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Beaver Pelts and Bobber-Doggin’ on the Umpqua
In 1832 the Hudson’s Bay Company built a fort that was to become the southernmost outpost of the fur company’s influence. From here the HBC controlled the trade for beaver on the Umpqua, the Rogue and the Klamath. And the beaver pelt became the medium of exchange until the winds of fashion in Europe changed.…
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All Aboard – For Steelhead on the Wallowa River
It wasn’t going to be easy. We took a left turn at La Grande and headed for Minam, but not before we stopped at the Mt. Emily Ale House, eight of us armed with long rods and chest waders. Jerry Grant introduced himself, a fisheries biologist turned brewmeister with creations like Heifer-Weizen, Paleface Ale, and…
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Spring, When Our Fancy Turns to Trout
In the spring, a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of trout. Those were Tennyson’s words. Almost. Doubtless I am not the first trout enthusiast to make sport with poetic verse, but with apologies to the bard, I discovered that Shakespeare reads just as well if the word ‘trout’ is substituted for the word…
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Local Experts Pick Top 10 Trout Flies for Area Waters
When I was thirteen years old I left my fly box on the bumper of my grandpa’s Ford at the Elk Lake boat launch. The accumulation of many evening’s work at the tying bench was crushed beneath the wheels of grandpa’s trailer. I didn’t realize my loss until that evening back at camp, many miles…
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Small Streams and Alpine Lakes Offer Sanctuary for the Angler
He was easily the biggest trout I’d seen that day. Peering over the bank I could see him at the head of the pool, ready for whatever insects might drift down to him. The smaller trout in the pool, just half his size, would have to settle for leftovers. I eased away from the bank…
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A Little Stream-side Etiquette is Needed on Local Waters
The sign read “Please wait to be seated.” And so we waited. Soon the maitre’d arrived and showed us to our seats. There were two of us at the table and two empty chairs. As we perused our menus, a waiter arrived to clear the extra place settings. A steady flow of dishes drifted by…
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Reading a Stream Means More Than Looking at Currents on the Surface
When I was 11 years-old I didn’t care much about fishing. Give me a BB gun or a good book to read and I could get excited. Until my Uncle Jon told me that I could learn to read a river like a book. Read a river? Now I’m hooked. There are two ways to…
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Kids Can Tackle Fly Fishing with a Little Help
Fly fishing, for most of us, was something we watched others do first or read about in books. For some, it was the next level in a progression of becoming proficient in the disciplines of fishing. For others, it was a way to fish waters closed to other methods. For most of us it was…
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Visions of Trophy Brown Trout Warm Central Oregon Anglers
We pulled on neoprene waders and stepped into the icy shallows. The wind blew a heavy chop on the water and I tugged my hat down firmly on my head. There was new four pound test line on my spinning reel and a floating Rapala dangling from the end of the rod. I cast into…
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With Trout Opener Almost Here, Now is the Time to Teach Children to Fish
For her fourth birthday we gave Jennifer a fishing rod. Tiffany, our oldest, had been fishing with her own for several years already. The three of us spent a few hours over the next month and a half, practicing for the trout opener. We went over the basics again and again. Pinch the line against…
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Oregon Fishing
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