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It’s rare that I will come onto a forum and ask “where should I go” for all the obvious reasons. However, considering the following circumstances, I’m hoping someone might feel generous and help me (or really my brother) out. My older brother (48yrs) has never caught a salmon or steelhead. He has recently taken up the interest for a couple reasons; 1) he recognizes that I’m a fish nut and sees it as an opportunity for us to spend some time together since we may only see each other a couple times a year, 2) he’s, let’s say, income disadvantaged and could benefit from some fish in the freezer and 3) he’s developing an ethical passion for the sport. It’s very difficult for me to get down to Eugene to go fish with him and he rarely can afford to drive up to PDX but this Saturday, I’m carving out some time to go down and grab him in hopes to put him into some fish. If I had more bank, I’d just hire a guide for both of us and call it good but that will have to wait.
So, my tentative plan is to make the drive down well before sunrise and pick him up, fish all day and then drive back to Portland that night (IronMan fishing). The McKenzie and Willamette sound like the obvious go-to rivers but is there somewhere else I should consider? He’s spent some time up at Dexter this season with no luck and based on what I’ve heard from him, it doesn’t sound like my kind of a scene. But, for this trip, I’ll accept that fact that I’ll run into crowds considering I don’t know these rivers. I’m doing my appropriate homework to determine places to go and having never fished the McKenzie, it sounds like a nice place to spend a day on the water. Apparently, Leaburg is an option but I won’t be able to handle combat fishing for too long. If anyone feels generous and wants to PM me some advice as to where we may want to focus our efforts, it would be greatly appreciated and I would hope to have an opportunity to reciprocate when it comes to my home waters (we can make the hikes as needed). Before anyone suggests,” just go fishing and find out for yourself” which I’ve seen time and time again, I have to say “Duh, that’s exactly what I’m going to do”. I really don’t give a cr*p whether or not I catch a fish but really want to be there when my brother gets into his first.
So, my tentative plan is to make the drive down well before sunrise and pick him up, fish all day and then drive back to Portland that night (IronMan fishing). The McKenzie and Willamette sound like the obvious go-to rivers but is there somewhere else I should consider? He’s spent some time up at Dexter this season with no luck and based on what I’ve heard from him, it doesn’t sound like my kind of a scene. But, for this trip, I’ll accept that fact that I’ll run into crowds considering I don’t know these rivers. I’m doing my appropriate homework to determine places to go and having never fished the McKenzie, it sounds like a nice place to spend a day on the water. Apparently, Leaburg is an option but I won’t be able to handle combat fishing for too long. If anyone feels generous and wants to PM me some advice as to where we may want to focus our efforts, it would be greatly appreciated and I would hope to have an opportunity to reciprocate when it comes to my home waters (we can make the hikes as needed). Before anyone suggests,” just go fishing and find out for yourself” which I’ve seen time and time again, I have to say “Duh, that’s exactly what I’m going to do”. I really don’t give a cr*p whether or not I catch a fish but really want to be there when my brother gets into his first.
