September 2026 Fishing Reports

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

From George Krumm: Togiak coho Flyfishing was great!

From Chris Brehm: Made a 5 day trip to Cedros Island Mexico catching Yellowtail and Dorado.

From Rich Harvey: Fished Rock Creek in early September. Got 14 like this one pictured swinging a black soft hackle, then learned that 20” class browns can’t be landed on a 3 weight with 6x tippet…lost 2 like that.

From Ken Kelley: Had a fun day chasing Bluegill on Schmedeke Pond; got 7 on a foam beetle. Later targeted Sea Run Cutts on the Salmon River at Otis. Ran into Rich there by coincidence. Not many fish but had a great time on the water.

From Tom Phipps: Had success on Drano Lake in late September with my friend Peter from Eugene.

From Matt Baker: After the Metolius Fish-A-Long we hit Santiam on the way home and did well. Later in the month fished a handful of coastal streams and found nice fish with a good number of cutthroat.

From Dave Kilhefner: had some really good days floating both the Kootenai and St Joe Rivers for trout and whitefish. Nymphs and small terrestrial dries produced.

Thanks to everyone for contributing reports!

October 2026 Presidents Message

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

Our October 20th meeting is at High Rocks. Social hour starts at 6pm and the program at 7pm. Our speaker will be Kelcee Smith, Ph.D. She is the Chum Salmon Reintroduction Coordinator for the ODFW and will be talking about the Chum Salmon Reintroduction Program. It will be a great presentation you won’t want to miss.

This months October 24th Fish A Long will be at Beavertail Campground on the Deschutes River. It’s one of our most popular Fish A Longs. Several are planning to 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 5th. Many of us have fished there and we had a great fish a long there several years ago.

We will have a new club president in 2027. Bryan Dawson will be stepping up and taking the reins. Let’s all make him feel welcome and offer our suggestions for moving our club forward. Thanks Bryan!!

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