Category Archives: Salmon Art

Jay Nicholas’ Salmon Fisher’s Journal: Late October 2010 Images

Posted on October 31, 2010 by

Jay Nicholas’ Salmon Fisher’s Journal: Late October 2010  Images It’s October, and we have us some Chinook salmon flies.  Yes we do. Pasture the Jet sled.  Unleash the Pram. No fly rod?  No problem.  All one  needs is a fly … Continue reading →

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Buck and Hen Salmon: How to distinguish sex.

Posted on June 8, 2010 by

Sexing Salmon:  Bucks and Hens. How to tell male from female salmon and steelhead. Last year, 2009, the Oregon Department of Fish and wildlife considered the option of allowing anglers to harvest (retain, kill) only male Chinook, and if I … Continue reading →

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Ten Hippie Nonsense Commandments of Wild Fish Advocacy

Posted on May 11, 2010 by

Ten Hippie Nonsense Commandments of Wild Fish Advocacy An anonymous person who goes by “Big Mike”” did not like what I wrote recently in my Respect our Hatchery Steelhead post.  Big Mike seemed to take offense to what I wrote … Continue reading →

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Salmon Questions from the Blogosphere

Posted on April 19, 2010 by

Salmon Questions from the Blogosphere. Here you go Chris. I have, as requested, tried to answer your questions.  Again, I ask anyone who reads this to think more about your own story, because our collective memories and stories shape the … Continue reading →

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The Science of Salmon Resilience

Posted on April 18, 2010 by

The science of salmon resilience says that many of our salmon runs are not much at risk of extinction. The complexity of equations that judge the resilience of  salmon is dizzying: depensatory effects of small population size; compensatory survival at … Continue reading →

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Wild Fish, Hatchery Fish, blah, blah,

Posted on April 11, 2010 by

Questions We All Should Answer The e-mail arrived in my inbox last week.  Hi, my name is Chris.  I have been following your blog.  I am writing a personal profile for a Journalism Class and ……could I send you some … Continue reading →

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Spring Chinook . . .

Posted on April 5, 2010 by

Just a little art to inspire and set my friends on a good path as this week begins.  A very few wild winter steelhead are still slipping into coastal rivers, and so are the very first spring Chinook.  i have … Continue reading →

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Sol Duc River Secret Unveiled!

Posted on April 3, 2010 by

Secret Sol Duc Fishing Area Discovered! March 2010. There I was in Forks Washington, looking for someplace to get coffee where I wasn’t surrounded by teenage Vampire hunters or cranky, Simms-clad anglers.  And Guides.  Did I mention Guides? They should … Continue reading →

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More on being “Anti-Hatchery”

Posted on March 18, 2010 by

More thoughts on being “Anti-Hatchery” Consider a person who points out problems with historical and current hatchery management practices.  Should this person be categorized, strictly, as being anti-hatchery?  No. Consider a person who accepts hatchery salmon and steelhead as a … Continue reading →

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The Stories We Do Not Write . . .

Posted on February 17, 2010 by

The Things We Do Not Write About…. It has become clear that there are three topics I am uncomfortable writing about:  1) certain – let’s call them magical – days on the river; 2) stories that reveal the deeply human … Continue reading →

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