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Guided Fly Fishing Testimonials From Fellow Anglers

Nestucca River Winter Steelhead Testimonial
December 30, 2009

Jesse --

Thanks for an amazing day fishing! I know I was nervous, needed to be coached though everything, missed some nice fish & really couldn't cast or mend well. But, I had a great time & you put me on to some amazing fish. The one fish we landed was beautiful.(First steelhead ever, first on a fly! A fish of a lifetime.) The one that got away...what a fish! If only I knew how to get it to the net.

Yours was my first ever guided trip. When I describe all the stuff a guide does to my friends, they are amazed: Find a place with fish, find the right bait, teach an angler how to fish, show them how to cast, show them why to cast, where to cast & when, then...get them to hook fish then coach them to fight the fish while you're rowing for good fighting water & a landing spot, drop anchor, then net the fish while the angler is all disoriented by adrenaline...Obviously there is more to the job, but you were great. You definitely know the value of teaching people like me. Solidly hooking two wild fish in one day while missing a few others is still amazing to me.

I'm hooked on steelheading. Nothing compares to them. I love catching little fish, especially when you have to find them in a creek, but fighting steelhead has tripped a switch in me. I'll be in touch with you next fall. With luck, the conditions will be good & we'll both have time to fish!

JP - North Carolina
Read the angling report from this day of fishing and see a picture of JP's first steelhead!

Nestucca River Chinook and Sea-Run Cutthroat Testimonial
October 20, 2009

Jesse,

I just want to thank you again for the great day of fishing! You are a fine, hard-working young man, and a pleasure to be with. We'll do it again in the spring.

Tony - Utah
Read the angling report from this week of fishing

Siletz River Chinook, Coho and Sea-Run Cutthroat Testimonial
September 28, 2009

Hi Jesse,

You know that was one of our best days fishing ever. Perfect weather and lots of hook-ups. We had a blast, thanks so much.

John and Christy - Portland, Oregon
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Siletz River Tidewater Chinook and Sea-Run Cutthroat Trip
September 20, 2008

Hi Jesse,

Thanks for the fantastic trip. It was definitely the high point of my fishing year!! Thanks again for the great day. The cutthroat fishing was what I was hoping for and hooking a chinook was the icing on the cake. I really appreciate all the work you put in. And be sure to thank your mom for the great lunch and your dad for the wonderful coffee. You'll notice in a couple of pictures that you are smiling even though you are bucking a headwind and an incoming tide!

Tight lines,
James - Portland, Oregon

Size Matters...Excerpt From A Fishing Story

Written by Robert ~ Portland, Oregon
March 14, 2009

When Jesse invited me to scout with him the River, I asked him what time I should show up. He said between 4:30 and 5 AM. Even though I had to drive through cross-town Portland traffic and cross over the Willamette, there aren't a lot of cars on the road between 3 and 4 AM and arrived up 3:55. Even so, Jesse was waiting by his vehicle, loaded and ready to go.

The only vehicles on the road were loaded logging trucks, zooming at or just above the speed limit, and never, ever, slowing down. I've always said that if you can keep up with an Oregon logging truck, you are driving too fast. I told Jesse they must load the trucks the day before so they can take off so early. Jesse said most logging truck drivers are done by 3PM.....continue reading

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