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    Missed strikes from mending issues

    Try fly flotant on the section of line that runs between the float and where the belly picks off the water. It keeps the line floating on top of the surface film instead of in it. Make sure to reapply often....
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    Live bait!

    (Pseudacris regilla) pacific chorus frog. They are sometimes brown or brown green mixtures. They change color is response to light levels. Cute frogs hard to believe such a tiny critter makes so much noise!
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    Does lure color matter underwater?

    Not an expert buuuut....flourescent materials actually emit light at given frequencies in response to being excited by a different frequency of light. The process is similar to luminescence. Uv near the visible spectrum penetrates deepest into water due to its low addition rate. So in theory...
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    Oregon State Marine Board

    Just an update....went in yesterday and got things squared away. Turns out they had multiple accounts for me as well. Tags were mailed to the old addresses and returned to Salem. They were able to fix it all and get me one set of tags that still had a year on it. I also received a renewal for...
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    Where can I find big bass?

    Are you looking to eat these fish or just c&r? For large bass of a non-edible type the Willamette has tons of opportunity for smallmouth and largemouth. river levels Its seasonal and depends on the river levels. I know some eat resident fish from the willy...I do not. For keeper fish you could...
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    Jiggin'

    ok what about these? I pulled back on the bou a bit and added some flash.
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    Jiggin'

    little better pic.
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    Jiggin'

    Ok I'll submit mine for review. A little late to the party. First jig.
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    Newberg area fishing report

    I work at a park right across from Newberg and had a camper report that they caught and released a 32 inch sturgeon off our dock. Apparently they are in that section.
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    My first steelhead spinner attempts

    So old thread but still. Finally fished these spinners the other day. Truth to tell they were a little small (#4) and heavy for the water conditions we were facing. My buddy was fishing a #5 vibrax and he did hook into one fish. Good learning experience my next batch will be perfect!
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    My first steelhead spinner attempts

    That's a good suggestion about split rings...I hadn't heard that before. No special tools just some needlenose pliers and nippers.
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    My first steelhead spinner attempts

    I went ahead and spent about 60$ and made up some steelhead spinners from a mudhole kit and some other extra stuff I bought. Tell me what you think: Total cost was about a buck a spinner so not to bad a price.
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    Recent Siletz reports???

    We went out this morning. Slow. No fish for us but the boats that knew what they were doing picked up a couple. The fish are up river of Strom, but we had them around us a little lower than that too. We tried trolling but I had some motor troubles so we moved to anchor fishing. We tired bobber/...
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    Willamette by Newberg

    There are springers in the river at Salem.The problem is that there is a big change in the river bottom from Newberg down to Lambert slough so the fish are harder to find. We always fished spinners in slots, and it really helps to learn the river well. We used back bounce spinners for them. Not...
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    Turkey invasion?

    I realize some people like the turkeys and some don't but remember some things. These are wild animals introduced for the purpose of being hunted.Our game license dollars were used to get them here. Second I have spent some time chasing these things and I can tell you that if they are walking...
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