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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.

Twitching jigs and spinners. Pretty foolproof.

Is the Clack that hot now? Did the numbers jump way up? A couple shops seem to be pushing it more on social media these days. If you're a guide and you NEED to claim a run or even a bucket/spot for your program and need to keep everyone else out because you don't have other tricks up your...

Another vote for steering towards Airflo (haven't used SA). I have Rio T-11 tips made from bulk that started looking haggard after a year. I have airflo t-tips (from the custom cut) that have been around for years with little to no marks. Oddly, my Rio MOW tips are still in pretty good shape...

It feels overly complicated because it is overly complicated. There are a bunch of factors on whether you have access rights or not. The answer to "Can i fish here?" is usually "it depends...". Wild and scenic rivers, or larger rivers with boat traffic are more obvious. On public land, go...

Sorry, but I wouldn't trust this thing against a German Brown trout.

What kind of streamer fishing are you wanting to do? Are you throwing weighted micro streamers, or 6" articulated stuff with deer hair to bucknasty browns? Swinging a sculpzilla? A euro rod can absolutely handle small jig streamers (key word is "small"), and fish them well, I do it frequently...

Pike and trout seem like different ends of the spectrum. I have the 8wt boost beach. I use it to throw clousers with outbound short/sniper type lines. I have not thrown any chicken sized flies. The echo rods are true to weight, a 8wt takes a single hand 8wt line. The Beulah rods have more...

This caught me a fish yesterday at the local. If I am fishing gear, this is my preferred setup, Sage 3113mb and a bushing Milner Kingfisher. Threaded worm with a dave's tangle free barely ticking bottom.

Doesn't desalination end up with a bunch of brine? Where does that go? We're probably going to end up with a buch of desal plants while we're still watering almond groves.

Another vote for an older subaru forester, one that has had the head gasket replaced, or a high mileage one that seems to not have had an issue. Also avoid the turbo, more stuff to break, and can cost more to fix (since we're jamming econo here). I think there are more "problematic" years to...