Winter Update 1/28 

The early returns of steelhead to the Columbia River tributaries have been much better than what we saw last year so that has been good. I will be on the Kalama River again this February so reach out if you would like to book a day or two. For this upcoming summer season things are …

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Still good times 10/20 

The warm night time temperatures have kept the fish active and moving around.  We have been fishing the entire system and finding fish throughout it.  Swinging flies on the slightly larger size seems to be producing slightly better.  The small bump in flows has moved some fish around which has helped as well.  We have …

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Outstanding Flyfishing on the Klickitat – 10/3/2019 

River flows are decent, water clarity is high, however, steelhead are around. Fish caught throughout the day including a few salmon. Weather conditions were ideal with light rain in the morning and progressively cooler temps throughout the day. The highlight of the day was a customer boiling a steelhead on a skated dry fly.

Steelhead Caught and Released 

Vern Olson catches a steelhead on fly while fishing the Klickitat River on one of my recent trips to Hood River. My introduction to steelhead fishing. Although, I realize the sporty way to catch them is by “swinging”. We did not get any that way.

Klickitat Steelhead 

Fly fishing the Klickitat River, Washington for steelhead. Music : “How Long” by Fanno Creek – http://fannocreek.bandcamp.com Klickitat Steelhead from Norman Hersom on Vimeo.