explore fishing for hatchery trout growing robust in Diamond Lake proved that these cagey trout are tough to hook, even more difficult to land, but are well worth the effort. Stocked as fingerlings only a few … Continue reading
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Estuary springer report
Left Eugene at 3:15am for the North Coast, cow country estuary. Sand dunes, spring chinook, Sitka Spruce, scrub grass, seals, starfish, sea stacks, surf shops, shitty coffee, surly locals. Stepped out of the car at 5:30am into the misting then … Continue reading
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Real-time springer report from Jay Nicholas
Lest anyone think springers to the fly are easy or common here in Oregon. The bay is practically deserted. I put in early and fished the north flats. Then south flats. No fish or fellow anglers. Determined was I. Bored … Continue reading
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Chinook Report from Jay Nicholas in Tillamook Bay
Honest reporting here at OregonFlyFishingBlog.com, Jay Nicholas sent this to me “real-time” this afternoon but I was so busy fielding calls from women seeking feathers ( super impossible to get feathers) I couldn’t get the post up till now.
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The Best Way to Lose a Chinook Tournament
On the eve of Tillamook’s annual spring chinook tournament, the Bounty on the Bay, I arrived at a strategic viewpoint overlooking the upper estuary. It was 7:02pm and the sun was blazing. A hot wind howled down from the Northwest, … Continue reading
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Bolshoi Chaveechi: Hunting Oregon’s Finest Spring Chinook
It’s my third spring season on the big Umpqua, but it might as well be my first. Until this spring I was a dabbler, making one or two trips, gambling on water conditions, and feeling generally overwhelmed and under equipped. … Continue reading
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No Shortage of Bad Weather
It takes a lot to trigger performance anxiety this far into my angling career. Fishing days are my own since I quit guiding, and I’m going for good times, come hell or high water. Last week, though, I had the … Continue reading