Oregon Fly Fishing Report – Small Stream Outfitters & Guides

Early Winter Steelhead Fishing Highlights
December, 2009 and January 2010 Steelheading Photographs
Nestucca (Hebo, OR), Siletz (Lincoln City, OR) and Sandy Rivers (Sandy, OR)

Early Winter brought with it a LOT of rain and mild temperatures. Over a 4-5 week period in December and January the Oregon Coast Rivers were only in shape a handful of days. If you were lucky enough to be on the water, there were plenty of early Winter Steelhead to be caught. The weather finally settled down the last week of January and we went to work, making up for lost time of the water. Steelheading was as good as the Oregon Coast gets. Guests hooked 40 fish in 5 days of fishing that week including lots of hatchery fish and a few incredible native fish.

Luckily, the season doesn’t end January 31. As we enter February we’re beginning to see less hatchery fish and more angry native fish, which is just fine with us. We look forward to the challenge of doing battle with this big, wild fish through the end of April. Give us a call and come experience these incredible fisheries. To book an upcoming Winter steelhead trip, call us at 503.515.3533 or email us!

See Photographs

This short film follows a group of friends from a extremely remote Alaskan lake SouthWest 55 miles to the Bering Sea. The stream in this film sees less than four float trips per year and until the late 1990’s was considered unavigable. The first two days of this trip consisted of dragging rafts over endless shallow gravel bars until the South Fork of the river connected with the North Fork some 15 miles from the lake. From there on, it was smooth sailing and constant action. At times, the term every cast was a reality and not an exaggeration. When a fly was cast over a chum or sockeye spawn bed, it was never more than a few seconds before a 16″-25″ rainbow grabbed the presentation. This is the story of the fishing trip of a lifetime.

This video may also be watched on our website at smallstreamoutfitters.com

For more info on this video email us!

This video may also be downloaded and watched on our website at smallstreamoutfitters.com

For more info on this video email us!

The trailer for our first fly fishing video project is ready for an advance preview! Take a sneak peak at the documentary film “Spring Steelhead – Oregon Coast Range”

Watch the Documentary Film Trailer!

The film footage was shot in March of 2007 on a remote stream in the Oregon Coast Range. The stream’s pristine remoteness and beauty are captured in this five minute trailer.

To fish some of Oregon’s last wild places; contact Small Stream Outfitters today!