Category Archives: Oregon Salmon fly fishing

If you’re a steelheader, you’ve seen Miguel’s flies. He’s one of Idylwilde’s “awesomer” guys, with a special flare for steelhead patterns. Morejohn’s Bantam, a slick little micro-Intruder, graces the bins of every respectable shop in steelhead country. His Scorpion Stinger … Continue reading →

The calendar required that I return to Tillamook, in spite of my heated love affair with the Alsea. Mid-September is game time in the land of cheese, trees and cow-poop breeze–not to be missed, even if the tides were relatively … Continue reading →

I’ve caught chinook on a fly. Some really big ones. But I was a missile, pointed and guided to big beautiful chromeness. I really didn’t have much to do with it. And if you read this blog regularly, you’d think … Continue reading →

“Fishin’ for bluebacks?” Nope. “Jacks?” Not really. “Well…what are you doing?” Same as everybody else in this estuary. I’m fishing for chinook. Adult chinook. Is that so bizarre? Apparently so, given the twisted looks from passing boaters. Is flyfishing for … Continue reading →

After busting hump all last week to get out, starting to unwind on the North Coast. No cell service, but the internet is quick. The Coho in tidewater jumping all over, but not biting. Good times ensue. I’ll keep posting … Continue reading →

I was embarrassed to admit it, even to my closest friends. But I went back. Again. Two sunny, warm weeks since I had supposedly called it a season. But all it took was one enticing report from the Tillamook underground … Continue reading →

Spring-like weather might prolong the coastal spring chinook fishery for another week or two, but after the butt-kicking handed to me over the last couple of weeks, I’m crawling back in my hole for a month or two. My right … Continue reading →

Can it be wrong to be so passionate about salmon fishing that one would consider expanding one’s fleet of watercraft, simply to increase the options for catching an actual Chinook salmon by a factor of 0.00743, annually? So, how many … Continue reading →

Those of us crazy enough to do this –silly pursuit – understand that we are doing far more than simply trying to catch an actual spring Chinook on a fly. Yes it can be done. Yes some people know how. … Continue reading →

Tillamook County dished out some super-mega-chromers last weekend. My buddy Mariusz finally got to tangle with a coastal springer, after a couple of fishless attempts in past years. Just look at all those long-tailed sea lice! Tillamook’s rivers were still … Continue reading →

Time to start thinking about fall chinook? Yeah, we know that summer steelhead season is barely starting to crank up, but it is never too soon to start thinking about SALMON. Yep. The coast-wide return of spring chinook (are you … Continue reading →