Cold Water Fishing

With the late reopening of Spring Chinook, this year’s Columbia River Summer Chinook fishery certainly won’t get all the hoopla it’s received in years past.  With the early fishing also comes early indicators and folks looking to fish for Summer Chinook through the closure on June 30th are looking to More »

Over the course of the last couple weeks I’ve been talking with guys familiar with the Westport fishery trying to get the jist on what we can expect for this years fishery. Everyone that I’ve talked to looks for the first week or two of the combined summer season to More »

There’s no doubt there would be tremendous dry fly action on the Upper Klamath if the fish could see the surface. In the six-mile stretch below the Keno Dam, the water is stained with the proteins of Klamath Lake. But the same water that keeps bugs on the surface safe, protects fish More »

Recently I was able to talk with Scott West of the group, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.  The Sea Shepherd group is one of the left wing groups that has regularly advocated for Sea Lions and even has a group that stands guard at Bonneville Dam observing, photographing and documenting the More »

As we roll into the middle of March, Spring Chinook fishing on the Columbia River is beginning to take shape.  What was just a shot in the dark, is now becoming real opportunity as the dates quickly progress towards critical mass.  The Portland/Vancouver area will be ground zero for many More »

Columbia River Spring Chinook fishing is a big deal for people of the Northwest.  From  Tri-Cities to Astoria, anglers with “Springer Fever” will take their brief shots at one of natures finest tasting fish.  Of course there are lots of places to get after these fish, but one of the More »