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McKenzie River fishing guide and Rogue River
steelhead fishing guide specialist
Fly fishing and
Oregon: a great combination. An abundance of fishable waters combined with
a mild year-round climate in the coastal western one third of the state, enables
a variety of angling possibilities even through the dead of winter.
Salmon, steelhead and trout are the most highly-prized quarry in our state.
And, yes, the wary steelhead and salmon can be caught fly fishing, even by the willing
beginner, accompanied by a skilled teacher/fly fishing guide. Take a mini fishing
tour as you peruse our pages. You may find an
Oregon
guided
fly fishing trip with a
licensed fly fishing guide on the McKenzie River, Siletz, Rogue, or North or
South Santiam Rivers serves you well this season. January through
March our focus is on the Siletz River steelhead fly fishing trip.
Click here
to view a Siletz River steelhead photo or two.
Michael Gorman, fly fishing guide
and teacher
Michael Gorman, founder of
Scarlet Ibis
Fly Fishing Tours, Inc., has been guiding and teaching effective
fly fishing skills for more than 20 years. His angling knowledge and
skills have been honed in New Zealand, Ireland, Christmas Island, the Bahamas,
Florida, Alaska, British Columbia, and all over the Western United States,
including Oregon's world-famous Deschutes, Rogue River, McKenzie River, and North Umpqua
Rivers. He owned and operated his own retail fly fishing shop in
Corvallis, OR for many years, also being the head fishing guide. Michael
continues, still, as an Oregon fishing guide
throughout the calendar year, in addition to teaching credit PAC fishing classes
at Oregon State University, where he has done so for the last 18 years.
Always asked to pick favorite local fishing waters, Michael would have to choose
the McKenzie River, near Eugene, for trout. From late winter
through early summer, he and his McKenzie River fishing guides are in constant
pursuit of the river's native "redside" rainbow trout and cutthroat.
As for larger fare, it's Siletz River winter steelhead, the South Santiam River in early summer, and the
Rogue River mid summer and fall. Our single most popular
fishery --- by far --- is the August through November Rogue River steelhead run.
These two- or three-day events on the upper river can be very productive.
A Rogue River fishing guide are skilled in all fly fishing methods, including
deadly nymph fishing techniques. (See photo.)
Here's our simple philosophy: to guide effectively is to teach
effectively. Come learn to catch fish, and catch them more consistently:
steelhead, trout and salmon. We never restrict our fly fishing methods,
but for our typical McKenzie River fly fishing guide and Rogue River steelhead
fly fishing guide, nymph fishing is a
specialty.
For more details about a McKenzie River trout fly
fishing trip, Rogue
River or other Oregon rivers
steelhead
guided
fly fishing trip, click here.
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