Silver Bow's Blog

Fall Update

A love / hate.

Fall is a love / hate relationship for me. I love fall weather and the good fishing. I'm not a big fan of the season after fall. For now though we have a lot to look ...

Bass Master Classic

Small jaws. Big fun.

Dog days of summer. Trout fishing, love it, will do it forever. Time for a change though. I'm a trout geek overall, but I will certainly say that smallmouth bas...

Early Season Steelhead Water

Follow the rocks.

The last few seasons I've put some time in doing what we will call "alternative" tactics for catching steelhead. In case you don't know what that means, it means g...

The Overlooked Season on the Grande Ronde

The steelhead are there... but you aren't!

Why nobody steelheads the Grande Ronde in September has perplexed me over the last handful of years. Now when I say "nobody" that doesn't ...

Grande Ronde Steelhead Video

My client Brian Cronin shot this cool video with his GoPro camera while on a guided steelhead fly fishing trip with me on the Grande Ronde River this past month. Check it out... aw...