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!

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!