Editor’s Note: Long-time member and past Flyfisher Foundation President, John Pyrch, takes us back in time to his early days exploring Oregon waters to fish with a fly. LKH My…
Literary Angler
Literary Angler – Hooking Up on the Middle Fork
Fishing New Water We were scheduled to fish the McKenzie but our guide, Clay Holloway, suggested we try the Middle Fork of the Willamette. My fishing partner, Dennis Oster, and…
Literary Angler – The Magic Hour
Aim for the Magic Hour on the Deschutes Aiming for Salmonfly time on the Deschutes in late spring is a great fishing experience. However, fishing during the magic hour at…
Literary Angler – A New Experience on the McKenzie
Editor’s Note: Member Rick Pay shares his quite successful fall fishing trip on one of the best trout streams west of the Cascades. As you plan your 2023 fly fishing…
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Literary Angler – Transitions
Editor’s Note: This month often conjures up memories of transitions – last holiday season before a child goes off to college, reflections on the year’s major events, new people who…
Literary Angler – Searching for Riffles and Ovid . . . with an Angle
Searching for Disney Riffle Disney Riffle on the Deschutes River is water I first heard about over thirty years ago. It sounded amazing, full of large trout and great steelhead…
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Literary Angler – Trout Rod Review
Editor’s Note: Club member Jay Spassov offers this brief exploration into small and perhaps little known rod companies in his first submission to the Flyline. Historically, the Flyline and The…
Literary Angler – A Flyfisher’s Diary
Minam River My wife had booked a surprise trip in early June to the Wallowa Mountains in Eastern Oregon to celebrate our wedding anniversary. We stayed at the Minam River…
Literary Angler – Pavlovian Trout or Persistence in Outsmarting Salmo Trutta
It was a long 6 ½ hour drive from San Luis Obispo to Mammoth Lakes, CA but worth the effort. Six or 8 of the members of the Santa…
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Literary Angler – The River Taketh, and the River Giveth
The prophet Job was not a fly-fisherman. Otherwise, his lament would begin with “taketh,” not “giveth.” The river more often takes fortune from us—missed fish, snapped leaders, flies hung up…
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