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Category Archives: Oregon Winter Steelhead Fishing
Backcountry Steelhead (mis)Adventure
Warning: This post contains a fairly graphic image. This isn’t the post I wanted to write about this trip. I wanted to write a love song about a remote backcountry stream somewhere between northern California and southern British Columbia, a … Continue reading
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Sunny Winter Steelhead
After 5 days with the in-laws in town, my friend Jeff needed to get out fishing before he freaked out. With inspiration from the Fly Fishing Film Tour videos from the night before still fresh on our brains, we headed … Continue reading
Primer: Swinging big nasty flies for winter steelhead
This is part two of Jay’s winter steelhead technique primer. Swing traditional and leech flies. Traditional steelhead patterns catch winter steelhead like they have for decades, so you don’t have to throw out your Green Butt Skunks, Polar Shrimps, or … Continue reading
Oregon winter steelhead fishing in full swing
I was finishing out a beautiful tailout, lifting my fly as it rounded a boulder, then dropping it into a promising bedrock slot. Matt had wandered down river with his switch rod. Our morning, so far, had been blissful. I … Continue reading
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Oregon Winter Steelhead Random February Photo Montage
It’s been a weird week on the Oregon coast, and at the vise. But things are working out. -MS
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Winter Steelhead Technique — Dead Drift fishing primer
I have this friend, see, who’s on the verge of committing to year-long, exclusive use of a fly rod. He loves to fly fish for trout. You should see his eyes sparkle when he talks about fly fishing for sea-run … Continue reading
Planets Align for Winter Steelheaders: Get on the water
After a month of wild weather and high water, this weekend is finally shaping up to be a classic. Rivers are dropping and fish are moving. The weak tides ahead may not bring a lot of fresh steel from the … Continue reading
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Gratuitous winter steelhead fish porn for a wet weekend
Here are some great recent winter steelhead grin-and-grabs sent to us by our pals. Something to cheer up a wet winter weekend.
Blood in the water: Defend wild winter steelhead with your fillet knife
This winter I’ve declared war on hatchery winter steelhead, and they will feel my wrath with switch rod and thingamabobber. Fly anglers should consider it their personal duty to defend those redds from hatchery pukes. We’ve got all winter to … Continue reading
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Oregon Winter steelhead fish porn: New camera!
Over the holidays, Santa gave me a new Canon Waterproof camera. And this weekend, I got to put it to good use. I also followed my New Year’s resolution, which was to fish local for winter steelhead. The water was … Continue reading
Alsea River Report: Christmas Break Steelhead
The only thing I miss about being a student those many years ago are the vacations. A couple weeks around Christmas, Spring Break-and don’t even get me started on the summer. Now I consider myself lucky to have the week between … Continue reading
Oregon Early Winter Steelhead Report
Rob Lewis sends us this report from his fishing late this past week. We have a break in the wet weather.Look for coastal rivers to drop. Winter Steelhead conditions should be ideal this week.–CD Hi Chris just a quick report! … Continue reading