Hello Friends, As most of you have likely seen, Oregon and Washington have “closed the Columbia to steelhead fishing” (their words) as the initially improved 2018 forecast for upriver summer steelhead of 182,400 summer steelhead has been revised sharply down to 110,300 fish (a 40% reduction in the forecast) and reduced again on August 28…
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President’s Message – September 2018
The summer has flown by and here it is the week before Labor Day. I am enjoying some time in the Methow Valley in Washington. I spent my first two days still water fishing on Moccasin Lake and the hopper action was nothing shy of epic. Yesterday I floated the Methow River with our good…
Member Matters – September 2018
Membership Update Our membership continues strong for 2018. We have a total of 168 paid/honorary members, which includes 12 new members for the year. The newest member is Felton Jenkins of White Salmon, WA. Be sure to bring guests to the club meetings to introduce them to all we have to offer. Encourage them to…
Conservation Corner – Lostine
Finding Salmon on the Lostine Last month my friend Patrick and I ventured east with our little teardrop trailer to explore camping opportunities in the Wallowa Mountains. We found a sweet little campground with just 4 sites along the Lostine River about 13 miles outside of the little hamlet of Lostine. Unfortunately, the saloon in…
One off the bucket list – Kamchatka
Location: Ozernaya River, Kamchatka, Russia Most of us have a “bucket list” of fishing destinations; Bone Fish Christmas Island, German Browns in Argentina, Taimnen in Mongolia, or maybe something closer to home, say, Madison Valley in Montana or one the many great rivers in Alaska. Well, this past July, fellow Flyfishers’ Club member Bruce Oldenburg…
President’s Message – August 2018
I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the casting ponds picnic on August 14th. If you haven’t registered please do so on the website. This event is hosted by our club so there is no cost, but we need a head count for food. Several local Fly Shops will be joining us for casting…
Observations While Drifting from Mack’s Canyon to Heritage Landing – Summer 2018
Editor’s Note: Our Conservation Chair and Deschutes Wizard, David Moskowitz, floated down the Deschutes from Mack’s to the mouth to survey the damage by recent fires. He posted multiple photos along with detailed descriptions of the carnage caused by the infernos on his blog – https://moskosalmo.wordpress.com/2018/07/27/report-from-the-lower-deschutes/. With Dave’s permission, I’ve chosen some of his conservation-minded suggestions…
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Member Matters – August 2018
Send in Your Stories for the Flyline! Hello FCO Members! Have you traveled to cooler waters during this long hot dry summer? If so, please consider sending a brief report and picture for Member Matters! And if you took an epic trip that deserves more prose (and maybe a little bragging), your story might go…
Literary Angler – Pedaling to the Sava Bohinjka
Fellow member Dar Isensee and I shared an animated discussion at the June meeting about our upcoming trips to Slovenia. I planned to cycle the hills from Lubljana to Bled, then on Rohinj, Croatia. Dar was strategizing to find time to explore crystal clear chalk streams near the Julian Alps while treating his wife to…
Member Matters: July 2018
Welcome to your Flyline Member Matters Page on the new FCO website! We hope you will send in your fishing reports, notices of fly fishing events, member news, and other items of interest to the FCO membership for posting on this page or in our other news areas of the website. Please send any items…
