Lessons from Kiribati Starting my Holiday celebrations with a quiet week on Christmas Island surrounded by lovely kind people was just the ticket. Yes, the fishing was epic – it…
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Member Matters – December 2018
Great Reasons to be Members of the FCO As an FCO Board Member, I am privileged to observe first hand the good work of our Club and Foundation Boards. They…
Literary Angler – Fall Fishing
Editor’s Note: This fall Club members ventured to other western states to wet flies and entice wily trout and powerful salmon. Thank you to John Pyrch for his trout hunt…
Conservation Corner – December 2018
The Spirit of Giving (for Fish) This exceptionally warm, exceptionally dry year is coming to a close. Reflecting back, we saw dismal steelhead returns, low flows in our rivers, and…
President’s Message – November 2018
Hello Fly Fishers! Today I am mapping my assault route for the first Native Fish Society Trout-A-Thon. Oregon is home to 9 species of wild trout and I have 48…
Member Matters – November 2018
Membership Opportunities This is a quiet time of year for membership activities. But, it is a real opportunity for new members, since if they join now; they are paid through…
Book Review: The Feather Thief, by Kirk Wallace Johnson; Viking Books (2018)
Editor’s Note: Periodically, the Literary Angler features a member’s thoughts on books or articles they believe will be of interest to fellow fly fishers. Foundation Board member, Dr. Mark Metzdorff…
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Conservation Corner – News from NW NGOs
Fish conservation news has been pretty dismal of late with very low returns of salmon and steelhead throughout the west. Our northwest-based NGOs are out there advocating for wild fish,…
Columbia River Steelhead Update 10/2018
October 2018 In what may be a precedent-setting action on August 24th, Oregon and Washington “closed the Columbia to steelhead fishing” (their words) as the initially optimistic 2018 forecast for…
President’s Message – October 2018
Fall is in the air and I’m excited for its arrival. Ross and I are heading home from Brazil tonight. We have spent the last six days fishing in the…
