As of today, February 15th 2010, most of Oregon's coastal rivers are currently at ideal water levels for both drift boat and bank fishing. While a few of the north coast streams have reported some stellar days, rivers in the south west region continue to produce the most consistent results for winter steelhead. Reports of good catches on the Chetco, Elk & Sixes, and on the Coos and Coquille systems continue to come in. We are now entering the latter part of the winter steelhead season when the big native fish comprise a higher component of the total catch.

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

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.

Summer Steelhead are beginning to make a show in the mix on our Salmon/Steelhead combo trips.

Fresh Fighting Fish Coming to the Net