The federal courts are pushing the BPA and others to do more to save the Columbia River salmon and steelhead runs. The 3 Snake River dams, which don’t have fish ladders, are said to be significant obstacles to re-rehabilitating the size of the returning runs. It has been said that economic analysis of the Snake […]
Ray Hilborn is a senior scientist at the U of W fisheries department, the author of more than 200 published studies on the world fisheries, and has on going projects involving salmon in Alaska.He has re-buffed many erroneous statements that various segments of our world fisheries are in decline and has agreed to come talk […]
Chester Allan, who last year came to the WFFC to give a very provocative and insightful talk on how and where to fish for Puget Sound Cutthroat, has agreed to return and give us his thoughts on fishing the desert rivers of Washington and Oregon—the Deschutes, the John Day, the Klickitat and the Yakima. Chester […]
Joseph Kotta is the manager of the fisheries section of the Bellevue Orvis Store, and a very active fisher who loves finding new local haunts for day trip fishing. He has agreed to put together a fishing calendar that we’ll call “Where to fish locally every day of the year” Wonder when you should be […]
Pete Soveral is one of the world leaders in the fight to preserve and conserve opportunities to fly fish for steelhead. Many years ago he spearheaded the Kamchatka steelhead project and has continued to nurse and shepherd its development into a world class learning experiment. Developing this project gave Pete access to leaders around the […]
April 16th Lou Verdugo Speaker on Willamette Valley Fly Fishing Since arriving in Oregon in 1977, Lou has not stopped fly fishing. He has traveled to Cuba three times, Abaco Island, Christmas Island, Alaska, and Montana. However, his passion for the Deschutes, Sea Run Cutthroats, and the Willamette Valley, especially the Mckenzie and main stem of the […]
At our next fly tying session on April 14th, we will be tying the Klinkhammer fly. This fly was originally designed to imitate an emerging caddis. However, it is easily adaptable to most any mayfly hatch. The materials list is as follows. Feel free to tie the fly for the hatch you will be fishing. […]
A retry of the "Locked Gate" August Lake Hannon is scheduled for Saturday October 16th with assurances that the Gate will be opened up for us this time. This close in favorite is open to WFFC Members only and their friends, at Lake Hannan from 8:00 to 4:00. Bring your own lunch and we will […]
"Rescheduled" First 2022 WFFC Outing! This close in favorite is open to WFFC Members only and their friends, at Lake Hannan from 8:00 to 4:00. Bring your own lunch and we will provide nonalcoholic beverages around 12:30 before the afternoon bite. This is the lake at Camp Hamilton north and east of the Duvall, Monroe, […]
Our annual celebration of the drizzle season, once again, Finally! Normal Northwest weather! Chums are staging in the shallow estuaries, the resident Coho are there for those who know where to cast, and the biggest Searuns are looking for that last meal before a long winter in a little stream. Seafood stew, prepared by liberally […]
