Summer Steelhead are now showing in fishable numbers on the Central/North Oregon Coast as well as in the Clackamas and Sandy. We took our first Summer fish on April 30 and look forward to good fishing throughout May and June.
We are currently fishing the Nestucca, Siletz, McKenzie, Sandy and Clackamas. Give us a call at 503.515.3533 or Email us to book a Summer Steelhead and/or trout fishing trip.
Greetings Anglers,
The holiday season is nearly upon us! What could be a better gift to your favorite angler than a gift certificate for a day of guided fly fishing, complete with rods/reels, flies, lunch/beverages, 9 hour fishing day and a FREE Small Stream Outfitters embroidered logo ball cap! Offer good, November 26 – December 21, 2010. Certificates are good for 1 year from date of purchase and are good anywhere we fish including the Sandy, Clackamas, McKenzie, Siletz, Nestucca and Nehalem.
EMAIL US to order your gift certificate. Just type “Holiday Gift Certificate” in the subject line.
Per Boat Rates:
Single Angler: $350.00
2 anglers: $395.00
Happy holidays and tight lines,
Small Stream Outfitters
As the days get noticeably shorter, mornings get a little crisper and a few raindrops begin to fall from the sky, it can only mean one thing… Fall… and the arrival of our finned friends, the sea-run cutthroat trout. We guided our first sea run cutt trip at the end of last week and found numbers of fish similar to this time last year. Lots of fish around a foot in length with a few big ones sprinkled in. Typically, the smaller schooling fish enter the rivers first and the bigger ones will enter in a couple weeks as the water cools and a bit of rain raises the river. Still action was steady most of the day and we had some incredibly explosive top water streamer takes. We live for those short seconds as a sea-run cutthroat rockets off the bottom of a deep pool and recklessly smashes a stripped hair wing streamer. It doesn’t get much better than that.
It looks to be another good season and we’re excited to be back chasing these fish. We still have a few open dates towards the end of September and throughout the month of October for those anglers looking for a unique trout experience. For booking information call 503.515.3533 or Email Us
The big November rains passed through last week, blowing out all the coastal streams for about a week. They are all coming into shape now and several rivers to the South including the Alsea and Siletz were fishable today.
Before the rains hit good numbers of hatchery Winter Steelhead were already beginning to show in the Nestucca and Alsea Rivers. Once these rivers drop in to prime shape over the next couple days, look out for chrome. Expect good Thanksgiving weekend steelheading, the traditional opener of the season.
We will be concentrating on the Nestucca and Nehalem drainages in December and January this year. To get in on some great hatchery and early native steelhead fishing give us a call at 503.515.3533 or email us
Tight lines,
Small Stream Outfitters Guide Staff
Not since my days guiding in Alaska have I seen Coho fishing this consistently good. It’s only the first week of October, not quite halfway through the run, and we’re seeing and catching more fish than we did all of last year. To give you some perspective, last year wasn’t half bad! Double-digit days between a pair of anglers has been the norm, not the exception this year. That’s great Salmon fishing anywhere, and now we have it in our back yard!
We’ll be chasing these units around the rivers and tributaries at least through Thanksgiving so if you want to get in on the action, give us a call or drop us an Email. We have just a few dates left available for this Fall.
Tight Lines,
Small Stream Outfitters Guide Staff