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While maybe not in the vise for all these photos, smallie pre-spawn season is upon us, and we are salivating at the mouth for big, nasty eats on these big, nasty flies. Yeah, you can catch 'em on poppers and smaller bugs, but there is something much more enjoyable about watching these...

We are pumped for our warm water season! Flats boats and the Columbia River is pretty magical and we will be hitting it soon. Local smaller ponds the fish are already showing up.

We couldn't be more excited for the bass season too! Fish should be moving into shallower water with these warming temps and we are entering pre-spawn! Quite possibly our favorite time for bass. We are starting up this Saturday for bass around the Portland area as river and ambient temps are...

Our crew at NWFFO is leading the way and guiding in Portland for warm water species including smallies, yes we still fish and love trout/steelhead, but smallies are a ton of fun. Our go to flies are Leggy Boi’s, Fleein’ Cray, Feather Changers, Finesse Changers, and then an assortment of...

Our team will be there with four of our guides tying and one presenting. Tyers from NWFFO will be Eric Leininger, Colby Olson, Spencer Pelham, and Gabe Golobay with Spencer doing a talk on the Clackamas River Spey fishing. As there are always plenty of trout and steelhead flies being tied at...