July 2026 Fish A Long Report

Our July Fish A Long targeted small streams on Mt Hood off Hwy 26. This was a new area for most of us but it worked out very well. We had good weather, good attendance and afterwards, good food! Here’s a recap; pics first with the description below.

Many people expressed interest in the Upper Sandy River but it runs off color from melting glaciers in the summer. For this reason our primary targets were the clear running streams; the Salmon, Zig Zag, Still Creek and Camp Creek. This time Still Creek produced the best fishing. As you’d expect, most of the fish were small but a couple respectable specimens were brought to hand.

A couple anglers tried some of the small streams up by Lolo Pass. Again, it was mostly small to very small fish but a respectable fish or two were landed. Most action was on small dry flies.

Afterwards we had a potluck steak BBQ, a great ending to our day. Thanks to everyone that came and made this another fun Fish A Long to remember!

July 2026 Presidents Message

As I write this we are experiencing some cool weather that will only do good things for fishing this summer. This summer I have some good fly fishing plans and hope you do too! These include hitting the Pacific Ocean for Rockfish to chasing trout in Oregon, Idaho and beyond.

Our July 21st meeting at High Rocks will feature the always popular Garrett Lesko. This will be his 2nd presentation on Stillwater Fly Fishing and will focus on more advanced techniques (his May presentation was on the basics).

For the July 25th Fish A Long we will target some of the small streams on Mt Hood. Afterwards we will have a BBQ at my cabin on Mt Hood. If anyone is interested in camping out or staying overnight let me know.

FYI, new this year you’ll need a Waterway Access Permit if you want to float tube publics waters/lakes in Oregon.

We have years of fishing reports logged on our website. Looking back on them is a fun way to get ideas for local fly fishing opportunities currently happening or coming up. Type “July” or “August” and you’ll get all the past reports for that month. 

Please remember our local fly shops and sporting goods stores. Hope to see you at a meeting or on the water!

Good fishing! 

Dave Kilhefner