Category Archives: Just Fishing

Hatchery Trout Grow Large in Diamond Lake

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

Just sayin’ …… This release from the Office of Homeland Security and full disclosure. JN

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While I was fishing recently… June 8, 2011

Posted on June 8, 2011 by

Every once in a while …… Jay Nicholas –  June 8, 2011

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Winter Steelhead Off the Beaten Path, February 16, 2011

Posted on February 16, 2011 by

Not satisfied with catching truck-loads of winter steelhead on swimming flies, some stubborn individuals insist on forging into waters where the likelihood of catching an actual fish is even slimmer than usual. So be it. A thousand casts. No one … Continue reading →

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Chinook Salmon Binge, November 2010: the truth, the whole truth, and nuthin’ but…..

Posted on November 22, 2010 by

Winston 12 wt B2x at home in Tillamook. Chinook Salmon Binge, November 2010: The truth, the whole truth, and nuthin’ but….. Do you ever get tired looking at nothing but hero photos?  How about telling the real story about fly … Continue reading →

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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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Fly Fishing Technique: Deschutes Summer Steelhead

Posted on October 26, 2010 by

Quote.  My method for fishing for steelhead (which cannot be discounted, for I have caught eleven so far this year) is to cast straight out, let the line and fly be carried by the current, activating it in rhythmical jerks, … Continue reading →

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Nicholas’ Salmon Fisher’s Journal: Surreality Salmon Fishing?

Posted on October 4, 2010 by

Nicholas’ Salmon Fisher’s Journal The salmon trip that was, well, let’s just say – – - Here are a few of the memorable, mentionable events.  This story is for all of the normal people who think that other non-normal people … Continue reading →

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Nicholas’ Salmon Fisher’s Journal: Nestucca River, late September, 2010

Posted on September 30, 2010 by

Nicholas’ Salmon Fisher’s Journal:  Nestucca River, late September, 2010 No one fly fishes for Chinook on the Nestucca River. Period.  End of discussion. So the story went, recently, when my friend Todd (attending a wedding) asked a coastal resident if … Continue reading →

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Nicholas’ Salmon Fisher’s Journal: Chinook? September 16/17, 2010

Posted on September 22, 2010 by

Jay Nicholas’  Salmon Fisher’s Journal September 16-17 2010 Yes folks, Chinook salmon are  lurking under the waters of the Alsea  in this photograph.  Doubt me?  Take a look. A bright Chinook  jack ate Ed’s fly. Being a perfect gentleman, I … Continue reading →

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Jay Nicholas’ Salmon Fisher’s Journal, September 5, 2010

Posted on September 6, 2010 by

Jay Nicholas’ Salmon Fisher’s Journal, September 5, 2010 Alsea Tidewater: Two Decades Later……… Yeah, it has probably been at least twenty years since I fished Alsea River Tidewater.  For lots of reasons.  No.  Don’t want to talk about them.   For … Continue reading →

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