Recent content by Midgie Hater

Nice fish :) Which way did you drive in? Is the road still closed? Also, does anyone know Harriet's maximum depth? Can't find anything online. I imagine fairly deep at the western end. Just curious as I was planning to take my inflatable on it, but being a nervous and relatively inexperienced...

Thanks for the clarification. I was about to look it up but you saved me the bother of rifling through the regs. Still, it does seem that there are many and better options for my fever- like moving to Central Oregon! Actually that would be too hot and dry for me in the Summer and my wife...

Thanks for the responses folks. Working backwards: Sapo, yes I'd heard that too. I suppose if, like me, it's not about the size of the fish then some fun could be had. On the other hand (and jumping back to the comments by Modest Man) it does seem inevitable that attempting to target trout in...

Hi folks. Long time no post from me and apologies to anyone who PM'd me in the interim and didn't get a reply. I'll get on to it soon! Anyway, last weekend I finally managed to get a chance to do what is my favourite kind of fishing: catch and release of wild trout on the Salmon River. We...

Wow!

Yes, I'd read that the summer runs begin around that time too. It's helpful to have at least a rough idea of when to think about fishing for certain species and runs, so thanks again. Yes, I'd heard that about the Sandy. Haven't been to the Clack yet but that will definitely change this year.

So that's where I've been going wrong all these years :highly_amused: Ah, so we're looking at the middle to the end of April then. Thanks for the heads-up. I assume there'll still be steelhead in the system and perhaps more to come soon if there's been a reasonable amount of water after the...

Sorry to resurrect an older thread but I only just saw it and the subject's on my mind at the moment. Re braid: I had only ever fished with it once - on a sea loch back in the NW Highlands of Scotland - and I liked the fact that it gave me a sense of direct contact and instant feedback. I...

What about the Sandy? I assume it will get a run of springers at some point too then? Would it be worth a shot (ok it's always worth getting on the river - well, mostly...) in the next week-or-so? I was planning to have a look on Thursday. I tried to persuade my wife that she would love to spend...

Hi folks. Some absolutely beautiful fish here! Well, all of them are in their own way of course :) I haven't contributed to the forum very much since actually moving to Oregon despite making a bit of a fuss about it before I arrived, but that's more been because of a lack of opportunity to...

Beautiful! Deschutes you say? It'll be next season before I get down there now. Sadly my fly rods are still in transit from the UK so it looks like the season will end without me wetting a line. That's some size of fly. Having lived and fished in Scotland for the last 26 years we would never...

Thanks for the update. I've had the regs. for 2014 since before I arrived in the US in September and have read them thoroughly, but as a newcomer it's an important affirmation that the ODFW mantra "check for updates" amounts to more than just words. I had no idea that sturgeon were present in...

Thanks folks :) Yes, I thought the day licenses came with tags after reading up on it (again) the other day. I had a PDF of the regs. but when scoping out Oxbow Park a couple of evenings ago I go a hard copy. So yes, it looks like day licenses are the way to go. Now for some rain...:sad: On the...

Sorry for resurrecting this old thread but I thought it best to bring it back to the top in order to save a lot of explanation as I'm sure you've all forgotten, but: I arrived In OR from Scotland on September 3rd. Living in Troutdale off Stark. No fishing yet sadly, although I've been up to...

Hi folks. Just wanted to check in to say "hi" and that I haven't gone away, but obviously haven't posted again because I haven't arrived in the NW yet. However, on that subject there's an update: I have my final visa interview on 30th May and I hope to get things wound up here so that i'll be...