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When I used to fish strictly for trout, I would swing three flies. Great system. However, now that I only fish for salmon/steelhead, I only fish with one fly. Since these fish are bigger and you...

I put Berk Big Game on my two handed rods. Love it. They do coil, but once you stretch them out, it is fine. I'm sold on mono for running lines. Not only can you shoot them further, but much...

I think this is the first year in the last 6 I'm not going to go. I'd probably go if I weren't busy on Saturday. But since Sunday is short on presentations and there are other things to do......

The reason I brought up the int skagit is that it sounded like you wanted to sink flies with various tips. If you only want one line to fish the whole water column all year round, including skating...

I'm not sure about grain weights for that rod. But, I'd suggest using an intermediate sinking skagit head. I decided to give it a shot several years ago and have never gone back to a floating...

Depends on what the river levels are at the time. Send me a PM when it is closer. I live in Washington just outside of Portland. If it is midweek, maybe we can meet up and I can show you some less...

How long after the incident was that picture taken? I'm surprised the lights are still functioning. :D

I live in Washington, NE of Portland. My local river is completely closed in the lower section and the upper river is only open from sun up until 2pm. So yeah, things are bad up here.

I normally...

Depending on weather (rain or melting snow), the Sandy could be pretty colored, making it difficult. If that is the case, I'd head to the nearby Clackamas. Both are probably about the same as far...

Just a couple of weeks ago, I had one of those days I thought you'd only have in Alaska. All day long, I was getting grabs from both steelhead and salmon. It was such an active day and feeling...

Yes. Please everyone get off the river when the sun is high and temps are hot. Fish will not eat a fly and you are wasting your time. :D (love the extra elbow room)

Isn't that film a couple years old at least?

Thanks for the info. I've been debating on whether to get a Rage line. Normally I'm fine with my compact scandi. However, on some of the rivers around here the wind is so strong in the afternoons...

Nice footage. I like those GoPros. But they really put a warp on the footage. It made Station look absolutely huge.

When you use your Rage for waking flies, what do you use as a leader?

I'll be on the NU tomorrow. Sadly, since moving up to the Portland area, I haven't been on this river but once. There are so many rivers around here with so little time to fish them. I sure am...

This is an old thread. But, I've just now found it.

Previously to living in the Portland area, I lived in the San Fran bay area. Here are the pluses and minuses of each place:

Portland area...

I use a 3-fly rig for trout fishing. I used to use a 2-fly rig for steelhead. The bigger fly was always on the end. Unlike what others are saying in here.

However, I no longer use two flies...

I was fishing just down the road on the Klickitat when this happened. One of the Washington fish and game guys came over to me and he was super excited about it. I had no idea it was even...

When I lived there, I did well on the American/Yuba/Feather swinging buggy looking size 8 or 10 hair wing steelhead flies. If they are eating on the surface, I'd just switch to a smaller soft hackle...

I moved to the Portland area from the Bay area a few months ago. I've been fishing the Deschutes regularly now. The fishing has been rather slow by my, and many others accounts. I've heard that...

Interesting. I got one of those post cards too. And I'm 99% sure I did the online thing. I emailed them to say as much but never got a reply.

I've since moved to the Portland area and my card...

I'm in the process of moving to the Portland area from the San Fran area. So, I'm still getting used to the rivers. But, I think you'll find that late July would be good on the Deschuttes.

I...

except with the offset hook eye, it would hang/move differently on the swing.

Give it a try, can't hurt. I think steelhead react to movement a lot of the time. A good portion of people...

By your own definition, I guess that means that no one that responded in this thread is a real fisherman.

This is silly. Everyone should be able to express an opinion. The photo looks odd. ...

I think the conspiracies are in good nature. At least that is how I feel about it. And really, do you have to throw in the "give real fisherman" comment? Maybe you should take your own advice.