It is pretty clear that we need rain to push some bright fish into our Oregon rivers. This weekend I camped on a favorite small coastal river on word that decent fish were in. If they were, they had scooted through by the time of my arrival. After the first day of fishing [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Fly Fishing For Chinook: Good Camping, Low Water, Stale Fish.
Posted in Uncategorized on October 27, 2008 | 6 Comments »
EWEB announces new fish ladder and other conservation measures
Posted in Conservation, Outdoors, Salmon and Steelhead on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Eugene, OR
Speaking at yesterday’s signing ceremony, Robert Lohn, Regional Administrator Northwest NOAA Fisheries was quoted as saying, “the Willamette system is fractured and broken and we need to reconnect it, lest we lose our struggling salmon runs.”
Yesterday, the Eugene Water and Electric Board, conservation groups, environmental groups, Indian tribes and state agencies announced an agreement [...]
Fishing with Grandpa
Posted in Uncategorized on October 10, 2008 | 6 Comments »
A long time ago I was a boy and when I was a boy I used to fish with my Grandpa Clinton. We would travel to Moss, Tennessee to visit him on his farm not far from his childhood home where earlier my mother had gone to visit her grandparents. There was not much to [...]
Fly Tying for Chinook Salmon
Posted in Fishing, Fly Fishing, Salmon and Steelhead on October 10, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Tying for the shy fish known in our region as chinook salmon and kings elsewhere couldn’t be easier. Chinook are your basic non-selective biters so you don’t really have to ask yourself, “does this look like the pupal stage of the Limnephilidae Dicosmoecoes.” Rather, the questions running through your mind are more basic and less [...]
Catching Coho Salmon on the Mainstem Umpqua
Posted in Fishing, Outdoors, Salmon and Steelhead on October 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Chrome Alert: You might want to wear sunglasses.
The conditions weren’t perfect Sunday. The river was rising which rarely makes for productive fishing but we played the hand we were dealt and went for it on the mainstem of the Umpqua River. Fortunately for us, the rise was only slight and didn’t put the fish completely [...]
Caddis Fly Angling Shop, Trout Unlimited’s Inaugeral Two-Fly Tournament a Success
Posted in Uncategorized on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This Saturday local guides, yours truly and committed anglers and conservationists braved fairly inclement weather conditions on the Mckenzie River to participate in the first annual Mckenzie River Two-Fly tournament. The event was a fundraiser to benefit the Mckenzie River Trust’s Green Island project.
Green Island is a nearly 1000 acre Island managed by the Trust [...]
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