Steelhead / 57 posts found
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 […]
McKenzie Steelhead & Salmon can really get the Adreniline Flowing
Julie put on quite a fishing clinic for Cecil & myself on Thursday’s McKenzie drift. She was very busy hooking Steelhead, landing Steelhead, losing Steelhead, getting bait bites, etc… For her Grand Finale, she landed her first “back-bounced” salmon! Cecil and I could only look on with pride as she mastered yet another technique…….I fear we may have created a monster.
Spring Chinook & Summer Steelhead now Arriving on Upper Willamette Tributaries- McKenzie – Willamette Middle Fork – Santiam
Friend Russ Matthews with a healthy, hard-fighting “Springer” he landed on our trip this past thursday. With 16,000 plus Spring Chinook and 5,500 plus Summer Steelhead now past the Willamette Falls Counting Station, we can expect more new arrivals daily through June, July and beyond. These fish will provide some fun local summer sport as we have 3 different major tributaries to the Main Willamette River in close driving distance to the the Eugene-Springfield area of the southern Willamettte Valley. The McKenzie River, the South Santiam and the Middle Fork Willamette all sport runs of Summer Steelhead & Spring […]
ROARING FORK GUIDE SERVICE NEWSLETTER – SPRING-SUMMER 2013
Spring Greetings 2013 Newsletter John Gross – Roaring Fork Guide Service – 2013 Newsletter As a relatively mild winter melts into spring, it‘s time to start formulating plans for outdoor adventures including spring & summer fishing. I just took a peak at the early numbers for Summer Steelhead and Spring Chinook observed migrating over the Falls at Oregon City on the main Willamette River. Though I’m not a huge fan of relying strictly on statistics, we certainly can identify patterns and utilize the numbers as a useful tool in planning where and when to commit specific angling efforts. It […]
Winter Steelhead Showing Nicely Throughout Western Oregon
Reports of decent steelhead fishing surfaced up and down the coast in early January. As the early rains of 2013 diminished and gave way to a short cold snap, the bite layed down a tad. Recent rains over the last few days should now provide a welcome jump start and packs of new fish should be pushing through soon.
A sprinkle of rain has some nickle-bright chromeballs on the move in our coastal rivers
Jamie Lowe, his son Dylan and I got a quick afternoon drift in last Friday on the Siuslaw. Dylan who is 9 years old landed his very first winter steelhead! Dylan and his older brother Wyatt are quickly becoming seasoned salmon and steelhead fishermen. With Spring Chinook, Summer Steelhead, and Elk River Fall Chinook already notched under their belts, a Chrome Winter Steelhead sure helps round out the resume’. Next Stop – Sturgeon City.
Fishing Effort on Elk – Sixes has moved from Chinook to Steelhead
A hard fought battle with a big Elk River Winter Steelhead results in Chrome to the Beach
Still a few bright Chinook available on South Coast Rivers
For the few anglers working the Elk and Sixes, steelhead are far out-numbering Chinook in the creel census for the last week of 2012 and the first week of 2013. We have been fortunate to be the only boat with salmon for the ODFW checkers at the Ironhead landing for several days. We have been especially pleased that the fish have been in gorgeous condition, bright and shiny.
Lee & Dave find some Late Season Action on the Midddle Fork Willamette
Dave and Lee were quite happy to enjoy some peace and solitude on their recent float from Dexter Dam down to Clearwater on the Willamette River. A few interuptions along the float due to some salmon and steelhead action seemed a welcome departure from the peace and quiet.
Willamette Summer Steelhead can test any Fisherman’s Skill in Summer and Fall
Dave McBee was delighted to tie into a feisty Summer-Run Steelhead on a recent Middle Fork Willamette drift. In the heat of the afternoon, when prospects looked tough, Dave tossed his spinner into a small pocket of shade and was pleasantly rewarded with a hard-fighting, tail-walking, bright Summer-Run. Should we mention that his wife Lee had already hooked a big steelhead and a surprise salmon earlier in the morning?