Recent content by Kage

Thank you for the advice and words of encouragement, I definitely think this might turn into an obsession. What size hook would be ideal for summer steelhead? In the photo I'm using a #2 and noticed I had slight gaps along the hook because I didn't have enough material left to wrap. Any...

So I finally decided to get into tying my own flies and I would like some feedback on how to improve.

Welcome to Oregon and OFF, good luck in all your fishing endeavors.

I'll probably join at some point, I have yet to catch anything on my fly rod but I am also only targetting salmon or steelhead so far.

Didn't go out and try them out, damn raccoon came after my chickens so I spent the day getting my yard critter proofed while I regretfully find a new home for hens. Thanks for the info though, I'm eager to give them a shot.

Well I don't want to get lumped into thst kinda crowd but it certainly seems to work. I'm gonna give it a shot this Friday, make some adjustments on rigging it up. Switch out the bumper that's provided with a small bead and maybe put on a bobber stop in case I get hung up on something.

Has anyone used these Buzzbomb lures for salmon or possibly steelhead? I was given one when I went to the NWSteelheaders meeting on the 1st. Seems like they work but I've never used them before so I'm just curious if anyone has info on how to they prefer to set it up and fish them.

Missed a good amount of strikes on a slow fishing day, two came off as I was bringing them over the dock rail. Took a good few hours but I went home with four though so I can't complain. Was curious though, a boat pulled up to the barrier near to the dam and was casting over it for what I would...

Pretty lame, sorry to hear about the bad trip. I HATE when people show up to the spot I'm fishing and let their kids yell and scream, run in and out of the water and throw rocks. Or throw a tennis ball into the water so their dog can go swimming in to fetch it. In any case they either ignore the...

I missed on the strikes I got which sucked but I was a bit surprised since I was using just a single or double salmon egg. Usually when I also fish with the nightcrawler the trout tend to get attracted by the egg and stay for the nightcrawler. Better luck next time I guess. I could have easily...

Went after work so I was there around 5pm. Still had a crowd on the dock. I was in a rush to get out and fish that I didn't stop to pick up worms. I still had some salmon eggs that I was using. My preferred bait has been a chunk of nightcrawler with a single salmon egg. Has never failed to...

Pretty crummy trip, I had heard the lake was stocked last week and people took that as a sign that they could start fishing. So groups of people fished the lake out last week. There weren't many fish to be had today but the ones I saw caught were bigger than stocker size. I missed about 3...

Now I got the crazy idea to build a boat.

Thanks everyone for the quick responses, I guess paddling will be fine for now. I'll have to check the boat length to see about the invasive species permit. Thanks guys!

Just trying to get this cleared up, is it required to get a inflatable boat registered? And if not, what if a motor is attached? Just one of those small, 4 person boats that's really only room for 2. I just want to make sure because I'm looking at buying one for some lake fishing and possibly...