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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.

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...