How to set the hook fishing the swung fly is paramount to success. It's a small but critical moment that can make or break success. Check out this video to explore the best way to get a good hook up on big steelhead and salmon with the swung fly. https://youtu.be/v55E89mXFZg...
Tug, yank, dang! Sorry, guide I had another pull but I couldn't resist setting the hook. Ok, so it's been a bit of a tough summer/fall season, to say it bluntly the steelhead run size is down about 200,000 fish! That said we are still finding some steelhead; those glorious...
Fishing Report October 28 Searching for a needle in a haystack is something steelhead anglers are accustomed to and on a year where the run size is considerably down from average that is how it can feel out here on Oregon's most famous river. Steelhead are spread from the mouth...
Brandon had never caught a steelhead on a floating line before and this morning on the Deschutes river showed promise. We walked down the sandy trail to the head of the run in the morning light. Three deer bounded ahead of us in the morning shadows as we made our...
It's been a crazy season on the lower Deschutes River this year with an onslaught of fires that when it seems like it couldn't get any worse it did. We had three major fires on the lower river below Maupin and several above Maupin. The Substation fire, Long Hollow Fire...
Fly fishing near Portland, OR in the fall is ripe with opportunities. Experience some of Oregon's finest waters just a short drive from town and feel the thrill of hard fighting steelhead and trout. Fly Fishing the Deschutes River: Steelhead Camp-The thrill of the take from an aggressive steelhead can...
Just minutes from Portland, OR in the timbered slopes of Mt. Hood is an area teeming with fishing opportunities. For the fly angler the Mt. Hood National Forest provides many great opportunities for rainbow trout, browns, cutthroat and brook trout. Some lakes are an easy drive while others require a...
Beginning fly fishing is a fun place to be; it's like a puzzle has been dumped on a table before you and as you start to delve into the sport hopefully the pieces will start to come together. Fly fishing is a great gift for the family; often times there...
Fly fishing for summer steelhead is one of my favorite fisheries and the NW has so many great places to go; here are five tip tips to help you be more successful swinging flies for steelhead during the hot months of the year. Favorite fly fishing hot spots of summer...
It's July and with the festivities of the fourth's fireworks and family bbq's behind us let's focus on the important things- fishing! We are starting to see some numbers of chrome arriving over Bonneville dam and this year is off to a much better start than last. So far we...
Summer fly fishing near Portland, OR has been good with the Water Time Outfitters guides chasing trout, steelhead and smallmouth bass. Summer opportunities abound for the traveling angler in the Portland area. Deschutes River trout fishing just a few hours from Portland is in summer mode with caddis hatches the...
Fly fishing Portland, OR the month of June has been excellent. We have been fly fishing on what is the worlds largest run of American Shad. These fish run up the Columbia and Willamette Rivers through the city of Portland and Oregon City in the month of June in staggering...
The month of June brings blooming dogwoods, blossoming flowers, the worlds largest run of American Shad to Oregon's biggest waterways and a bit of fly fishing craziness right near Portland, OR. The Columbia River which cuts the boundary line between Washington state and Oregon combined with Portland's cargo way the...
To say Nick has unbounded energy might be an understatement but when it comes to steelheading his optimism often outweighs the challenges of the fishing conditions we face. He gets to fish with me about once a year for steelhead and each time he does it's a blast with Nick...
Want to get started right with spey casting? Having casting challenges and could use some coaching? Water Time Outfitters offers spey casting lessons to move your casting to the next level. Guiding and spey casting for over 20 years the guides at Water Time Outfitters can help. We offer riverside...
Cody and his brother Ian from back east had never hooked a steelhead on the swing. Each had a glow of enthusiasm that comes early to the quest of steelhead on the swung fly. Sometimes that is what one of my old time clients calls "unwarranted optimism" - I think...
I consider myself so fortunate to live and work in such an amazing part of the world chasing these unbelievable creatures we call Steelhead. It’s truly a marvel to hold a fish like this for a few brief moments. Their aggressive nature and powerful battle leaves you shaking and...
Winter wind, sleet, hail, rain and just plain cold nasty weather combines with big rivers and elusive steelhead to make one of the most challenging fly fishing endeavors ever; so often this drudgery of winter we gear up to fish down. Sometimes amid the heavy layers of fleece, long underwear...
Oregon coastal rivers get some great winter steelhead runs and some of the best rivers for early fish are usually: Three Rivers, Nestucca, Necannicum, NF Nehalem, NF Alsea, Nestucca and Wilson Rivers. Low flows on the smaller streams have made fishing difficult. Some fish are showing in most rivers but...
Fishing on the Clackamas in December has been a bit slow with low and cold conditions most of the month. Late summer steelhead have been nearly non-existent and the search for chrome winter fish is the game. Low and cold usually means lower in the river is best. Recent rains...