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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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Bend Oregon Fly Fishing Course
A new Orvis Casting Course at the Old Mill in Bend, Oregon employs a do-it-yourself golf-style approach to help casters put par, power and precision in their presentation. Top entertainers are in constant practice for the moment they take the stage. The same principle applies to fly-fishing. The time to learn how to make the…
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Fish Close to the Bottom and Don’t Look Them in the Eye
From where I stood, on the bank of a small lake, I could see at least four good fish. Moving in and out of the weed beds, the trout were feeding, but I couldn’t tell what it was they were taking. It was the middle of the day and if I could see these fish…
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Big Fish and Serious Water
A light wind whipped wavelets on the surface of the river and tugged at the canopy, flapping it like a seagull over the water. Chuck dropped anchor and paid out line, letting the current pull the boat into one of his favorite slots. With the rope taut, he dropped the drag bags over the sides…
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Build Your Own Trout Lake
Some people, when they have enough resources, move to fishing water. They build a cabin on their favorite lake or buy riverfront property. Many leave the landscaping in its natural state and use the time they would have spent mowing the lawn out in a rowboat or float tube. And they smile. But there’s another…
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Attention to Detail Pays Off for Anglers on Agency Lake
Distant storm clouds filtered the afternoon sun. The wind blew a chop on the water and we squinted into the sunlit spray from the bow. A white pelican, wingtips lifted to catch the air, drifted ahead of us, riding the wind ten feet above the water. It was Perry Parmelee’s boat and his son Brent…
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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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Imitate Crayfish With Spinners or Flies to Catch Big October Rainbows
Afternoon was slipping into evening as we left the truck and crashed down the hill. The Klamath River was down there in the gorge, still out of sight. I could hear the roar of the rapids below as we sought the trail we knew must be there. Heading straight down, we found the well-used path…
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Fishing
While Gary Lewis does a lot of Oregon fishing around his home state, he’s also traveled the world looking for those perfect spots to cast a line. From Alaska’s Grayling fishing to Chile’s Trout, Gary has experience just about everywhere. In his time spent on the water, Gary has had the chance to write about his Oregon fishing and worldwide fishing adventures, and compile most of them in one place. That place is right here.
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