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Yes I notice that in terms of trout your season starts later than ours. In Scotland the trout fishing season begins, in general, around the middle of March whereas, from what i've read and heard, yours begins in either April or usually May and runs until the end of October? However, as you say, it seems I may be timing things well for the Steelheads, albeit from what i've read in the regs. it would appear that Steelhead run the Sandy (or at least can be fished) all year? Good to hear more info. about the Deschutes too. I read some stuff by a guy called Tom Rosenbauer who I believe is (or was once) connected with Orvis? He mentioned a long-held ambition to fish the Deschutes (don't know if he ever got there though? Haven't read anything too recent by him) I later got hold of a book called "Prospecting for Trout" which my wife Becky got me because I was interested in fishing for them between the rises, which that particular book focusses on. To some extent some of the techniques he described for U.S rivers translated quite well to Scotland, albeit some of the fly patterns described were different to what we would use here. However, fly choices for trout in the States, and the NW in particular, are for a different thread, especially as it's such a huge and subjective issue. I'm sure if I do a forum search that very subject will crop up