Well, I have to admit to my first steelhead skunking of the winter.
Hit the upper Snoqualmie between flood bumps last Sunday and got rained on.
Not that any of the other seven-eight guys out hoping to hit an early …read more…
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The year’s getting long in the tooth, but there are still opportunities to be had on Oregon waters as we roll into December. The first winter-run steelhead of the year have shown up in the Coos Bay area, a trio …read more… (IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAME PRESS RELEASE) The 2012 licenses, tags and permits go on sale at 12:01 a.m. MST, Thursday, December 1, except for the nonresident Selway B elk tags which go on sale at 10 a.m. MST. (OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE PRESS RELEASE) Hunting and fishing licenses, Sports Pacs and parking permits for 2012 go on sale Dec. 1 just in time for holiday gift giving. They can be purchased on the Oregon Department of …read more… In the 25 years since Tom Waltz’s fishing partner came back from his first sturgeon trip with saucer-sized eyes and said “You gotta do this, it’s so much fun!” the two men have enjoyed some pretty good action on the …read more… 
The start of December means it’s time for steelhead seminars in Western Washington. While the big SteelheadUniversity.com confab is on hold this year — watch for it to return next December, organizer Terry Wiest says — two others will be …read more… 
Remember that post we did back in mid-May, the one about how our kayak kolumnist Bryce Molenkamp hauled in an octopus while fishing for halibut off Neah Bay … Had a picture of him and his crew holding the eight-armed, …read more… Some days are more surreal than others. Take the recent one where I found myself emailing at the same time with two men on polar opposites of the wolf issue in Washington. Well, subarctic opposites at the very least — …read more… 
Search warrants served on three Myrtle Creek residences last week led to the recovery of 34 allegedly illegally taken blacktail deer racks and 47 wildlife charges against three man and two boys, according to the Oregon State Police. Most of …read more… 
Wildest place I’ve ever been in the Northwest? The Selkirk Mountains, up where Washington, Idaho and British Columbia come together. Not only did it feel like I was the only person for miles and miles as I made my way …read more… |
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