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I've been waiting for fishable water and enough steelhead over the falls to warrant a trip to the Molalla. As of Sunday, there were fewer that 1500 steelhead over the falls at Oregon City which means probably somewhat, by most estimates, less than a hundred to two hundred fish in the Molalla...

fusion22, you will be right at home with your drift boat. There are hundreds of drift boats on the Willamette every year and I have never seen one get into any trouble. I cannot say that for some smaller aluminum boats that I have seen sunk. One incident that sticks in my mind happened a bunch...

My fishing partner and I dumped the boat in at Freyer Park yesterday and floated down to Wagon Wheel. I got into a decent 9-10 lb buck at about 8:30 and that was all the action for our boat. There was one other boat on our drift and they picked up one . At the take out, we talked to a guy who...

OK, I found out that the "Horn" is actually on Lake Creek, a major tributary of the Siuslaw. So that won't be an issue. It's a Class IV rapid. I watched a couple of Youtube vids of kayakers running it. I have been through Class IV on the Rogue and Deschutes and the Horn looks every bit as...

plumb2fish, thanks for the info. I have gotten a couple of PMs that warn of "The Horn" in that area. Do you know anything about that? Steve

I will be in Florence for about 5 days next month. I am interested in the stretch of the Siuslaw between Austa Landing and Mapleton. Much of this follows the Old Stagecoach Rd. Is this too much to float in a day? Any suggestions as to the best places to put in and take out? Thanks steve

The boat was tied up to some willows and the oarlocks were gone. Everything of value except the rope used to tie it up was gone. It seemed apparrent that they were going to come back and get the boat. The emergency was past and it looked like the situation was in hand and being dealt with. So...

My partner and I drifted the Molalla from Freyer Park to Wagon Wheel Park on Monday and saw the results of what must have been a very scary ordeal. A fiberglass drift boat was precariously tied up in the brush and half submerged. We spotted a life vest a ways down stream and retrieved it. It...

I feel your pain about the trout. Two Mondays ago we were on the South Santiam for early summers just below Foster Dam. The wind was blowing so hard that the boat was uncontrollable so we just stayed in the area near the ramp. In about 5 hours we caught and released over 2 dozen planters of...

That, Sir, is one fine looking steelhead. You should change your name to skunknomore. Steve

Merle, thanks for the lightening job on the photo but no matter what you do, the fish is still better looking. Steve

That's at least the second car in the Molalla this winter. The last one was just below the 211 bridge a couple of months ago. Steve

Ran the drift from the "grove" to Freyer park and got into this 6-7 lb hen. She looked to have been moving gravel but had lots of fight in her. This one fell to an old school Oakie Drifter and yarn. River level was at about 2500cfs and was high enough that no rocks were hit. At that level there...

My fishing partner and I have been following the fish counts and the fiver levels on the Molalla and decided that because the flow was down to just under 800 F3/s, we would hit the lower end. Well, from Knight's Bridge to the mouth of the Pudding, the river looked awesome and My partner hooked...

If nothing else, you will have nice weather and a relaxing afternoon regardless of your fishing success. That said, if you are going to be there for the weekend and have time, take your boat up to where tidal influence stops. I don't know the river you are on but I did just that on the Alsea in...