Howdy,
With the holidays approaching and winter creeping upon us, I’ve got the itch for Winter Steelheading. This is my time of year to fish. The phone at the guide service stops ringing and fly anglers sit down at the vise to tie up their own (instead of ordering flies from me), so it gets a little slow. I couldn’t ask for anything more. I like the free time. It gives me a chance to work on new patterns AND a chance to test them.
Howdy,
It’s time to call it. The Coho run this year was a bust! Not that 3,000 + fish is that bad, but it’s not the kind of number to really heat things up. I’ve heard rumors of a Coho caught here and there, but nothing like to two previous years. I wasn’t able to connect with a single Silver this year in my few attempts at targeting them. Compared to the past two seasons when I connected with 3 or 4 on each outting.
Howdy,
A little over two years ago I wrote a blog article [ here ] about Lori & I’s trip to the Gorge Amphitheater to watch a Dave Matthews Band concert. It wasn’t really a fishing related story, other than the mention that I wished to return to the Yakima River someday and fling a fly or two. The trip was a birthday present from Lori (a really good one) and since Lori was pregnant at the time, it was timely. We’d soon have a new baby and the opportunity to hop in a car and drive 300+ miles to see a concert wouldn’t come around all that often for a while.
Howdy,
Nearly a month ago I wrote an article about the potential for a good Coho run this year. Well, as of today, it’s still a waiting game. Since that time there have been a fish or two passing Willamette Falls each day, but nothing big.
This past weekend, the numbers took a jump…. not a big one, but a jump none the less. We moved out of the single digits into the 20′s and 30′s. Still not a lot to get excited about… or is it?
Howdy,
First Coho of the year (2011) over Willamette Falls -July 31st. Count through August 18th – 51 adult Coho. Is this good? Is this bad? Is it just too soon to tell?
Oregon Outdoor Excursions guide client with a Coho Buck from the 2010 Run
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