Month: October 2025

October 2025 Fish A Long Report

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In spite of less than stellar weather predictions, this months Fish A Long was well attended. The weather was pretty good…except around dinnertime! We had windy & wet afternoon weather fronts charge thru the canyon on both Friday & Saturday.

On Friday the fishing was really good on both egg patterns and nymphs. In the late afternoon a weather front made fishing difficult, bringing both high winds and rain. We had our traditional steak dinner but we had to huddle under the trees for shelter so no food pics!

After the front passed thru later in the evening the clouds moved off and we had a beautiful clear skies…at night! In the morning more weather came in and the bite was a little slow.

Even with a slower bite, everyone got fish! One consolation was the trout were better than average size this year. Patrick even picked up a nice bull trout.

The sheep viewing was good and we saw plenty of Rams this weekend. The drive home Sunday featured some snow going over the mountain but fortunately it wasn’t sticking on the highway.

Another fun October Fish A Long is in the books. Thanks to everyone who came and contributed to a fun fishing weekend!

September 2025 Fishing Reports

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September is always produces good fly fishing action. We’ve got some great reports to share; pictures are first with the reports below.

From Chris Brehm: Landed a personal best Redband rainbow at Upper Klamath lake on a Boobie Fly. Fished Davis with Lane & he got the only fish, a nice bass. Caught some nice Rainbows on beetles at Paulina Lake. Fished Hosmer with brother Stevie B. and best fish of the day was this Cut-bow on an Adam’s.

From Lane Hoffman: traveled to the Bahamas & fished out of Nassau for bonefish. Fishing, food and accommodations were top notch!

From Greg O’Brien: The trifecta at an Oregon Fishing Club lake. A couple 18”+ trout were surprises on a foam bass topwater fly (the Stealth Bomber pattern).

From Mike Shikki: Nathan and I had a great day at Timothy Lake, fooling a bunch of rainbows and a nice Brookie. Landed some cutthroats on the lower Trask in mid Sept. The biggest surprise happened on the Clackamas in late Sept; went looking for trout and hooked 4 Coho & landed 3 with my 6wt and a leech pattern. All were nice natives.

From Mark Rasmussen: Taught a couple buddies how to fish.  Went on an Alaskan Cruise and was able to get out for a quick fly fishing outing.

From Bob Beswick: was able to fish Diamond & Little Lava lakes this month.

From Patrick Leonard: Floated the McKenzie River we my son; we had a lot of fun. Fished the North Santiam River a couple times; lots of fish on a Dry/Dropper plus had a steelhead hit my dry but I missed him. Dang!

From Darryl Huff: Steelhead fishing on the Lower Deschutes has been excellent. The Double Cheeseburger Stonefly fished below an indicator with an 8wt worked for steelhead and salmon. 

From George Krumm: fished the Naknek River in late September for rainbow

From Wayne Hughes: Spent the last days of the Month chasing silvers on the Willamette river. The total run to this point is smaller than the last two years but I was still able to find some aggressive fish willing to give my eight weight a work out. Salt water sized Clousers in assorted colors did the trick. 

Thanks to everyone for contributing reports!

August 2025 Fishing Reports

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While hot and dry, this August produced some good and varied fishing so we’ve got lots of good reports! Sorry they are out late. The photos are first with the report below.

From Mike Shiiki: Had a great day with my son Nathaniel in Warm Springs. My galfriend Michelle treated me to our first guided dory boat adventure at Pacific City, it was Awesome!  Our guide Josh Putman did a great job putting us into rockfish, lingcod, plus provided ALOT of Dungeness Crab for all of us to take home. 

From Ken Kelley: my brother Bill got this beautiful rainbow on the Naknek.

From Wayne Hughes: Spent most of this Month fly fishing for bass on the Willamette river.  Had some really good day’s using surface flies. It’s a ton of fun on a five weight fly rod! 

From Chris Brehm: Chris Gardner and I caught a few nice Browns on East Lake. Granddaughter Beatrix netting sister Reverie’s trout on Devils Lake.

From Greg O’Brien: Did a dory trip with my brother out of Pacific City. Rockfish were all over the flies, getting our limits pretty quickly in 30-40 feet of water using an Intermediate line with a fast sink head. Salmon were off limits so we tried for Lings with traditional traditional gear and my brother landed 1. We also came home with a lots of crab. A very fun trip that I highly recommend!

From Mark Rasmussen: was able to spend most of my summer on Henry’s Fork & helped a couple friends learn how to fly fish.

From Bob Beswick: Spent a couple of days fishing East Lake with my friend Tom. Had some luck with mid tied nymphs and Chironomid below surface film with some wind aid. Hooked a brown that I never saw on my 4 weight. If you can get a disabled friend out on the water; do it! There are some challenges, but well worth the effort.

From Matt Baker: It’s been another productive month fishing small creeks in the Mt. Hood national forest. Lots of fish and a few surprises. 


From George Krumm: Joined my three adult children in Sitka, AK for a DIY fishing trip out of Fish Baranof for salmon and bottom fish.

From Darryl Huff: My son and I have been doing well on the Deschutes. Did catch my limit one day but the fish have been mostly wild this year. 

Thanks to everyone for contributing your reports!

Presidents Message October 2025

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Summer is officially over and the cooler days of fall are upon us. These are some of the best times to spend on the water and CFF has some great Fish A Longs coming up.

Our October 21st meeting is at High Rocks. Social hour starts at 6pm and the program at 7pm. Our speaker will be Joe Warren. He’ll be talking about Rufus Woods Reservoir in northern Washington. It’s famous for its Triploid Rainbow trout fishing. Joe has 20 years experience fly fishing there and I had a great trip up there with Joe earlier this year. It will be a great presentation you won’t want to miss.

This months October 25th Fish A Long will be at Beavertail Campground on the Deschutes River. It’s one of our most popular Fish A Longs. It’s become a tradition that several of us go a few days early, camp out and have a steak BBQ. Here’s a link to last years report. Hope to see you there!

Another fishing opportunity to note is Justensen Ranch Lakes will be opening to fishing on October 8th. Many of us have fished there and we had a great fish a long there several years ago.

It’s time for someone to think about becoming the new club president. I’ve been the club president since March of 2020 and can continue for another year or two, but not forever. If you’re interested in talking about this let me know. Naturally there are some obligations but it’s also a lot of fun plus has good perks too.

For several years now we have been posting monthly fishing reports. Looking back on them is a fun way to get ideas for local fly fishing opportunities currently happening or coming up. Type “October” or “November” in the Clackamas Fly Fishers website search box you’ll get all the past reports for that month. 

Good fishing! 

Dave Kilhefner