Salmon

In spite of a mediocre salmon run, we scored very good numbers on our 2009 salmon trips

Randy & Max Adkins with a mixed bag of McKenzie salmon and steelhead

Spring Chinook Season on the McKenzie River will close August 15. Excellent opportunities for Upper McKenzie trout fishing and Mainstem Umpqua smallmouth bass rise up to fill the gap. Even novices generally do well fly-rodding for McKenzie Rainbows. While Umpqua bass are not known for size, they make it up in sheer numbers. It is not unusual to land 200 bass on an Umpqua bass drift.

Jan & Pop came out on Top

Jan & Pop came out on Top

Sometimes it's better to be Lucky than good.

Summer Fun on the River

Late season salmon are still being caught daily on the McKenzie River near Eugene, Oregon

Salmon, Trout and Steelhead all Available on Oregon's McKenzie River

A nice catch of fish is still in the cards on the McKenzie for folks looking for salmon action

Fishing Still Holding Strong on Oregon's Mckenzie River

On one trip this past week we had the opportunity to break from a steady regime of salmon fishing to dabble in some fly fishing for trout. We found plenty of scrappy Rainbows eager enough to take a fly. They hit dries and wets and kept us busy and we probably missed as many as we landed.