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Fall Salmon Fishing is in Full Swing on Oregon’s Coastal Rivers
It’s that time of year when Fall Chinook and Coho are on the docket up and down the Oregon Coast. As the salmon stage in the estuaries in preparation for their upriver migration, it’s often a trolling game. As rain arrives and river levels climb dramatically, focus often changes to the free flowing waters well upriver of the tidal influence. Suddenly the drift boat becomes the craft of choice as fishermen row their way from salmon hole to salmon hole. As fish sense proximity to their natal spawning grounds, the bite can be ferocious with unnerving urgency and focused […]
Lots of choices when it comes to Fall Fishing
Last week I had the priviledge of introducing a couple guys from out-of-town to the McKenzie River. They were looking for a couple days of mostly fly fishing and got to see quite a bit of river as we did about 10 miles each day. Day 1 we fished the upper river and gave the guys a few good rides through some white water with a chance to enjoy the scenic majesty along the river. Fall is a wonderful time of year with perfect temperatures and great color emerging in the riparian vegetation as Big Leaf Maples show in […]
Early Fall Fishing on the McKenzie River
On Day 1 of Frank & Tinas’s McKenzie River Drifts, we headed to the Upper McKenzie to enjoy the scenery as we picked our way through the rapids in search of Rainbows. The fish cooperated and we even found a few chunker Bows among the many willing participants.
Steelhead Fishing on the Middle Fork Willamete and McKenzie Rivers will continue well into the Fall Months
Our local steelhead fishing can provide great sport for acrobatic, tailwalking, line burning fish. These feisty critters have been known to pound quite a variety of presentations including flies, jigs, spinners, plugs, and drifted baits
Late Season Mckenzie Salmon Fishing Winding Down
Bert & Bret went 2 for 3 on late-arriving Salmon during their McKenzie River drift last Saturday.
McKenzie -Willamette Steelhead Fishing
As our Spring Chinook Season begins to wind down, local steelhead fishing on the Middle Fork Willamette & McKenzie Rivers will get more attenion. My guest and good friend Jeff went home with a late-arrival Springer and nice Summer Steelhead as testimony to his evening’s effort.
Doug & Jay had Quite a Day
Doug & Jay were pretty happy to say the least on their McKenzie Drift on Wednesday. The weather was perfect and the fishing even better as ths boys went 5 for 7 on Steelhead and Spring Chinook.
Spring Chinook Salmon & Summer Steelhead are showing in the Catch on the McKenzie, Willamette, & South Santiam Rivers
Good Friend & Guest J-LO was all smiles as he got into several Steelhead and a big Springer on our drift yesterday
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Dear Fishermen, Browsers and Viewers- Allow me a moment to wish you all a New Year filled with shared joy, adventure, great health and abundance …….. and perhaps a limit or two somewhere along the way. Our recent trip down the Main Umpqua River certainly substantiated all stories that the Lower Umpqua is loaded with cooperative chrome bright winter steelhead. While fish were being taken on a variety of methods, side drifting yarnballs certainly appeared among the most productive ways to tangle with chrome. We did observe one group of anglers holding a very popular slot enjoying repeated hook-ups […]
Elk & Sixes Rivers Continue to Produce after each New Splash of Rain
The rain which pulls our salmon from the Pacific Ocean into their natal streams has been all too absent this fall season. With only 3 short intervals of rain this fall, bumper fishing days have been in short supply on the smaller coastal streams in southwest Oregon in 2013. Folks with enough savvy or good fortune to time their fishing soon after a good rain often reap chrome rewards. Since an inch or two of rain may only result in a couple days of good fishing, timing becomes everything. Sustained wet weather that keeps the river level up with […]