North Sanitam Scio - Detroit ?

[Sage_Flyguy]

Hello all , I was planning a trip for this weekend to leave from Sweet home here and head through Scio , stayton , mill city etc.. and just check to see if there is anywhere very accesible to the river.. I was wondering if any of you are familiar with this stretch of water and if any of you have had any success here , if so where about..... I plan on taking my fly rod and my ugly stick with me..

I appreciate the help and will be sure and post pictures on my return
Jer

 

[osmosis]

Get in touch with Kodiak, he is the resident North Santiam expert.

 

[Raincatcher]

Guru guy

Guru guy

Hello all , I was planning a trip for this weekend to leave from Sweet home here and head through Scio , stayton , mill city etc.. and just check to see if there is anywhere very accesible to the river.. I was wondering if any of you are familiar with this stretch of water and if any of you have had any success here , if so where about..... I plan on taking my fly rod and my ugly stick with me..

I appreciate the help and will be sure and post pictures on my return
Jer

Flyguy;
Osmosis is right,Kodiak is our resident Santiam guru. I think he was born in the river. To top it OFF, he is very generous with information. Check our his 3/28/09 post in the Steelhead forum titled Santiam Bank Access. More information than you can imagine.
Come back and let us know how you do.
Be safe.
Barb

 

[FishFinger]

The upper santiam is great for fly fishing and or spinner fishing. In the stretch above Idanha to just about MP 72 pretty much anywhere you pull off hwy 22; you can find great places to give it a shot.

I have a had really good success behind a larger solitary boulder perpahs 1/4 mile above MP 62. It's kinda my secret spot. Looking at my Gazetteer I don't see the name of the creek just below it, but rest assured the "rock" is a resent feature mid way in the river. Once you've fished it, it's impossible to drive by and not know there are fish to be had in the eddy behind it!

 

[ToLiveIsToFlyFish]

Sheesh, I need a lawyer to interpret the Fishing Regs.. can anybody straighten me out on the regs for N. Fork Santiam with respect to Trout and Steelhead?

Two fishing reports I found said it was C&R only, but my reading of the regs says I can take up to 2 hatchery trout per day and at least one steelhead is fair game.

Thanks!