Although the brook trout in this lake on the forgotten side of Mt. Hood are small enough to be used as a cut plug herring rig used for trolling for Salmon, having a lake completely to yourself is well worth the hike with your boards and the pint sized trout.  

  When you hear “The Big One,” you may think huge trout, steelhead, salmon, tarpon, permit or bonefish. But what if “The Big One” is not necessarily the size of the fish, but the size of the idea. The idea of being on the water – whether it’s searching the flats for bonefish or exploring […]

March Madness is right around the corner, Spring Training is in session, the sun is out, and the spring/summer fly fishing season is almost here. So we’ve picked some of the top products ranging from rods, reels, clothing and even a few gadgets to make sure you’re able to record the river monsters you pull […]

Beer tastes good. Here are a few microbrews you gotta’ try if you haven’t already. 1. Trout Slayer – Big Sky Brewing Co. 2. Total Domination – Ninkasi Brewing Company 3. Shiner Bock – Spoetzl Brewery 4. Small Beer – Anchor Brewing 5. Caldera IPA – Caldera Brewing 6. 60 minute IPA – Dogfish Head […]

So you’ve spent a bunch of dough on that new flat screen, but now you’re really gonna pay. Now your buddies insist that you throw a sick Super Bowl party. Only problem is you haven’t seemed to kick that old college habit of corn dogs and Top Ramen yet. Don’t worry we’ve put together a […]

When your wife tells you we’re going to Cabo for a few days after Christmas you nod your head and say ok. Then she talks about Laying on the beach and sipping Pacifico’s, Coronas and Margaritas. Never bad right? But in the back of your mind, the only words that are coming out of her […]

We decided to wait until the sucker deals and distractions of “Black Friday” and its evil little sibling “Cyber Monday” passed before we released our 2011 Holiday Gift Guide. Now that the morbidly obese Target and Walmart shoppers/campers have trampled one another, the dust has finally cleared, and believe us there was a lot of […]

  If you’re a powder hungry ski bum, you know the term, “no friends on a pow day.” If its a bluebird day after a storm that just dumped 20 + inches of the Krispy Kreme light fluffy gnar pow kill, you’re not waiting for any friends while they’re in the bathroom paying for that […]

Unlike Cousin Eddie’s RV from Christmas vacation, you’r not gonna mind if someone parks this thing in your driveway for a couple days or like in Eddie’s case, a month or so. The Orvis Timeless Airstream is a fully restored jewel of the Northwest. Once used as a hunting and fishing lodge near Google Lake, […]

A couple weeks ago we decided to take the Korkers Chrome Boots for a test drive on the Metolius River in Central Oregon. Snow and ice provided ideal conditions to really put the boots to the test. We hiked a couple miles and we had no problem with the snow and ice thanks to the […]

  Fall is a challenging time of year for fly fishing, but it can also be rewarding, as trout try to pack on the pounds for the winter long haul. Hanging out in back eddies and huddling up in pools, trout are focused on saving as much energy as possible, but will also rise for just about anything on the […]

Photo: kundalini (flickr) The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will be dumping about 238 large brood (mature hatchery) trout into a few fishing spots between Portland and Eugene this week and about 3,000 more by January, said the Oregonian. These beefy beasts are dumb as nails, more aggressive, and will take just about anything. […]