Here’s our February & March fishing reports. Pics are first with the reports below.

From Chris Brehm: Fishing at Chickahominy was fantastic when the wind cooperated. Fat and feisty trout in gorgeous colors were taking Chironomids in shallow water from shore. Brother Stevie demonstrating his two rod prowess. Also hit Lane’s secret spot on the Malheur. Great fishing with no one around. Chris Gardiner and I hit a very glassy Davis Lake and managed to harvest some nice Bass and one surprise Rainbow hiding in the reeds.

From Lane Hoffman: Fished Chickahominy Reservior in late March. Good but not great. The fish are in really good condition: fat, feisty, powerful ranging between 16 & 20 inches. Mornings have been nice with lots of big midges & a few mayflies. Whitecap generating winds started around 2pm and made fishing difficult.

Next we headed to the Malheur where we wacked & stacked the Redsides; probably caught over 50 fish in one day between 16 & 20+ inches. Nobody fishing the river but Chris and I. Great trip!

From Mike Shiiki: Had a great trip out to the Owyhee River with my son Nathaniel, nephew Elliot and Darryl Huff. Each of us had our moments with some good size browns. 

From Dave Kilhefner: fished Lake Coeur D Alene for landlocked King Salmon for the first time. We did OK trolling with gear. It looks like fly fishing with streamers would work too…something to try another day!

From Matt Baker: Had fun on the club trip to the Crooked River with good luck on small dry flies. After that I spent a number of days in the Owen’s River valley. Fishing was great, mostly on nymphs.

From Rich Harvey: Dave and I hit Turner Lake and had a good day for trout plus a few bass. The afternoon chironomid hatch had fish sipping emergers and I was able to get a few nice trout on a small cripple pattern.

From Mark Rasmussen: Can’t seem to catch any steelhead, but crabbing has been good!

From George Coutts: saw this cool fish sculpture on a trip to Florence.

From Dave Kilhefner: Stopped at the Sandy on the way home from the Crooked River. Water conditions were good and luck was with me!

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From Mark Rasmussen: Lots of casting practice…

From Patrick Leonard: had one good day at Turner Lake for bass and trout. 

From Dave Kilhefner: Rich Harvey and I had some OK days at the Oregon Fishing Club. We fished on days when the weather was good but the water temps were still cold which made for slow fishing.

Thanks to everyone that contributed reports!

November produced some very good fishing! Some of us traveled to warmer climates and some waited for the northwest weather to cooperate, which for the most part it did. Pictures are first with the reports below.

From Joe Warren: Had a blast in Baja and it was the best fishing I’ve ever experienced down there! The marlin fly fishing was epic and fierce; hooked 8 and landed one! It was 115 lbs and took 1 hr and 10 min to land. We fished 4 days for marlin and 4 days inshore for roosters and other species. Inshore, roosters were the best! Learned a lot about the marlin too and can’t wait to go back; 80-85 deg days, gorgeous!

From Lane Hoffman: They still have “Big”Reds” in Louisiana! Landed fish to 25lbs and our last day was the best day with beautiful weather & around a dozen caught. Had some really good takes, gotta love a big Red chasing down a fly in 18 inches of water!

From Greg O’Brien: Hit the coast, the Chum were in and we got a few on flies. A highlight was a pretty hen that annihilated a little beadhead Comet. Had another trip to an OFC lake for bass and trout

From Craig Kershen: Had the best 2 night camping trip with my son Aaron 3 days before Thanksgiving. After a quick stop at the Maupin store then a beer and wings at the Rainbow, we headed downstream. Great weather, empty roads and campsites, stars, campfires, wood fire meals, cocktails and of course big horn sheep. Got a big bonus, my first steelhead on a fly rod! Took and egg pattern down at the Macks launch. 

From Wayne Hughes: spent the first part of the month fishing local lakes. Found some nice Trout & Bass stripping leeches plus under indicators with Vampire balance leeches and Blobs. 

From Patrick Leonard: fished Big Tree at the OFC. There’s an eagle that has been very active lately.

From Mike Shiiki: We had some pretty good days on the Deschutes at Warm Springs, mostly redsides with a few bullies mixed in too!

From Darryl Huff: hooked 11 and landed seven the day before Thanksgiving.

From Dave Kilhefner: Rich Harvey and I had some good trout fishing at Big Tree before the November weather cooled the water and slowed down the trout bite. We also saw a nice rutting buck while driving to the lake.

Thanks to everyone who contributed reports this month!

October is always a great month and we have reports ranging from Louisiana to Alaska and even Egypt! Pictures are first with the reports below. Enjoy!

From Laura McGuill: Thanks!! Tough conditions for sight fishing… managed to get that slot red in. High winds, overcast clouds, and fair amount of surface chop, hard to spot them!!

From Greg O’Brien: Ever since Elke and Alysia gave a presentation at a club meeting a while back I’ve wanted to steelhead fish their waters.  I finally made it happen and was rewarded.

From Lane Hoffman: My friend Lars & I hit the Ham’s Fork of the Green River WY. Hiked down to the river realizing we both left our cell phones in the Jeep! Guaranteed that we would catch a big fish! I landed one pushing 24 inches, maybe the best looking Rainbow I’ve ever caught….then Lars landed one a little bigger than mine. Lost a couple of other’s to the weeds. Beautiful Wyoming weather & scenery! God’s country!

From Rich Harvey: Water really low in Trask and Wilson but landed some nice resident & sea run cutts.

From Kevin Rogers: Had a crazy good day up by Cascade Locks and put over 40 in the boat.

From Dave Kilhefner: Rich Harvey & I hit Turner Lake in mid October. We tried several different things but stripping streamers was the ticket for some good sized trout & bass.

From Patrick Leonard: fished the Klickitat in early October with Hopper/Dropper (egg dropper) and caught a bunch of smaller trout. Hit the Cowlitz for searuns using a Hopper/Dropper and had a blast…and of coarse fished the N Santiam for rainbows which is always fun.

From Rich Harvey: Dave Hopkins got a nice little silver while tossing flies for sea run Cutts on the Wilson.

From George Krumm: here’s a few shots from my annual October trip to the Naknek swinging big flies with two-handed rods.

From Chris Brehm: did some traveling overseas but did get a chance to fish the Nile River below Aswan Dam one day. Got my personal best Nile Perch. A Camel Hair Scarab Beetle Emerger tossed with a 15wt rod was the ticket!

Thanks to everyone for contributing your reports!

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!

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!

July has a variety of good fly fishing options and we have a lot of great reports to share. Pictures are first with the report below.

From Chris Brehm: We ended the month in fine style with a couple of 16-17” beetle eater bows at Paulina. Grandson Ranger caught his first fish: a Crappie at Twin Oaks pond. Early in the month brother Steve and I got limits of Rockfish on Fly rods with Joe Warren out of Depoe Bay. Steve also won a tough battle with a Starfish. We were able to get limits of Coho off the mouth of the Columbia on gear…next we’ll get one on a fly rod.

From Rich Harvey: Did well on Crappie at Twin Oaks pond several times in July with Dave and Lane.

From Mike Shiiki: Landed an XL trout at OFC Rainier Lakes along with other nice sized rainbows. My friend Michelle landed some nice rainbows at Timothy Lake.

From Jan Jacobs: Participated in the NFS Molalla River Trash and Bass Cleanup. Managed to reel in the prize-winning catch of the day at 17 inches…caught on a 5 weight with a wacky fly that was a cross between a clouser minnow and a worm. A fun event and the fish tacos were excellent!

From George Krumm: fished out of Ilwaco with Marcus W for a limit of black rockfish plus a bonus lingcod. Caught a nice Willamette springer on a chrome Pro-Troll flasher and Simon 3.5 spinner (Mex Hat color). The lower Willy was rather productive in July. The mouth of the Sandy produced a mix of springers and summer Chinook in mid-July when the Columbia opened back up.

From Ken Kelley: Had a fun trip to the Trask for Cutthroat. Later in the month did some gear fishing Hagg Lake for Trout. No hookups – beautiful fishing spot until the Paddleboarders took over.

From Matt Baker: Got out quite a bit this month and had a great times.  Most success was on dry flies (elk hair caddis was my friend) but also some nymphing and streamers.  Harriet lake with the club was a lot of fun but also fished the Clackamas and Salmon rivers. Did a lot of exploring on small creeks too.    

From Wayne Hughes: Had a heck of a week before my yearly trip to Montana. My garage door spring broke & had to wait three days to get it fixed. Finally got to Montana and only two days in our home AC decided to stop working cutting my whole trip short; only got two days fishing. The days I had left were meant for Smallmouth bass; no trout fishing or chasing pike. Did have one hell of a day hooking tons of smallmouth on poppers on the 5 weight. Landed several over 18” and one 22”. Its was fun but a very long drive for two days on the river! 

From Joe Warren: Went on a great horse packing trip into the Southern Sierras; 17 miles on horseback into the backcountry for big rainbows & golden trout.

From Greg O’Brien: A lot of hiking for this guy to get to some beautiful California trout in their very small native range. Great times with great people

From Bob Beswick: Had a new kidney installed in June & doing great! Hope to participate this fall!

Thanks to everyone for contributing your reports!

May is a great fly fishing month as spring finally transitions into summer. Pics are first with the reports below.

From Laura McGuill: I was able to celebrate my birthday with a few Clackamas Fly Fishers at Howell Pond. We had steady action on Bluegill, Bass & a few trout all day long.

From Dave Hopkins: Rich H, Dave K and I camped out at Heartland Lake and had good fishing for Trout & good sized Crappie.

From Dave Kilhefner: fished Drano Lake with several hundred of my new best friends in early May. Had one spring chinook on but it didn’t stick. Dang!

From Ken Kelley: fished the upper Metolius with indicator & euro nymphing tactics. Its a beautiful place!

From Dave Kilhefner: I met up with Joe Warren at Rufus Woods Lake in northeastern Washington to fish for triploid rainbows. We had good weather during the 3 days we fished and each caught around 20 rainbows in the 8lb to 10lb range plus MANY smaller ones in the 16″ to 18″ range. The biggest trout I hooked made a run into my backing before straightening out the hook.

Thanks to everyone for contributing your reports!

The March & April fishing reports are finally out! Pics are first with the reports below.

From Lane Hoffman: Chris Brehm & I had some good Bull Trout action on Lake Billy Chinook.

From Mark Rasmussen: landed one decent brown on the Provo River on a size 22 midge emerger. As usual, my brother in law got many more fish, mostly larger, euro nymphing.  

From Ken Kelley: landed my first steelhead on the Wilson River using a Black & Red Aero Jig.

From Greg O’Brien: I fished the OFC Rainier Ponds OFC and it was slow going with no bites until a hatch came off late morning. Had a couple takers in the 18” range on a size 14 emerger.

From George Krumm: had some decent Spring Chinook action gear fishing on the Lewis River.

From Mike Shiiki: Took Darryl H on our annual spring break trip to the Owyhee but the water levels were ridiculously high. We ended up in Maupin. Water was high & fishing was tough but we all got fish, including a hatchery steelhead!

From Dave Kilhefner: Rich Harvey & I had some good action on the OFC ponds.

From Rich Harvey: had a good day with Dave K on Turner Lake. Saw a lady fishing with her dog on her float tube. They landed some nice trout and it was alot of fun to watch.

April Reports:

From Chris Brehm: Brother Stevie B and I fished the opener at Crane Prairie with solid success using balanced Leeches and Bloodworm Midge Chironomids. Over several days we landed over 50 Cranebows up to 18” and a few small Brookies.  We also hit Davis Lake and managed a decent stringer of bass.

From Brad Jonasson: Early April, high water, nice day. Fished the Deschutes in the Long Bend area. Surprised to catch this 17″ Redside near bank in a side channel normally devoid of water. Next day had a 15″ Redside from the same place.

From Ken Kelley: On the Wilson in April, chasing Steelhead 

From Mark Rasmussen: Lots of fishing, but no hero stories. I did outfish powerbait at kinglsey reservior with a San Juan worm. 

From George Krumm: Had some gear-caught springers plus some pike and walleyes from Wisconsin.

Thanks to everyone for contributing your reports!

We don’t have a lot of reports for November & December of 2024 but they are good ones! As always, pictures are first with the reports below.

From Brian Dawson: in mid November I flyfished with a guide on a Lake Ontario tributary in upstate New York. Hooked a couple dozen browns and lost an Atlantic Salmon.  Salmon spawn was the major food source & we used floating lines and egg patterns drifted along the bottom.

Lane Hoffman, Ed Rabinowe and Ken Baker traveled to Campeche, Mexico and had a great trip catching mostly baby Tarpon along with other saltwater species.

From Rich Harvey: the Oregon Fishing Club fished well in December. Was able to land over 50 trout over several afternoon trips.

From Craig Kerschen: A buddy & I learned when Washington would dump 100 brood fish in Rowland Lake, so we launched the tubes and caught 7 fish between 8-10lbs. A small minnow like streamer was the hot fly. Nice day, no rain….much better than putting up Christmas lights!

From Chris Brehm: My Winter Steelhead season got off to a good start on a small NW hatchery stream.  Both came within an hour of each other on the same soft bead and caught in the same small pocket.

Thanks to everyone for sending in your reports. Happy New Year!