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!

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!