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North Umpqua River - March 17th, 2010
supplied by: The Patient Angler
RECORDED: 
45 °
FISHING: Good
Had the opportunity to get down to the beautiful North Umpqua River a couple of times in the last two weeks to fish for some of the big winter steelhead that make their return up the river each year. I love the North Umpqua this time of year with all the water cascading down from the higher elevations forming tiny waterfalls out of every crack and crevice making the Umpqua River valley one of the greenest places on earth.
With the exception of some off colored water last weekend due to heavy rain on Thursday and Friday, we had some of the best winter water and weather conditions I have had in many years. The river has been flowing right around 1000cfs for the past couple of weeks, clear and with a temperature of around 40 degrees. The weather for the most part was exceptional with clear or partly cloudy skies, warm temperatures and not a lot of wind. Perfect weather for spending long days swinging flies over beautiful waters in search of the often hard to find winter steelhead.
The numbers of winter steelhead are much smaller than the number of summer steelhead that return to the North Umpqua each year, but the lack of numbers of winter fish and challenge of finding one are easily compensated by size of the winter fish. Big shouldered, heavy bodied wild steelhead with wide tails that gives new meaning to a bend in your rod.
The steelhead gods were smiling on us as we were able to land a few fish on each of our trips. Thu finally landed her first North Umpqua fish, a beautiful chrome bright winter fish that she was very happy to bring to hand after hooking six other fish in the last two seasons on the North Umpqua and losing all of them during the fight or landing. A couple of days later, Thu was swinging through a run when her line went tight as a fish grabbed her fly and bent her rod with a heavy looking head shake. A second later the fish was screaming downstream ripping line off Thu’s reel and almost pulling her off her rocky perch and into the river. The fish finally stopped and Thu started working him back upstream, but she was having a tough go of it with big head shakes and short burst runs sometimes losing what line she had gained in seconds. The back and forth battle continued until the fish came close to the surface and I immediately could see the problem. THIS WAS A BIG FISH! Instructions on how to fight the fish started flowing from my mouth like water from a broken water pipe. Thank god, Thu completely ignored me and did a great job fighting this gorges big buck and we were able to land him for a quick photo and release.
This is the time of year when these beautiful fish are spawning, so be aware and on the lookout for spawning beds, reds and fish holding or working on them. Watch for them and avoid fishing or wading over these areas.
The Patient Angler patientangler.com
Peter Bowers
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Wallowa River - March 17th, 2010
supplied by: Winding Waters River Expeditions
RECORDED: 
65 °
FISHING: Good
I joined Tom and Jake for a few hours of steelheading on the Wallowa yesterday. They had reported catching 4 fish on Tuesday so I thought I better go check it out.Our concerns about the rapid snow melt blowing out the river have been unwarranted. The water didn't seem to have come up at all and the color was not off a bit. Still clear. All of that snow that has disappeared, from my yard, in the past 2 days must have just gone right in to the ground. Conditions are still looking good. We did take a water temp yesterday and found the water temp to read 50degrees. This was hard to believe so I am going to bring a 2nd thermometer to confirm temps today. I also wanted to report that we saw very little pressure yesterday and were able to get in all of the water that we wanted to.The fish that we are catching are very active. All of them are jumping and running up and down during the fight. I just got a new helmet cam today and plan on getting back down there to capture some footage. Looks like another short sleeve day in the canyon.Hope to see everyone on the last Steelhead train of the season. Follow this link to view the creel report for March 12-14http://www.windingwatersrafting.com/fishing_and_hunting/winding_waters_fishing_report/SummerSteelheadCreelMarch16th.pdf
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Crooked River - March 10th, 2010
supplied by: The Flyfishers Place
RECORDED:
48 °
FISHING: Good
Most days are producing good BWO hatches along with midges. WHen the hatch isn't on we've had good fishing with Nymphs under an indicator or trailed behind an attactor dry. Water conditions are very nice and I don't anticipate seeing high water this spring with such a low snowpack.
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Deschutes River - Middle - March 10th, 2010
supplied by: The Flyfishers Place
RECORDED:
49 °
FISHING: Fair
The Water is still pretty high and will be until mid April, but if you poke around you'll find some good fishing from Bend down to Lake Billy Chinook.
March Browns, BWO, Skawla's and Midges are the most important hatches but look for small dark caddis to be hatching too and getting more prolific in the next month.
Nymphs and Streamers are great bets when the water is high.
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Deschutes River - Lower - March 10th, 2010
supplied by: The Flyfishers Place
RECORDED:
52 °
FISHING: Good
We have begun the guide season in Maupin for 2010 and it is nice to be back on the river!
We're seeing March Browns and Baetis hatches and picking up some fish on dries.
Stonefly Nymphs, Buggers and serendipity, green rock worms & copper johns are al fishing well.
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Fall River - March 10th, 2010
supplied by: The Flyfishers Place
RECORDED:
44 °
FISHING: Good
The Fall continues to be a great choice for late winter and early spring. Good hatches and generally cooperative (sometimes very picky & selective) fish.
Also try tungsten bead nymphs and even streamers for results.
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Metolius River - March 10th, 2010
supplied by: The Flyfishers Place
RECORDED:
45 °
FISHING: Good
The most consistent fishing is on Nymphs using a golden stone with a small dropper. We are also seeing BWO and cinygmula hatches and expect these to get much stronger as we move towards the end of the month.
Bull Trout are active and will take a streamer although most are being caught on nymphs now.
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Sisters Oregon Area - Lakes - March 10th, 2010
supplied by: The Flyfishers Place
RECORDED:
47 °
FISHING: Good
We are just opening Canyon Creek Ranch for the season and recently stocked it with trophy rainbows! We've already fished it about 2 weeks ago and the fish were really turning on then.
Book now for Spring! This is going to be a red-hot fishery this season.
Guided and unguided trips are available starting at $125 per person.
Call for more details. (541)549-3474
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Clark Ranch - private - February 22nd, 2010
supplied by: Go West Outfitters
RECORDED:
50 °
FISHING: Great
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Grande Ronde River - February 18th, 2010
supplied by: Swede's Fly Shop
RECORDED: 
36 °
FISHING: Good
We have been down to the Ronde a few times in the past weeks and the fishing has been good. Swinging bunny leeches in dark colors and yarn egg droppers work well. Drifted Bogans to Shoemaker and pick up three very nice steelhead. As we get closer to March the steelhead will be closer to being on the red, so you may want to plan a trip soon before they start spawning, as the fish need some peace and quiet.
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