Fly Fishing Insider Newsletter featuring Beulah Switch Rod

The following article appeared in the Oregonian August 27th: Earth Watch
"Wild Salmon Rebound"
" Scientists and fishermen alike are startled and delighted by a resurgence of wild Atlantic salmon this summer from Labrador to the coast of Maine. People are talking about runs they haven't seen for a decade or more, Gerald Chaput, a biologist with Canada's Fisheries Department told The Canadian Press. While no one can say why more young salmon, grilse, are returning to spawn in the region's rivers, one fisheries expert says warmer ocean
temperatures, successful hook and release programs and fishing restrictions could be factors. About 70 monitoring sites have reported some of the best returns of grilse in many years, but sightings of older salmon have not increased. However, experts say that the survival and return of young salmon this summer probably means that larger fish will arrive to spawn next year."

Waking Tube Flies

One of the reasons that fly fishing for Redband Steelhead is so popular is that they actively rise to the surface for flies. There is probably no other fresh water fly fishing experience that is more exciting than watching a large steelhead coming to the surface of a river for a waking fly. In the past waking flies were tied on standard hooks. Either a special knot was applied to the fly or the fly was dressed in a special way so that it would skate across the surface. Now flies are tied on special plastic tubes which have a hole in the underside to feed the leader through. This will make the fly seek the surface as long as it is under tension against the current. Often a waking tube fly is used in conjunction with a wet fly trailer. An easy way to accomplish this is to feed both the tippet and the dropper through the hole in the bottom of the tube fly waking fly. Tie the hook on the dropper and pull it up into the waking fly. Tie the wet fly on the tippet. A space of 24" to 32" between the flies is most popular.

"Deschutes Standard" Tube Fly, Caddis Waker Hatches of giant late fall caddis can get steelhead to start looking up. This pattern is easy to cast and will wake in nearly every situation. Try casting straight across the current and with a minimum amount of line mending, let the fly speed up as it swings across the surface down stream from your position. Strikes are often explosive. A #4, TMC 105 hook is supplied with each fly. Replacement TMC 105 hooks. Daiichi X452 hooks.
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RT005	Deschutes Standard Tube Fly, Caddis Waker	1 1/4" #4	3 for $5.85	-->SALE ENDED

Deschutes Standard Tube, Conrad Waker A proven pattern that will wake in nearly any kind of flow speed or surface texture. This fly leaves a very narrow seamy wake and will bring up fish that are too shy to come to more boisterous patterns. Is at its best on a smooth surface. Cast quartering down stream and let the fly come across the surface at a steady speed. Steelhead often sip this fly with very little disturbance. A #4, TMC 105 hook is supplied with each fly. Replacement TMC 105 hooks. Daiichi X452 hooks.
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RT006	Deschutes Standard Tube Fly, Conrad Waker	1 1/4" #4	3 for $5.85	-->SALE ENDED

	Spey to Z Finally a DVD that connects a standard overhead cast with Spey, Scandinavian, and Skagit styles of casting. A great DVD for anyone who wants to learn about casting two hand rods. The instructors are Greg Person, Topher Brown, and Way Yin. The video and sound quality are the best available on the subject of casting with a two-hand rod. This is a great all round video for casters of any skill level. One hour plus. Sample Video Clips: Scandinavian Shooting Heads Perry Poke
Here is what Dr. Way Yin says about this video DVD on: Spey Pages: "Topher Browne, Greg Pearson, and I are pleased to introduce a new instructional casting DVD: “Spey to Z: Understanding Traditional, Scandinavian & Skagit Style Spey Casting with a Single and Double-Handed Rod.” Topher conceived and organized the project nearly two years ago as a unified presentation of all the major Spey casting styles. The DVD itself has been in the works for more than 18 months, and we spent nearly a year working out the script and teaching points in order to take maximum advantage of the unique capabilities of the DVD format. From a teaching standpoint we wanted to convey that all fly casting, including Spey casting, is governed by the same fundamental principles. Differences between the three primary styles of Spey casting (Traditional, Scandinavian, and Skagit) simply reflect the adaptation of mechanics to suit specific equipment, which, in turn, reflect specific fishing applications. Because Topher, Greg, and I really enjoy fishing with single-handed rods, we placed single-handed Spey casting up front and center; our goal is to make the transition from a single-handed rod to a double-handed rod as easy as possible. “Spey to Z” combines much of what we have learned over the years casting, fishing, teaching and demonstrating. We put our own individual spin on what we have learned from all the folks in the U.S. and from abroad that have taught us and inspired us. We hope that an understanding of these principles and how they relate to all fly casts can help anyone improve their casting by recognizing faults and implementing cures based on a solid grounding in fundamental mechanics. The DVD was entirely filmed on the Deschutes River in November of 2005, and is sponsored by 3M/Scientific Anglers, Scott Fly Rods, Simms Fishing Products, Maui Jim, and Filson. Jeff Pill (the Art of Spey Casting, Joan Wulff’s Dynamics of Fly Casting) directed the DVD, and Dave Drum was the Director of Photography. Sean Glenn (History Channel, Discovery Channel) and Eddie Howells provided additional camera work. Tom Eichler (History Channel, Discovery Channel) provided the sound, and Steve Lovejoy (Art of Spey Casting, numerous TV shows) edited the DVD. Richard Allen from Track Design provided the DVD authoring. Proceeds from the sale of the DVD will be donated to various charitable and conservation groups, including the BC Steelhead Society, the Atlantic Salmon Federation, Trout Unlimited, the Native Fish Society, and FFF Youth Casting Programs.
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583888	Spey to Z, Spey Casting DVD	$39.95	-->SALE ENDED

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SR1066/7-4			Length: 10' 6" Line: #6/7 Pieces: 4

Trophy trout, Sea-runs, lighter Summer Steelhead rod. Has excellent spey fishing ability, and can throw Clouser's overhead beach fishing. This rod has a fuller flex, is excellent for roll and spey casting and moves a lot of line overhead casting with only a few false casts. Nymphing for Winter Steelhead on really small coastal streams good as well.
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SR1066/7-4	Switch	6/7	Fast	Standard	$390	-->SALE ENDED

Deschutes Guide Log: The last ten days, 08/25 - 09/03 Sometimes steelhead are real easy and then river conditions change and they get very difficult. That is the way it was for our last (10) day fishing period at Mark's jet boat camp. The first few days they were comparatively easy, then White River played her dirty tricks and changed the color of the Deschutes and the fish shut down. Everybody kept their sense of humor and every angler got steelhead, but there were some periods that drew blanks. The Deschutes was clearing as we disassembled camp to come home. Meanwhile Josh Linn guided the Deschutes River top to bottom, doing multiple camp trips for trout and steelhead. His clients were very successful landing fish almost every day. Last Thursday he made a good choice and fished above town for steelhead and lucked out in more ways than one. That was the day White River went out, they hooked 3 steelhead in the clear water upstream from the glacial silt. Trout fishing from Warm Springs to Maupin provided good dry fly fishing in the evenings. The answer: caddis caddis caddis!
Doug Robertson scores 08/26. Guide: Mark Bachmann	Fly du Jour scores for Jim Harlow 08/27. Guide: Mark Bachmann
Jim Harlow's second fish of the evening 08/29. Guide: Mark Bachmann	A light plane gets bent-up landing at airport hole. Photo: Mark Bachmann
Joe Schlepski 08/29 Guide: Josh Linn	Harry Gayden 08/29 Guide: Josh Linn
Josh Linn 08/30 Photo: Marcy Stone	Evidence of trauma caused by a treble hook 08/30. Guide: Josh Linn
Ryan Bennett 09/01 Guide: Josh Linn	This Redside ate a dry caddis fly 09/01 Guide: Josh Linn
Going into White Horse Rapids 09/02 Guide: Josh Linn	Coming out of White Horse Rapids 09/02 Guide: Josh Linn
A herd of mule deer inspects camp 09/01. Photo: Mark Bachmann	Bob Byles overcomes White River silt 09/02. Guide: Mark Bachmann