This month we have some really good reports ranging from Louisianna to Alaska and points in between! Pictures are first with the reports below. Enjoy!

From Laura McGuill: Traveled to Louisania in mid-Oct for an amazing hosted trip in the Bayou with Simon Gawesworth of Farbank/Sage/Rio. Landed a beast of a bull redfish after a wild fight. It measured 42″ long, 28 lbs and was taken on an 8wt fly rod.

From George Krumm: visited the Naknek River in early October. The Naknek is a fantastic place to swing big flies with two handers for extraordinarily big & strong rainbows!

From Tanner Kennedy: Fished the Deschutes with Rob Crandall in early October. Put in at Mack’s Canyon and camped 10 minutes down from the boat ramp.  Fishing was on the slow side unti the last day when we got into some good fish, including this beauty!

The Oregon Fishing Club finished its fall stocking in late October. Big Tree fished really well, landed several good fish with the biggest a little over 24“.

Dave Kilhefner: fished the Coeur D Alene and St Joe Rivers in the Idaho panhandle. Did OK on whitefish & cutthroat plus lucked into a big 21″ cutt. Nymphing and dry/dropper tactics worked equally well. Water was very low, clear and cooling off (51 degrees). In the evening there was a great show of the northern lights plus witnessed a school of big spawning Kokanee along the shoreline of Hayden Lake.

From Rhona Dallison: I was traveling home from Sandpointe & texted Dave K. He texted me a pin of a good location on the Coeur D Alene river and I caught a few nice cutts on a little caddis pattern fished damp in the surface film.

From Rich Harvey: Had a very fun day down at the coast & caught 11 cutts; 5 were sea runs. There was a big orange termite hatch and caught them all on a dry. Went back the following week with Lane and we did well.

From George Coutts: Just got back from the Metolius.  The Fall colors are on full display.  Fished for a couple of hours one day but no fish.  The Kokanee are spawning throughout the river and it’s fun to see all the fish, especially while wading.

From Stevie Brehm: fish are still biting at Diamond. First time I ever tried an egg in a lake but got in to some nice brownies.

From Tom Flannery: My son and I spent the day fly fishing the Squamish River, BC, Canada last week. Fished sinking lines with colorful beadhead streamers. The Squamish water was glacial white in color. 
The area we chose to fish was a clear water trough created by a clear tributary. It’s a visually stunning area! We landed 12 coho and 1 chum salmon.

From Ed Rabinowe: got a couple nice coho for the smoker on gear.

From Jay Schrader: Had an epic day at OFC’s Big Tree Lake on larger fish after the fall stocking.

From Greg O’Brien: My brother and I made it back to Alaska. Big trout all on swung leech & flesh flies using Spey rods. 

Thanks to everyone for contributing your fishing reports!

September is always a good month and this year was no exception. We’ve got some great reports to share; pictures are first with the reports below.

From Lane Hoffman: got this big rainbow sight casting in 3 feet of water below Fontenot Reservoir.

From Chris Brehm: fished Paulina Lake with my brother Stevie and we got several nice trout.

From Rich Harvey: hit the upper Blackfoot River over Labor Day weekend after fishing Rock Creek. Place is very remote. Did well on 10-12” trout in the evening.

From Darryl Huff: Good day on the lower Deschutes. Hooked 10 – six on bead, four on spinners. Landed 5 wild steelhead and one nook.

From Mike Shiiki: Saturday on Lake Harriett… Nathan landed an 18” and 17” brown… biggest we’ve seen there. I landed more browns than rainbows.

From Darryl Huff: We spent a week in the Glacier National Park area. Spent multiple days fishing the Flathead River. Very little aquatic life on the river so the fish feed on beatles, grasshoppers, ants, etc. Quite a few smaller Cutthroat were caught, but only a few in the 12 to 13 inch range. Scenery was beautiful!! 

From Matt Baker: Fished Marion Creek on the way home from the fish a long. Great little creek, a dozen fish in an hour. Good times. Got some fly tying help this month too!

From Rich Harvey: got some big bluegill at Howell Ponds in late September.

From Chris Brehm: was able to hit the Bighorn River this month.

From Wayne Hughes: Fished the upper Willamette river for Silvers and found success again this year. Also caught lots of both Largemouth and Smallmouth bass on surface poppers. 

From George Krumm: Fished the Naknek River for rainbows then went bear viewing at Brooks Camp.

From Rich Harvey: Fished the Gallatin and the Taylor’s fork of the Gallatin, Upper Firehole and the Gibbon. It was super cool to fish with my brother and nephew again

From Amanda Justesen (Justesen Ranch Lakes): We are now open for fall fishing and reports this week have been good. We are restocking several lakes this week.

Thanks to everyone for contributing reports!

This August had good and varied fishing so we’ve got lots of good reports! The photos are first with the report below.

From Tom Phipps: landed my first steelhead on the Deschutes about 45 minutes into my first ever attempt with a two handed rod. And everyone kept telling me how hard it was!

From Timothy McSweeney: backpacked and fished for 32 miles thru Yosemite.

From Dave Kilhefner: hit the Pacific Ocean out of Depot Bay with Joe Warren & Lane Hoffman for Black Rockfish, Lingcod and Crab.

From Rich Harvey: Sea Run Cutthroat are making an appearance in coastal streams.

From Dave Kilhefner: the Coeur D Alene River had steady fishing for cutthroat trout plus a few whitefish.

From Chris Brehm: my brother Stevie and I fished with Joe Warren out of Depoe Bay for Rockfish.

From Chris Brehm: got some good beetle action on Hosmer Lake. Weather was cool and fish were looking up! Caught a few good sized Redbands in Agency Lake on leech patterns; thanks to Lane Hoffman for the tip! East Lake produced some nice browns right before dark on Beetles. Closed out August with a Euro Nymphing lesson from Chris Gardner on the Deschutes. He outfished me big time but we had fun!

From Rich Harvey: made a late August trip to Rock Creek in Montana. Water was low & clear and afternoon temps were in the 90’s with bright sunshine. Fishing on the lower creek was slow so moved upstream and did pretty well. Got to wave at a Grizzly Bear as it crossed the creek about 75 yards above me….Yikes! Most fish were 10″ to 12″ but did get a couple 16″ to 17″. Had a dang red fox come into camp, sit down about 12 feet away and watch me eat dinner. I shared a little of my chicken, which he enjoyed.

From George Krumm: had some good gear fishing for Chinook in the Columbia Gorge.

From Bob Beswick: spent a couple of days fishing East Lake with my friend Tom. Had some luck with nymphs and chironomids below surface film with some wind aid. Hooked a brown that I never saw on my 4 weight.

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

From Mike Shiiki: Nathaniel and I had a couple good days at Crane Prairie with some nice Cranebows and a bunch of little bass landed.  Nathan also caught an XL whitefish that we weren’t expecting. On another day I was tossing poppers for bass at one of the OFC lakes and caught a few nice rainbows instead!  That was the first time I’ve had that happen. 

Thanks to everyone for contributing your reports!

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

From Lane Hoffman: Gil Henderson & I had a great trip fishing Klamath area lakes & rivers with guide Craig Schumann.

From George Krumm: Tom Larimer and I made the trip to the Togiak River in western Alaska to swing flies for Chinook. Despite high, cold water we landed kings and chums every day.

From Chris Foster: Fished the Metolius in late July. Had 6 takes and landed one small but beautiful Redside on a size 14 Parachute PMD. There was no major hatch going on. Saw a few Golden Stones on the bushes and a few females dipping the water, depositing eggs.

From Matt Isham: Caught some real nice rainbows on double beaded peacock herl stone nymph on the Clackamas at McIver Park.

From Wayne Hughes: Spent a week in the Thompson Falls area of Montana catching Trout, Bass, and yes Pike.

From Jim Behrend: My wife and I floated the McKenzie a couple weeks ago and had good fishing.  She used a couple big caddis flies and did well, while I did indicator and Euro nymphing with good success. 

From Chris Brehm: July was full of family and Grandkids. Fished Paulina with Granddaughter Reverie. She out fished me with some rainbows and a nice Kokanee for dinner. Got a limit of delicious Coho in the ocean outside of Astoria

From Matt Baker: Been getting out on a lot of small streams in the Mt. Hood national forest. Lots of small fish eager for a dry fly with a few surprises thrown in. I have really been enjoying fishing some out of the way streams. Don’t expect big fish or easy access but the rewards are there.    

From Bob Beswick: Did some lake fishing last month. Fishing was not great and the wind made it a little more difficult.

From Dave Kilhefner: Rich Harvey & I hit the Trask for cuttroat. Fishing was a little tough but after a some searching we managed to find a pod of willing cuttroat that made our day.

From Dave Kilhefner: George Coutts & I made our annual trip to Pacific City to fish for rockfish & salmon with Connect Outfitters. We limited on rockfish by 8:30am plus I landed my first lingcod on the fly. Then we chased silver salmon the remainder of the trip. George landed one silver & we lost the rest.

Thanks to everyone for contributing your reports!

June is a busy fishing month and we have a lot of good reports to share. Pictures are first with the report below.

From Joe Warren: Had a very productive trip to the upper Columbia, caught many trout and some nice ones too!

From Steve Brehm: While fishing Crane Praire I found a Stalcup damsel in my fly box and actually caught a fish on it. Just one but fun!

From Matt Baker: I was able to get out and fish a good amount this month.  Hit the Clackamas, Collawash, Willamette and Salmon rivers.  I also got on a couple creeks in the Columbia gorge.  Elk hair caddis fly was my friend this month.

From Craig Kerschen: Had a chance to fish the MO near Craig, MT.  Shared the river with these pelicans and managed a few nice rainbows. I’ll be going back sometime this year if anyone wants to join me.

From George Krumm: Caught springers and a sockeye on gear.

From Dave Kilhefner: I was able to fish the Coeur D’Alene river in Mid June. Water flow & clarity was perfect. Caught a nice trout & lots of whitefish in 3 hours of fishing. Saw some big trout in a slow deep eddy but couldn’t get them to take anything. Next time!

From Rich Harvey: hit the Metolius before the June Fish A Long. There was a nice gray drake hatch yesterday where I was standing. Got 18 before the hatch stopped. Water higher than it was in the fall & you can’t walk out on those logs they are less stable. Hatch has been starting around 3pm but the caddis fishing is pretty steady before that though.

Reports without Pics:

From Phil Hager: Went up to Timothy, north arm. Slow but a few in the 12”-15” range. Took them all on my Brick Leech fished near the bottom. Saw a couple others catch a few but don’t know what they were using. One had a dry line the other intermediate. Large count of ants crawling around at the ramp and quite a few on the water. I think that’s what most of the rises were hitting. No grasses, only small amount of algae growing in the channel above the lower island and only saw 3 rises up there. Didn’t see many from full width travel from the ramp to above the islands so no “gatherings” found. 

From Darryl Huff: Was able to fish western Montana. Best action was on Rock Creek. Hard to find fishable water as everything was high. Spotted a slot on the far side; wading was tough but worth the effort. Reached back after hooking the first fish and realized I had not hooked my net back on my waders!

From Mike Shiiki: FYI the Forest Service road 57 from ripplebrook to Harriett lake is back open.  I went up there Sunday afternoon before the 4th; the parking lot was full for the first time since the fires…I couldn’t find any big fish.

Thanks to everyone for contributing reports!

Over the last couple months we’ve experienced our usual crazy spring weather, from beautiful days with records high temps plus our fair share of cold, damp windy days. Thanks for everyone that shared their reports. As always, pictures first with the reports below.

April Reports

From Lane Hoffman: Had a good trip over to Rocky Ridge Lakes with Laura Anderson.

From Craig Kerschen: Some bigger smallies now moving into shallow water. This one at 19″ put a good bend on an 8wt.

From Rich Harvey: had an epic opening morning on the Deschutes below Warm Springs. Big big hatches & hungry fish; got 26 swinging soft hackles.

From Dave Kilhefner: caught the last of the winter steelhead run on the upper Sandy River.

May Reports

From Rich Harvey: took a road trip to Missoula to visit my stepson. Saw lots of beautiful country, wildlife and got into a bunch of brown trout on Rock Creek on my 3wt.

From Chris Brehm: Spent a few days in Wyoming on the green below Fontinel while on a month long Van trip. Only got a few whities to show for it, then on to the Miracle Mile where my luck improved. Small Perdigons and Wire Worms got it done

From Darryl Huff: Had to work hard for the fish but some nice ones were caught. No increase in the amount of big bugs around from 10 days ago. Stone fly nymphs were productive at times. Very little top water action. The caddis hatch has barely begun. 20 mile an hour winds all weekend didn’t help. On a good note, the old guys cleaned up at the poker table both nights!

From Mike Shiiki: We caught a few each & the boys caught some fatties. Some good chubbie eats and some green perdigon/rock worm eats, couple white fish on streamers (which we laughed at). I didn’t catch any big trout, but will say… relaxing in the boat & letting my son row us the whole way was awesome!

From Mike Shiiki: Tested a silver vs copper bead theory at Harriett Lake; it was overcast/mostly cloudy. Started with orange/red leech, copper bead, caught a couple. Switched to white leech w nickel bead. Did much better almost immediately. They stocked it with some big ones the past couple weeks & I brought home a bunch of 18”ers. Caught most between 5-6:30pm.

From Wayne Hughes: Did some flyfishing for Largemouth & Smallmouth Bass at Hagg lake. Managed to trick some nice bass to the surface to hit poppers. 

From Dave Kilhefner & Rich Harvey: we camped at Trout Creek Campground the last few days of May. Lots of different bugs were hatching and figuring out what the fish wanted was a challenge, but we got fish every day plus saw some very nice fish landed by other anglers.

We had some great weather and great fishing in March! Pictures first with the reports below.

From Chris Brehm: Bull Trout fishing on Lake Billy Chinook has been very good with multiple fish days. Bunny and M.O.A.L Leeches worked well.

More From Chris Brehm: March was a productive month for me: Got out on the ocean out of Newport for some Lings and Black Bass. Caught a few Rainbows and Whitefish on the Deschutes and the Crooked where this fatty was caught and released using a Black Mini-Leech under an indicator. Water on the Crooked was running high (+-450 cfs) but dropping. Caught Steelhead on the Sandy and this one on the Wilson too!

Congradulations to Garrett Lesko for winning Fly Tyer of the Year award!

From Dave Kilhefner: hooked some nice steelhead on the Sandy. Lost most of them but they all stayed on long enough to give me a rush!

From Andy Wilder: Andy is the owner of Wilder Lake out by Dunee. He said he restocked his lake and fishing has been fantastic for 18-22” trout. They are taking emerging chiromomids just under the surface plus there are a few mayfly hatches too. We had a really good fish a long there a couple years ago!

Thanks to everyone for contributing your reports!