Hey, anybody out there flyfish for salmon and steelhead in Oregon? What are your favorite flys for chinook and steelies? Anybody tie their own flies? Anybody fish the beautiful and famous North Umpqua River?

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Trying to get a cool fish going on, I'll try again.

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Hey Pred.1, I don't recognize that fish in your post as being like any from Oregon. I have caught a few radical looking creatures off the bottom of Haro Straight (out of Snug Harbor in the San Juans) that looked a little like your fish there though. I haven't fished the N. Ump. above Steamboat for a few years. There are so many exotic fly patterns now, but I bet the old rule we used to go by for the upper Ump to the Deschutes to the Kalama, and lots of rivers in between, would still apply today. We figured that if you couldn't catch a summer steelhead using well tied and presented Golden Deamons, Green Butt Skunks, and Muddler Minnows (steelhead version) that you probably wouldn't catch them on any fly. Could be wrong of course. The two patterns I liked for sink-tip chinook flyfishing were a large Royal Coachman tied on a heavywire size 2 hook (drift & swing) and a weighted Double Flame Egg (usually dead-drifted; sometimes with a strike indicator).- Steve

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Steve (RT),

Hey, haven't you ever seen a fish so happy on the end of your line? I tried the eek smiley, but that obviously didn't work. Just thought I'd try to come up with something at least a little original.

You'd still do fine on the North, there's a few other good producers, but most locals prefer the Green Butt as they're all around fly. Personally, I haven't even flyfished the North for salmon or steelies, I'd like to learn to catch them with bait and spinners and spoons first before tackling them with a fly. However, I do love flyfishing for trout when I get a chance, I also tie my own flys. I taught myself and I'm getting pretty good at it. I can't wait to post my first catch!!! Yep I'm still a "virgin," however this web site has been an invaluable source of info for the begginner, it took me four days cruising this site before I even got to the Links page. Excellent page Bob, impresive.

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