Category Archives: Steelhead
The Deschutes River Steelhead Camp, Sept 14-16 & 16-18 2020
If you are like me you’re ready to stop thinking about catching Covid 19 and start catching steelhead. If you are concerned about the current situation spilling over to Sept, skip to the end of this article and read the cancelations section. Sept 14-16 & 16-18 2020 The...
Just When You Think Your Dialed In
IT'S A NINETEEN HOUR DRIVE AND A THIRTY MINUTE WALK TO THE SPOT WHERE THE SYCAMORE TREE IS DOWN ACROSS THE RIVER, MAKING THAT SWEET SEAM. Flies are tied in the truck on the drive up. The color and size that worked last year but with...
Saturday Shoutout / Poncho
Catching giant steelhead with a pet chicken. The only thing more special than catching a wild steelhead is doing it with the one you love. Sharing the passion with someone special is what fly fishing is all about. It’s a thrill you can feel in your...
Sunday Classic / Get A Better Grip On The Spey Rod
ALL FLY CASTING IS ABOUT CONTROL AND TIMING, NOT POWER. This is never more true than in Spey casting. Perhaps because there are more moving parts to a Spey cast, rod and line control are crucial. This is especially challenging for the beginner whose muscle memory...
River Of Dreams
By Louis Cahill I DREAM OF WAKING IN A FOREST. Or where a forest had been, now sooty black. Smoke swirls, orange eyes peer from hunks of coal. Charred trees accuse the sky. White ashes whirl in the air, angels lifted to heaven. I've slept through some...