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 stagnation in climate change policy. Last month’s Conservation Corner offered some bright spots where fish and river focused non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) have made real progress…
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May Meeting – Annual Flyfisher Foundation Fundraising Auction
Always a good time and some great items will be auctioned off including hosted trips, fly fishing gear, some nice wine, and other stuff you can’t live without. Registration Deadline is May 1st.
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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 hours and a big state to try and find them all. The coastal waters are being hit hard by rain so I am changing my…
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 the end of 2019! Introduce your fishing partners to the club and have them join to take advantage of this special opportunity. For current members,…
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 reviews a book that takes us over to the darker side of fly tying. LKH I must give credit to my wife Marie-Louise, who is…
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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, working to improve and protect habitat, building on available science, and strengthening alliances to leverage more influence in support of fish. Here are a few…
April Meeting – Matt Kaylor – FCO “Tom McAllister” OSU Graduate Scholarship Recipient
Matt is a PhD candidate in the Fisheries Science program at OSU. His research focuses on how stream food web structure and productivity can regulate salmonid productivity.
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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 upriver summer steelhead of 182,400 summer steelhead was revised sharply down to 110,300 fish (a 40% reduction in the forecast), reduced again on August 28…
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 Amazon jungle, a trip I will never forget. The Ecolodge Da Barra was even better than we could have hoped. The lodge, food, staff &…
Member Matters – October 2018
Your FCO Website Have you checked out all the pages of our new website? Teri and Ross Beatty, Rick Pay, Lisa Hansen, and Steve Willhite have worked to bring more information about your Club to you. And we will continue to add information and history to the site. Already, you can see the terrific program…