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Summer Fishing Report - July 6 , 2010
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Oregon River Guides is a sport fishing guide service for Steelhead, Salmon and Trout. Guiding anglers since 1997, we focus on the Oregon Coast, Willamette Valley and Portland area streams including the Siletz, Nestucca, Sandy and Clackamas. Our knowledgeable and friendly guides can help put you some amazing fish, like summer and winter steelhead, spring chinook and huge coastal chinook! From beginning to expert anglers alike, we have the perfect fishing trip to match your needs, desires, skill level and geographic location. We provide all rods, reels, bait and terminal tackle so you don't have to think about it. We also serve great streamside sack lunches and love to create tremendous shore lunches upon angler request. Visit our rates and bookings page for more information! We have spents decades fishing local waters and fine tuning our knowledge base in order to put you on the best fisheries when they are fishing their best. We cover a broad area from the base of the Cascades to the Southern Willamette Valley and a large chunk of the Oregon Coast. Famous coastal streams like the Siletz and Nestucca, and other smaller creeks prodvide incredible fishing opportunities including coastal chinook, sea-run cutthroats and steelhead. If time and travel is short and find yourself in the Portland area, the Clackamas and Sandy are excellent steelhead rivers and also fish well for coho in the fall. For those anglers in Eugene area or fisherman looking for the blue ribbon trout experience, the world famous McKenzie is a spectacular three season trout fishery. Whatever the time of year, there are always great angling opportunites on the rivers we guide. Let us help show you the Oregon Angling Experience! Featured Spring Species - Summer Steelhead; Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus: Although Summer Steelhead begin to enter streams in April and continue through August they don't spawn until the Fall which make them a very different fish than their seasonal brethren, the Winter steelhead. Since they spend so long in the river, Summer steelhead exhibit more trout-type behavior like holding in shallow water and striking at natural insects (including dry flies). As the water drops these fish become very wary, due to low flows and intense sunlight. Under these conditions the best time to target these fish is before the sun hits the water and in the evening once it begins to set. Cloudy days are also excellent and a little rain or mist is even better. On the coast these fish tend to stack up in certain areas (big pools and prime runs) throughout the Summer before making their way to spawning grounds with the first good rain of the Fall. Early season and late season are the best times to chase these fish with a fly, although numerous fish are taken in the heat of the Summer. Summer steelhead are generally smaller than Winter fish and average 6-8 pounds with big fish in the 12 pound class. 6 and 7 wts with floating lines and long leaders are the ticket for these fish. The swing technique is most often used and fish are taken on skated dry flies every year! Give us a call and find out just what the Oregon Summer Steelhead Experience is all about! Call 503-515-3533 or email us. |
Call 503-515-3533 or email us to inquire about booking a guided fishing trip! Summer Steelhead Spring Chinook Willamette Valley Trout Sea-Run Cutthroat Fall Chinook and Coho Salmon  JUST RELEASED! Episode two of the Headwater Chronicles in now on-line! This episode "Bobber Fishing for Oregon Winter Steelhead" showcases a typical day of bobber fishing with Oregon River Guides. Watch this fun, fast paced film to see just how effective bobber fishing in low, clear water can be. Once you watch it, we know you'll want to book a trip with us for the FUN factor alone! |
