An Umpqua River Report Of Sorts

[MontanaMoose]

Well, the river was blown but there was some fly fishing to be had in some big eddys.
Here's my good buddy working for winter steel
reported to have been making their way upstream:



Here's what it looked like over the bow of his 21 foot sled at speed:



My fly fishin' bud at the helm of his rig:



All in all we had a lot of fun and since it was our first time on blown out,
brown water, we learned a lot about navigation and things to do to keep safe.

Bonus pic of some wild life and wild sky:



Hopefully the river will start behaving soon so we can hit it again under
somewhat better conditions and have some pics of steel to show.

Cheers,

MontanaMoose

[JohnScott]

That's some interesting water you got there, George.

Sounds like you guys had a good time, and got back safely. That'll do most days !!

John

[MontanaMoose]

It sure is John, imagine being able to rock hop there during
low to normal river levels. Neither of us had seen much if any
of this part of the river though. It's mostly private access and this was
a chance to see how some 'other halves' live. Pretty neat day altogether.

And yep, any day of fly fishing...well you know !

Cheers,

MontanaMoose

[MrFishingToughGuy]

You rock hop on that stuff? The two times I've been there the only thing that seems to touch the rocks is my butt, more so than my feet.

[MontanaMoose]

We do MFTG, because
that area is a lot different during
low river levels, consisting of continuous
rock shelves and drop offs. Very well known
for smallmouth bass holding structure.
Combined with the shelves there are the
occasional wadable riffles where we swing
for steel and smallmouth at the same time
of year and with pretty much the same gear.

The Umpqua drainage is very diverse and holds
resident trout, steel, king and silver salmon and
some rough fish. I've even hooked a small catfish on the fly.

Cheers,

MontanaMoose

[steelieslayer]

whats the north part of the river looking like. im going to be heading down there weekend after next. the water is pretty high all over. although there are a few places i know of around there that fish when those rivers are high water and brown. they are shaping up as we speak and people are getting them. cool pictures ive always wanted to go bass fishing down there. i think i heard of a run of shad on those parts. have you ever fished that run?