And so to the Small Stream Outfitters faithful, over the next year or so we aim to create a few photo essay posts, called “Life of a Guide”. It’s what we do, it’s what we love and here’s what it looks like.

Selection of modified lifters. Simple. Fast. Effective.

Weather beaten hand holds a low water favorite.

Anglers,

Brand NEW Small Stream Outfitters Supplex Fishing shirts are now in stock. These lightweight, multi-pocketed, vented, button down shirts are the perfect accompaniment to your next fishing outing. These shirts are available in size M-XL, Khaki or Moss in color. Check them out in the Gear Store on our website.

We also have quarter zip micro fleece shirts and several varieties of hats in stock. Stay tuned for sweet new trucker hats coming in October!

Tight Lines,
Jesse

]]> http://www.smallstreamoutfitters.com/fishingreport/new-small-stream-outfitters-gear-in-stock/feed/ 0 http://www.smallstreamoutfitters.com/fishingreport/january-2011-oregon-coast-steelhead-report-and-photo-gallery/ http://www.smallstreamoutfitters.com/fishingreport/january-2011-oregon-coast-steelhead-report-and-photo-gallery/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:01:06 +0000 Jesse http://www.smallstreamoutfitters.com/fishingreport/?p=390 January steelheaders are hearty souls, braving the worst mother nature has to offer, all in hopes of catching a steelhead. Weather throughout the month of January was fairly typical marked by one long period of high, dirty, blown out rivers in the middle of the month and the rest of the month the river was up, green and fished great. The Coastal river blow out in the middle of the month marked the end of the early hatchery runs and first big push of native steelhead. Numbers of fish dropped off slightly throughout the month, but the quality increased tremendously. We hooked a lot of big fish late in January, landed a few and lost a bunch. Those big ones have a habit of trying to get away and often succeeding. January was a great month of steelheading on the Oregon Coast and we expect the good fishing to continue right on through April.

The Oregon Coast Winter Steelhead season of 2010/2011 is in full swing! We still have a few late season dates left, but they won’t last long. To arrange a guide trip for Winter 2010-2011 steelhead action, give us a call at 503-515-3533 or email us! We’ll be fishing these agressive, acrobatic fish through April.

Click here or on the images below to view this month’s photo slide show.

The river we fished stayed in shape more days than it was blown out and for December, we consider that a success. We had to move a few trips around early in the month due to high water, but during the second half of December, the river stayed fishable. It even got a little on the low side after Christmas, but it kept kicking out coastal chrome.

We are just getting started with the Winter Steelhead season of 2010/2011 and as you can see it looks to be a good one! The big native fish will soon be on their way!!! To arrange a guide trip for Winter 2010-2011 steelhead action, give us a call at 503-515-3533 or email us! We’ll be fishing these agressive, acrobatic fish through April.

View the photo gallery here

Our friends over at North Fork Composites have just gone live with a brand new website. Hobby and Professional Rod Builders now have the ability to view specifications on all rod blank models (traditional and fly) through an advance search function as well as order blanks on-line. The new system is pretty slick and provides all kinds of details including, power, action, length, line wt, lure wt. and more.

If you haven’t tried these NFC blanks yet, find one to try and give it a go. These are locally manufactured, Gary Loomis rod blanks, made with top of the line materials and experienced hands. As Tony the Tiger says, They’rrrrre Grrreat!

Tight lines,

The Small Stream Oufitters Staff

To arrange a guide trip for Winter 2010-2011 steelhead action, give us a call at 503-515-3533 or email us!

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

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

For more info on this video email us!