My New Year's resolution was to not buy another fly rod. I've bought 3 since. N+1 is perfectly funny!
Couple of Winter Steelhead.
Steelhead fishing back in the day on the Alsea River. Guessing these pictures date to the 1920-30's.
Credit: Oregon Historical Society
Winter steelhead fly fishing in Oregon. Always an adventure.
Fall highlight (a few years back). My fish handling in this photo back then is to be avoided with what we know today. An example of how to never handle a fish. Keep them wet (always).
26" red side on 3 wt trout spey.
Trout spey in the PNW and AK can be epic. Just another method that works for soft hackles, swimming streamers and tumbling flesh flies. I really enjoy swinging for trout. Good luck!
Hi Nabil. I'd like for you to stop including my Bluesky account (
@mboydpdx.bsky.social
) in your posts. While I support human rights and non-violence in this and all causes, I do not think you have the right person (my account) that aligns to your specific message. Good luck. Thanks.
Pre-European salmon runs in the Columbia basin were est. ~16 million. This year we saw 1.6 million salmon... A 'good' year. Salmon are getting smaller w/ adverse ocean conditions. I don't think people know how much beauty in this place we have lost.
Photo Credit: Oregon Historical Society
Fall steelhead skating.
Going fishing on the Chetco River in Oregon in 1937.
Credit: Oregon Historical Society
Respect.
Another fall highlight.
My favorite function for the legacy Bird site was getting information during breaking news. During the Earthquake/Tsunami today I see we have a ways to go here. I'm sure it'll will be addressed in time.
In Oregon it's time to start winter steelheading! Will be the main event for the next 6 months. You can reduce wild stealhead mortality to 3-5% by fishing w/ barbless flies, limit handling and keeping them wet (always).
Steelhead Science | In the Bucket Podcast w/ some of my favorite people.
youtu.be/AE4PRnBfYU4?...
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Salmon fishing on Oswego Creek in 1905... Now the Portland suburb Lake Oswego.
My dad always took my brother and I fishing. It was awesome. I was so exited I could barely sleep the night before. That's him cleaning a fish behinds us. Me returning the favor 40 years later.
Just a beautiful boat...
Launching a dory on the beach at the Oregon Coast. Headed out with friend Rob and family.
Launching a wood skiff from the rim at Crater Lake in 1903. Seems hard.
"To promote the new park he had worked for years to help create, Will G. Steel led this first large excursion of twenty-seven members on a camping and exploring trip to the lake."
Credit: Oregon Historical Society
It's always a great time to learn to fly fish! Keep at it. There's so much to learn from the history, fly patterns, technique, meditation on the river & connection to healthy ecosystems. Nicely done! I'm still learning too.
I ❤️ wood boats.
A fall highlight... Watching my son land this 34" hatchery steelhead on a Scandi swung fly. Just a few weeks ago in Oregon.
Who says you can't grow citrus in Portland? Time to make lemon & lime recipes for the next 2 weeks.
Admiring people that came before us.
In 1929 the Klamath Library purchased a Ford delivery truck, modified to be a library book van with shelves for two hundred books. Margaret Nye was hired as a librarian to serve children on her route.
klamathlibrary.org
Credit: Oregon Historical Society
