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Our 2016 Salmon Fishing so far on Elk & Sixes Rivers has not been disappointing!
Come join us for a memorable drift down the Elk or Sixes. These hot fish definitely leave a mark!
Why do we Fish The Elk & Sixes Rivers?
Hard fighting, chrome bright, line burning, relentless demons, chock full of piss & vinegar. That’s why we come to fish the Elk & Sixes Rivers. We catch these gorgeous mint fish often just a mile or two from the ocean.
As the high water levels in most of our Coastal Rivers drop, Fall Chinook fishing in the free-flowing sections has improved
Mark & Jeff hold a couple beauties we hooked on our “high water drift” on Friday. One of the six hook-ups included a powerful beast that continued to run and hold in fast water. After a good half hour battle, we ultimately had to move down around a point to find water soft enough to bring it to net.
Siuslaw Salmon Fishing
We have begun our coastal salmon trips for Fall 2016. Trolling the Bays and the lower reaches of our coastal river is often the ticket to finding beautiful big fresh Chrome. This fortunate guest was blessed with a Chunky Siuslaw Toad on Tuesday’s trip. Meanwhile, we continue to enjoy consistent success on our McKenzie River drift boat trips chasing down scrappy rainbows. Even novice fly fishers are doing well on the aggressive Rainbow Trout
McKenzie River Fun
We ran 3 very fun & productive trips this past week with Bosey G. The excitement started with an impromptu afternoon-evening drift mostly swinging flies for steelhead in the chop and tail-outs. We ended up with a surprise late season salmon in the very last tailout. What a great fight it gave us on steelhead gear! Given the late calendar date, we were blown away by the wonderful condition of this hatchery “Springer” caught on August 27 and which cut a beautiful orange colored meat and barbequed up like a May 1st Spring Chinook. Yum, Yum! The following 2 […]
Three Generations of the Elkins Family were represented on their McKenzie River Fishing Trip in July 2016
We got a nice Steelhead & a Salmon in the morning and then switched gears for Rainbow Trout in the afternoon. 6 yr old Taylor put on a bit of a Trout Clinic in the afternoon showing all us old-timers just how it’s done.
Late Arriving McKenzie Springers
Robert K. found some fun action on late-arriving McKenzie River Spring Chinook
Middle Fork Willamette River is still kicking out some nice Springers along with it’s gorgeous Summer Steelhead
After shaking off the loss of a challenging summer steelhead which won the battle by shaking the hook at the last minute, Gary was very pleased to make good on his first back-bounced Willamette Springer.
A 3- Day McKenzie Fishing Adventure Yields Great Rewards
Wes had an absolute blast and brought home not only a lot of stories & memories, but quite a few fillets as we went 12 for 14 over 3 days of salmon and steelhead fishing on his mid-July 2016 McKenzie River Vacation. Truth be told, we spent 1 afternoon with Wes’s 6 year old grandson Taylor who put on a clinic of his own catching McKenzie Rainbows. No doubt Mom & his sisters got an earful once Taylor got home.