Monthly Archives: June 2010

Summer Steelhead Flies?

Posted on June 26, 2010 by

Summer Steelhead Fles? This is the age of Intruders and Tube flies, and oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention “strung-out” steelhead flies.  These are great fish catching innovations.  They wiggle and jiggle and use different hooks, and do, in … Continue reading →

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The quest for Balance…

Posted on June 25, 2010 by

Honestly…… I’m not good at balance. Not good at all. I’m known as a “closer,” a person who completes projects, creates product, delivers on time, as promised, or better. That’s all fine and good. But this all comes at a … Continue reading →

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Perspectives on Salmon Hatcheries . . .

Posted on June 22, 2010 by

Salmon hatcheries have been with us for well over a century here in the Pacific Northwest.  Few of the anglers, and conservation minded people I know, even the most ardent wild fish advocates study the history of salmon hatcheries. The … Continue reading →

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Salmon fisher’s Journal: South Santiam, June 19, 2010

Posted on June 19, 2010 by

Here I am again. My beloved and tolerated South Santiam. Just an hour from home.  A chance to be on the water with a friend and swing flies for hatchery summer steelhead.  A tradition for over thirty years. I have … Continue reading →

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Do Hatchery Fish Spawn in the Wild?

Posted on June 17, 2010 by

Here we go again.  Blogosphere Google searches seeking information. Q:  Do hatchery fish spawn in wild A: Why yes they do. Sometimes. Not always. Sometimes hatchery fish simply die before they mature sexually and are therefore unable to spawn in … Continue reading →

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Nicholas’ Fly Fishing Glossary: Okie Drifter

Posted on June 15, 2010 by

Nicholas’ Fly Fishing Glossary Q:  Okie Drifter Wow. This Google search takes me way back to the early 1960s.  That was when I was trying mightily to catch my first winter steelhead here in Oregon.  Fishing Neskowin Creek and the … Continue reading →

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Fly Fishing Commandments

Posted on June 14, 2010 by

More Google search questions that bring folks to my Blogospheric droning. Q: Fishing Commandments Thou shall fish more this week, month, year, and decade – than you did previously, resolving to not ruin thy life by entirely forsaking thy professional … Continue reading →

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Burkheimer Trout Fly Rods, and more…….

Posted on June 13, 2010 by

The Google questions just keep on rolling in.  Anglers continue seeking the truth. Here are a few of the week’s miscellaneous and un-categorical questions, just for fun. Q: C F Burkheimer trout fly rod A:  Good call.  Kerry Burkheimer builds … Continue reading →

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Nicholas’ Fly Fishing Glossary: Best Steelhead Fly

Posted on June 11, 2010 by

Google away, folks.  Fun every day. Q:  Best steelhead fly A:  The fly you have secured to your leader right at this instant, just so long as you soak it in water that contains at least one actual steelhead and … Continue reading →

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Bolgosphere Questions & Answers from the Netherworld May 2010 Part 5

Posted on June 10, 2010 by

Bolgosphere Questions & Answers from the Netherworld May 2010 Part 5 This is part five of five. Ain’t done yet folks.  The fascinating questions keep pouring in, and I’m gonna try to answer to the best of my ability, so … Continue reading →

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