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It's going to be over 70 in Maupin next week, might take a day off and fish for trout.

For most of my steelhead flies, I try to use a UV material or two. Does it help? I don't consider myself a skilled enough steelheader to really know. But there are some out there who think color is VERY important for steelhead flies (there are also guides who think it doesn't matter too much...

I'm sure that river has it's own specific problems, but people are starting to notice macroinvertebrates have been decreasing all over the country. https://www.patagonia.com/stories/dude-wheres-my-hatch/story-136295.html

So, it turns out that "californication" (making Oregon look like where you came from) has been around since the beginning! I'm sure if prepared properly, carp could actually taste pretty good, but I still can't imagine it tasting as good as a spring chinook or sockeye. Maybe the abundance made...

In moving water, I'm pretty confident in saying that a generic fly presented on the nose of a fish that is unaware of the angler's presence will get bit plenty of times, even if it's the "wrong" fly. The super high fish numbers of competition angler's prove that. I'd get the usual flies for...

If a few people just ate some dang beans for dinner a couple nights a week, it'd actually make a dent and we'd still be able to heli-lift to shred the slopes! https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/20/beef-usda-climate-crisis-meat-consumption

I don't think I saw it, but staying away from wood whether in our out of a boat is a pretty good safety rule.

Spoons count!

A lot of drama with this fishery, and it hasn't even blown up yet. I do wonder what things will be like when more guides decide to do this, and other people with boats, seems like it could get crowded fast. Guess it at least ups my odds for chasing the three summer steelhead that return to...

Pretty much anything will work for surf perch, as long as you can get a bit of weight out there with some gulp. I'd focus your search on something suitable for steelhead/salmon, and whatever you get would be just fine for surf perch. I use my 10'6" 6-12 steelhead bobber rod whenever I go surf...

You might also want to post this query on speypages. Several regular posters from the UK and Nordic countries.

It's East of the cascades, so it's Eastern Oregon!

Around February or March the last few Winters, I read Bob Arnold's books "Steelhead Water" and "Steelhead & the Floating Line", combination of fishing stories, how to, and a little bit about life. Gets me excited for Summer & Fall steelheading.

Thanks to Jim Travers bringing this thread back up, I looked at GAT's post. Seems like any river that was in an area that was logged to shit was likely used for "commerce". If you can find any evidence of a splash dam, even better...

I don't trust the hood mounts, plus you can get dust on 'em with gravel roads. I break them down in half and use those fancy rod sleeves, put 'em in the car.

Like Jared said, e-mail Devin. Tell him what you told us, where you're fishing, your budget, and he will have a rod for you. He helped me select a rod. He has a great online shop. He's fished in Eastern OR/WA too. I think he did biology work for a tribe at one time. You can also e-mail Joe...

Pretty much all year I daydream about throwing muddlers or spades on a few Columbia drainage rivers east of the cascades.

Every two-hand angler has some amount of Grump. If someone was truly 100% max Stoke with no Grump, they'd be throwing chubbies or a rubberlegs under an indicator.

I think he moved back to the UK. ...which leaves the position of SW WA Speybro up for grabs!

I thought this was about a run of mountain whitefish you found in the sound or something! But sheefish are cool too. Definitely on the bucket list.