Recent content by o clarki

No, just poor calendar reading skills - thought Memorial Day weekend was a week earlier than it actually is... One of the few times I'm very glad to be wrong!

Ha! I'm all screwed up. Getting worked up about nothing... Thanks for setting me straight.

Hmm - That would have made sense, but not sure that panned out. This year it's the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend... I get the desire for simplification but seems like poor implementation if that was the goal...

Thanks for the heads up. Definitely missed that.

Is this a major typo in the regs? I could have sworn the trout opener (for waters not open all year or with a special earlier opener) was the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Last year's regs show May 22 (Saturday) - https://www.eregulations.com/assets/docs/guides/21ORFW-VLR.pdf This year's...

I'm more of a moving water guy. I can be to the Deschutes in just a few minutes more than it would take me to get to Barney, and on the Tilly area streams even faster. I've had fast action from the float tube at Dorman (after stocking) and also at Lost Lake near spruce run. I think both will be...

Fished it once several years ago. I did catch a few decent (but slightly skinny) cutthroat maybe 12 -14 inches or so. I was hoping for faster action and more consistent fishing, but the fish seemed pretty widely scattered. I was mostly stripping a pair of small nymphs. This was in May or June if...

Any chance the kilchis will fish sunday? Forecast looks like around 7.5 but dropping hard on the wilson gauge sunday morning. That's higher than I typically fish it but not a crazy amount higher. Coming off a pretty major precipitation event though...

There are definitely a few streams open in the winter, but many are closed. Be sure to check the regs. The water is likely to be pretty cold so nymphs may work better than dries. I've seen decent hatches on some of the tailwaters in the winter of course, but it is rarer on the freestones and...

Ha! I wasn't going to get snippy and fire off a rude response, but after rereading my post I see the problem. I meant MULTIPLE FISH days, not double digit... Minor mistake, right ; ) I did indeed "mostly" have multiple fish days this year, but sadly no double digit days. And no 20 pounders.

It was a pretty solid year for me. Not my best, but maybe slightly above average. I caught steelhead on 7 different streams and mostly had double digit days. I did have two single fish days and one skunking. Last year I was flustered by high water more often than not, so I took a few days off to...

Well, the water was a lovely green and apparently everyone knew it. It was pretty crowded with 7 or 8 drift boats on the float, and bank fishermen in most spots. Nice mellow float. I had one fish on briefly but it came unpinned pretty quick. I saw a few caught on eggs and a few caught...

Thanks, guys. I'll probably give it a shot. Might be more of a float than a fish, but I'll learn something for next time. Any shuttle recommendations?

Hi all, I have a rare weekday off this Friday, and I've been eyeing an exploratory Kilchis float in my pontoon. I was thinking about floating from the County park to the takeout near 101. I've never floated it before but have heard that around 6 ft on the Wilson gauge is a reasonable flow. A...

It's open now above the bridge at the park. Check the specific listing for Mill Creek, not the Yamhill system. I've caught some decent fish in there, but mostly very small cutts. This year with very low water now might be a good time to try. I've been seeing lots of decent hatches on Willamette...