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THE NORTHWEST STEELHEADER
Volume 27, No. 1
THE NORTHWEST STEELHEADER
is published quarterly by the
Association of Northwest Steelheaders.
Staff
Executive Director Russell Bassett
Office Manager Leslie Hinea
Winter Issue, 2 0 1 2
4 Guide Feature: Red’s Guide Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joyce Sherman
6 Will Work For Fish: 2011 Was a Good Start for the next
50 Years Working For Fish . . . . . . . . . . .Joe Domenico, Russell Bassett
8 The View Through My Fish Eye Lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kristin Dunn
11 Legislative Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bob Oleson
Editorial Board
Russell Bassett, Joe Domenico,
Norm Ritchie, Ty Wyatt, Ben Light,
Joyce Sherman, Tom Smoot,
Ian Fergusson, Bill Kremers
Design/Production
Advertising Sales
River Graphics
ANWS Officers/Directors
President Joe Domenico
Vice President Bill Kremers
Secretary Ben Light
Treasurer Brannan Hersh
Communications Joyce Sherman
Education Mike Myrick
Government Affairs Norm Ritchie,
Ty Wyatt
Membership Jim Zelenka,
Thom Kaffun
Resources Ian Fergusson
River Rights Art Israelson
12 Fishing With Buzz: Gearing Up for Spring Salmon . . . . .Buzz Ramsey
14 River Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Norm Ritchie
15 This Is the Year for Action (SAFE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Russell Bassett
16 Activities, Angling, and Activism
18 Chapter Reports
19 Don’t Turn Your Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carol Clark
22 Youth Movement: Effective Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Josiah Darr
23 Book Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joyce Sherman
24 Tackle Box: River City Fly Shop
26 Drift In: Ferrying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marty Sherman
27 Calender
Volunteer Opportunities
Advertisers
29 Special Volunteer Opportunity
30 Reading the Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Monroe
Watersheds Doug Hunt
Regional Bill Hedlund,
Larry Bell,
Tom Smoot
Honorary Directors
Frank Amato, Nick Amato, Bruce Belles,
Jack Glass, Liz Hamilton, Eric Linde,
Hobart Manns, Jim Martin, Buzz Ramsey
Chapter Presidents
Carol Clark, Bill Hedlund, Brian Hudson,
Kevin Hula, Mark Hutchinson, Keith Hyde,
Yancy Lind, Bill Nyara, Dave Reggiani,
Bill Robbins, Dana Roberts, Jeff Stoeger
About the Cover
Ty Wyatt fighting an early morning
steelhead while guide Chad Lynch
patiently waits with the net.
Photo by Ty Wyatt
31 Chapter Meeting Information
The Association of Northwest Steelheaders
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Winter 2012 • 3
G U I D E F E A T U R E : R ED ’ S G U I D E S E R V I C E
BY JOYCE SHERMAN
T
revor Storlie, owner of Red’s
Guide Service, is a native
Oregonian, born and raised in Boring.
Trevor started steelhead fishing on the
Sandy River with his Uncle Tim at the
tender age of eight, continuing on
through high school, always trying to
get more fishing time. He spent much
of his youth learning the rivers he now
guides: the Sandy, upper and lower
Columbia, and Oregon coastal rivers.
He rounded out his preparation for
becoming a fishing guide by working
with his father as a rafting guide on
the Deschutes and with his grandfather as a deckhand out of AstoriaHammond, in the Buoy 10 salmon
fishery.
Trevor’s concentration on fishing
was interrupted by four years at U of
O. Following college, he started guiding in 1995. By 1999, he had saved
enough money to buy a house on the
Sandy, where he now lives with his
wife Erin and their two small children. A couple of years later, he purchased a house in Hammond, which
is known as the “Guide House.” Five
or more guides land there every
summer,
along
with
brief
overnighters, for the Buoy 10 fishery.
Steelheaders’ Past President Gary
Benson drops in for cocktails. Trevor
Above, Trevor “Red” Storlie with a steelhead from the Sandy,
his home river.
Left, Trevor and his sons, the next generation of fishermen.
Below, the Columbia also produces big kings far above the hustle and bustle of the Buoy 10 fishery.
Photos provided by Red’s Guide Service.
4 • The Northwest Steelheader
learned to love the Buoy 10
fishery at an early age
because his grandparents
lived only a block from the
Hammond dock.
The year starts with drift
trips on the Sandy River,
hunting for steelhead.
Trevor says that although
the Sandy is the same river,
it’s different every year. He
likes the challenge of figuring out where the new
holes are, looking at the
way the river changes
course so dramatically. The
Sandy remains his favorite
river; when he’s not guiding
he can look out his window
and see the river moving
past.
Buoy 10 kings and
Astoria offer very different
opportunities. He enjoys the
people, the fun times, the
awesome fishing, and the
town itself. A special feature
Buoy 10 can produce huge kings, and Trevor knows where to go to hunt for them.
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Winter 2012 • 5
W ILL W ORK F OR F ISH
Message from the President and Executive Director:
2011 Was a Good Start for the Next 50 Years Working for Fish
I
n terms of growth, Northwest
Steelheaders had a very good
year in 2011. Last year had the
best membership renewal rate
and most new members of the
last five years. We started a new
chapter in Washington, which has
grown in a few short months from
a dozen members to more than
50. We've also had some success
at fundraising, including obtaining several grants and
adding new events. In terms of public outreach, we've
expanded our presence on the Internet and in the
media. In 2011, we saw growth in just about every category. It wasn't leaps and bounds, but it was slow, steady
growth. While many nonprofits are struggling due to the
economy, our business model of being budget-driven,
cutting expenses, and relying on private funding has
helped the Steelheaders grow and strengthen. Thank
you so much to our members, business supporters, and
grantors for making the start of the Steelheaders' next 50
years working for fish very special.
2012 looks to be another very exciting year to be a
Steelheader. In January, we hosted a startup meeting for a
Molalla River Chapter, and more than 40 people attended.
We are very energized by the enthusiasm shown for this
new chapter. We also plan to re-invigorate our Mid-Coast
Chapter. By the end of year, we hope to have this chapter
active and viable again.
If you are looking for ways to go on fishing trips and learn
more about where, when, and how to catch steelhead and
salmon, we've got some pretty cool events planned in 2012,
including our Salmon Quest fishing tournament on April 21,
Pre Free Fishing Weekend Weekend June 1 and 2, Summer
Rendezvous July 6-8, and numerous fish-a-longs, camping
adventures, and fishing clinics throughout the year with one
of our 12 local chapters. If you are not already a member of
our Meetup site, we encourage you to join, as this is a great
way to get info on meetings and events throughout the year.
For more info, visit http://www.meetup.com/NWSteelheading-Group/.
2012 is also shaping up to a be very exciting year regarding Steelheaders' Save Our Fishing campaigns. We have reintroduced SAFE for Salmon legislation in the Oregon
Legislature to move gillnets off the mainstem Columbia
River, and we are prepared to work with our allies to take
this matter to the public in November should the Legislature
fail to act once again. For more information on SAFE, please
see page 11.
Here's a very brief overview of our campaigns and projects to Save Our Fishing this year:
This program connects kids at an
early age with salmonids by allowing
students to raise salmonids in the
classroom. Steelheaders recently
received an ODFW R&E grant to provide more support for this program.
The project will create interactive
materials and videos to help volunteers familiarize themselves with the
program and to interact meaningfully with classroom students as they learn about the importance of salmonids to the ecosystem and economy.
River Ambassador Program
Helping war veterans return to civilian life by connecting
them with the outdoors and fishing: Steelheaders is very
excited to announce our new River Ambassador Program
that builds a connection between returning veterans and
the natural environment by educating veterans about the
beauty, wonder and importance of salmonids and their
habitats, connecting veterans with the sport of angling, and
by encouraging a conservation ethic in program participants. This program takes returning veterans on a three-day
fishing adventure that they will never forget.
Tillamook/Clatsop Forest Campaign
Advocating for a balanced, sustainable approach to
Oregon state forest management and permanent conservation areas in the Tillamook and Clatsop state forests: Our
campaign has already borne fruit, as for the first time in
Oregon's history, conservation areas are on the Board of
Forestry's 2012 work plan. Steelheaders recently hired Doug
Thompson and Bob Rees to help us raise grassroots supports
for conservation areas in Tillamook and Clatsop counties.
Protecting the Bristol Bay Fishery
Protecting the world's largest, sustainable, wild salmon
fishery in Bristol Bay, Alaska: Steelheaders is working to protect Bristol Bay, Alaska, from the proposed Pebble Mine,
which, if allowed, would be the largest open pit goldcopper mine in North America. This mine would likely spell
disaster not only for some of the world largest salmon runs,
but also for the many Pacific Northwest guides and businesses that make much of their income from this fishery.
This campaign also had success in 2011 when Washington
Senator Maria Cantwell and Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley
sent letters to the EPA requesting the completion of a
Watershed Assessment of Bristol Bay.
Public Access to Waterways
Ensuring public access to waterways: For decades,
Steelheaders have been working to ensure that the beds
Eggs to Fry
Expanding involvement in the Fish Eggs to Fry Program:
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Red’s Guide Service
continued from page 5
of being at the coast is seeing fish come in straight off the
ocean. This connection with the ocean is part of all the
coastal river fishing Trevor enjoys.
He says that the Columbia Gorge is his “office.” It can
be the greatest place on earth, unless the weather turns
ugly. He loves to bring up an oversized sturgeon and
amaze his clients, enjoying their reaction. He has fished
the walleye tournament on the Columbia for the past
three years, too.
Trevor Storlie has been a State of Oregon licensed
guide for over 15 years. He sums it all up: “I'm lucky enough
to get to do what I love every day, even though it is way
harder than a real job at times. It's the best job in the world,
because most of my clients have become my best friends,
and I get to see them every day for work now!”
In addition to fishing and enjoying his home on the
Sandy, Trevor supports fish enhancement programs. He
wants his sons to be able to fish local rivers for salmon
and steelhead. He donates to the Northwest Steelheaders
and other organizations.
Trevor’s professionalism, expertise and sense of
humor guarantee a great day on the water fishing for
salmon, steelhead, sturgeon, or walleye. To book a trip,
call him at 503-307-5601 or e-mail [email protected]. To whet your appetite for chasing big fish,
check out the website, www.redsguideservice.com.
Fishing the Columbia means landing sturgeon, some of
them much larger than these “keepers.”
Working for Fish
and banks of navigable rivers are state land available for
public use. One of our current major legislative efforts is
River Rights to codify the state Attorney General's Opinion
protecting the public's right to use our waterways. Our
elected officials sponsoring this effort will not be ready for
legislative introduction until the 2013 full session, but we
have been engaged with stakeholder meetings with
Secretary of State Kate Brown for the past year and will
continue through the 2013 session. See the article on
page 14.
In short, it's a very exciting time to be a Steelheader, but
we can't do it without your support. If you are not already a
member, please join us, and be part of the team that really
makes a difference for fish and fishing in the Pacific
Northwest.
Joe Domenico, President
Russell Bassett, Executive Director
Winter 2012 • 7
The View Through My Fish Eye Lens
Getting Started in Fishing and Photography
By Kristin Dunn
H
iking boots, a tackle box, fishing
gear, waders, tent, cooler, camera…sounds like a wish list started
for Christmas. On the other hand, this
is a normal checklist of accessories
for my weekly routine. It's a list of
things for just another day in the life
of an outdoorsman, or rather an outdoorswoman.
Many people often ask me how I
got into fishing, photography, and the
outdoors. Growing up in a family with
two brothers, a father in the military,
and a mother who wasn't afraid to
enjoy the outdoors was a pretty good
start. Spending the majority of my
adolescence in the Midwest meant
playing outside, following my older
thing at first, but I became a bait girl at
brother around, being the only girl on
age six. From that point on I was out
my baseball team, going to stock car
fishing with him day or night. While
races and spending the summers in
fishing in Kansas is much different
Kansas with my grandparents.
than fishing in the Pacific Northwest, I
My love of fishing started with my
was out there catching catfish of over
summers in Kansas. Olpe, Kansas is a
40 pounds with him.
small town of about 500 people at the
As the years passed and my family
most. My grandparents owned the
moved to Virginia, the summers of
only grocery store in town, and, while
fishing with him slowly decreased
it was only the size of a 7-11, it had
and were filled with photos of his fish
everything from canned goods to
continued on page 10
fresh farm produce to a butcher's
counter. Every summer my mom
would pack up and take all three
of us kids to her parents' house.
We had our fair share of chores,
but our reward was fishing.
I have to admit I wasn't always
the tough girl I am now, but my
grandpa made sure I wasn't
going to be a squeamish girl. If I
was going to fish with him, then I
was going to bait my own hook,
even if it meant plunging my
hands into a bucket of live night- Anchored up for fall coho on the Columbia
crawlers. It wasn't my favorite River. Photos by Kristin Dunn
University Falls, near Tillamook.
The View Through My Lens
and phone calls of his fish tales as
well as the stories of my dad and his
father fishing when he was growing
up. With this change I found another
passion to keep me occupied: photography. I always loved taking photos, and at the age of 15 if I couldn't
have a fishing rod in hand, then it
was a camera.
As I grew up and moved throughout the states during my dad's military career, I started to notice more
of the world around me. The more I
saw, the more I longed to see beyond
the boundaries I resided in. The
Lion stalking its pray in Amboseli,
Kenya.
broke in this Kansas fisherman and
boundaries of youth
taught me how to fish in the Pacific
limited my exploration
Northwest.
of
the
expanding
I was “hooked” all over again.
world. Photography
Having spent my life moving around,
changed that for me. It
I have finally found my home. I have
became a part of an
now covered numerous rivers and
ever growing aspect in
have a list of rivers just as long, which
my life. Photography
I have yet to fish. One by one I make
helped define my charmy way to them with a tackle box
acter and expanded
and rod in hand and a camera
my passions beyond
strapped to my back. Every time I see
what I saw through a
a sunrise reflect off the river, set up
camera. It allowed me
my camera, and cast my line out, I
to travel beyond my
know my grandpa would be proud.
boundaries. I began to
Since leaving the studio I came here
understand the places
to open, I have built my own compaI saw through my camny that I operate solely. My passion
era and even became a part of them.
for photography, the outdoors and
As I continued my photography, colfishing is not just a job for me—rather
lege was ahead of me. I gave up going
it's a lifestyle. My work specializes in
to medical school to major in photogcapturing not only the amazing landraphy and pursue a future in my passcapes and wildlife around us, but
sion. Photography has led me all
the lifestyle that embodies the world
along the East Coast from Maine to
of the great outdoors. I strive to capFlorida, on a month-long cross counture the beauty we often overlook to
try trip of backcountry camping, to
heighten our appreciation and our
complete my senior thesis in Kenya
need to conserve the environment
and Tanzania, and has now led me to
and resources around us.
the Pacific Northwest and even back
to fishing.
With the passing of
my grandfather still
fresh and college graduation around the corner, I was presented
with the opportunity to
move anywhere I
wanted. The photo studio I worked for gave
me a list of new studio
locations opening and
offered me the choice
to pick a studio to
manage.
Being the outdoor
girl I was and still am, I
chose the PortlandVancouver area for all
the outdoor opportunities it embodied, especially the fishing and
photographic opportunities. Upon moving
here the urge to get
back out on the river
overwhelmed me the
moment I saw the
Columbia River. I settled in and met some
great people who All in a day's catch on the Cowlitz.
LEGISLATIVE REPORTS
Oregon’s First Annual Legislative Session
By Bob Oleson
D
o not let this event go unnoticed. The current fourweek-long meeting of the Legislature means that
our state has finally and officially entered the world of
annual sessions. No matter how we feel about this fact
it will greatly impact how our issues are handled at the
statehouse. Anglers and other taxpayers will notice that
the legislative sausage maker is no longer turned off for
long periods of time. In short, this major institutional
change of meeting each year should do much to turn
lawmaking into an ongoing process, hopefully one that
is even more professional and responsive to the needs
of the people of Oregon.
It is important to keep in mind that our state government continues to experience a severe recession.
Revenue reductions mean that the primary purpose of this
first short annual session will be to downsize the state
budget and keep it balanced. Sessions held in odd numbered years will last much longer and deal with most controversial measures. During this short session we can
expect state programs to be subjected to at least 300 million dollars of additional cuts. Natural resource agencies
have already had their general fund dollars trimmed to the
bone, so they should be less affected this time around.
Yet most lawmakers remain committed to proposing
new laws for constituent groups. So on their behalf legislative officials will be releasing about 500 new bills early
this month. By the time you see this article these potential
new laws will be assigned numbers and any with a
chance of being enacted will have been assigned to a
committee for a hearing. On the website of the Oregon
Legislature anyone can obtain information about particular bills and committee hearings.
You are encouraged to contact the Capitol offices of
your local legislators to ask for assistance in assessing the
content and status of the 2012 session bills involving fish
and habitat. Two bills we already have numbers for would
remove gillnetting from the mainstem Columbia River:
Senate Bill 1549 and House Bill 4044. As you communicate
with your legislators about such bills, you may want to
encourage them to become involved in reforming salmon
allocation for anglers. Champions are needed in order to
advance this cause.
During the February short session we are expecting to
see a number of good and bad proposals involving such
things as water pollution and how wetlands are utilized.
The Son of Oasis that would extract large amounts of
Columbia River water is likely to be back in play, as is one
that would turn state forests into industrial timber lands.
Little opposition is expected to surface against the measure providing legislative oversight for the state's new but
limited marine reserve program. One routine bill would
eliminate the lottery system for ocean trawler permits
and another will attempt to clarify issues involving
genetically-engineered fish.
Keep in mind that much of substantive work being
done in committees this year would only receive formal
action in a long session of the Legislature. In addition to
Senator Dingfelder's committee’s investigation of the
Oregon fish hatchery system, these items include a plan
which will be carried forward by Secretary of State Brown
to improve anglers' access to rivers and streams,
Representative Krieger's proposals to control fish predation, ODFW's development of a possible trophy fishing
program called Quality Waters, further strengthening of
laws against illegal taking of fish and wildlife, maintaining
controls over agricultural runoff that pollutes streams,
improving woody debris and removal fill provisions that
protect our waterways, etc.
Count on the Association of Northwest Steelheaders
to continue to be a strong public policy advocate for
anglers and conservation.
Please turn to page 14 for the article about SAFE
and page 15 to read about River Rights.
Legislative and Policy Contacts
State Legislative Website:
www.leg.state.or.us/
Information about bills and committee hearings.
ANWS Government Affairs Team:
Bob Oleson, [email protected], 503-329-9528
Norm Ritchie, 503-807-7729, [email protected]
Ty Wyatt, 541-224-2782, [email protected]
Russ Bassett, 503-653-4176, [email protected]
Legislators:
To find your state legislator, go to: www.leg.state.
or.us/findlegsltr/. Enter your address to see contact
information for your legislators. Get to know your legislators by attending their Town Hall sessions, held
throughout the year. Register so that your legislators
know you were in attendance. You may want to send
your legislators an e-mail if you didn’t speak or if your
topic wasn’t covered.
ODFW Director:
Roy Elicker, Director, Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife,
3406 Cherry Avenue NE, Salem, OR 97303-4924
ODFW Commission:
Seven members appointed by the governor for staggered four-year terms.
Contact the Commission via E-mail: [email protected]
Winter 2012 • 11
FISHING
WITH
BUZZ
BY BUZZ RAMSEY
Gearing up for Spring Salmon
Terry Otto, Dave Castellanos, and myself with spring salmon taken from the
Columbia while downstream trolling Fish Flash and herring.
T
here is more to fishing than just
going. At least half the fun is
preparing for the adventure. Take my
neighbor, for example: he is so excited about the half million spring
salmon expected to migrate up the
Columbia that he calls me nearly
every evening with an update on his
preparations.
He's made more of this than just
having his outboard motor tuned and
changing the line on his salmon reel.
His first move was to purchase a new
boat. Actually it was a used one, but
nevertheless, a much nicer boat than
he had before. Of course, it wasn't
quite perfect in that it needed a new
fish finder.
Not telling his wife until he
returned, what he came home with
was a unit that will allow him to see
what may be lurking off to the side of
his boat as well as straight down. As
he explained, the unit is designed
with a transducer that can point
down and out to the side—up to 240
feet each way. He was so excited
while explaining it all to me I didn't
have the heart to tell him my fish
finder (a Humminbird) has the same
feature plus GPS mapping.
His next big caper was to bring in a
supply of herring. As you may know,
herring is the most popular bait for
spring chinook and what most
anglers are using when employing
the downstream troll on the lower
Columbia and Willamette rivers. As
far as size goes, “Green” label herring is the most popular while the
slightly larger “Blue” label size is
used sometimes by those who plug
cut them to spin.
Most anglers rig their herring on a
four- to six-foot leader behind a Fish
Flash combined with an 18-inch
weight dropper line. To eliminate line
tangles, most rig their Fish Flash 20
inches behind a spreader and clip
their weight dropper line a few inches shorter. Rigged like this there is no
way your weight can tangle with your
flasher. In addition, to head off anyand-all line twist associated with the
spin of your herring, it's a good idea
to rig a swivel half way down your
leader.
Flashers, like Big Al's Fish Flash,
are popular for spring chinook
because they attract salmon by producing horizontal, strobe-like flashes
of light as they're pulled through the
water and do so without producing
any noticeable drag.
Of course, bait isn't the only thing
that catches spring salmon. A variety
of plugs are used to entice springers.
For example, the most popular size
Flatfish/Kwikfish is the M-2/K-14,
which can be plunked, trolled or
back-trolled. Smaller plug sizes like
the Flat Fish U-20 are used with success when the water is clear, primarily by those fishing from an
anchored boat.
New on the plug scene is Mag Lip.
Sized just right for spring salmon, the
4.5 Mag Lip is similar in size to the M2 Flat Fish. What's unique about Mag
Lip is the fact that this salmon plug
dives deep, up to 20 feet, while
exhibiting a strike producing skipbeat action. What this means is the
lure will occasionally dart off to one
side or the other when pulled in
medium to fast currents. Just appearing on store shelves is a smaller size
Mag Lip 3.5 (3½ inches long with a
maximum dive of 14 feet) that
should be a winner for chinook
when waters are clear running.
Although not always necessary,
larger size salmon plugs will perform
with a fillet of sardine or other bait
strapped to their bellies. No matter
the brand or style salmon plug you
use, your fillet should measure about
a third the length of your plug and be
centered around the belly eyelet
(skin side down) and held in place by
wrapping numerous times with lighttest mono or elastic thread and finished with three to four half hitches.
Most Lower Columbia bank
anglers depend on the buoyant SpinN-Glo, rigged with a 24- to 36-inch
leader and six-inch weight dropper
line extending to their sinker. The
most popular Spin-N-Glo color is
“Fire Tiger,” which some anglers
refer to as “Watermelon.” The basic
technique is to cast out, place your
rod in a sand spike holder and wait
for a fat chinook to shake it. Most
anglers attach a bell to their rod with
a clothespin, to signal the bite.
My neighbor called the other night
to ask if I wanted to go in with him
and buy a case of sardines. “I didn't
know you wrapped your salmon
plugs all that often,” I said.
“I haven't been,” he said, “but I
keep hearing I should and want to
have plenty in case it becomes the
hot thing!”
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Protecting Your River Rights
By Norm Ritchie
T
he Northwest Steelheaders has
continuously made progress
toward protecting your rights to use
the beds and banks of Oregon rivers
for fishing, boating, and other legitimate activities including stream surveys and habitat enhancement. Most
people are not even aware that these
rights have continuously been under
attack by “property rights” groups,
industrial interests, and developers
who stand to gain by prohibiting your
legitimate activities.
For the last two decades, the only
tool we have had has been “Title
Navigability,” determining who owns
the beds and banks (below the mean
high water line) with water ways
determined navigable being state
property per constitutional law. We
have won these efforts river by river
with many rivers still to go (the Trask
River being the next one in the state's
backlog). Now there is a different
solution, thanks to the state's
Attorney General. The AG's opinion
states that there is a “Floatage
Easement” under constitutional law
establishing our right to use the beds
and banks of floatable water ways.
This establishes state policy, but it is
not binding on any other level of government. There are still conflicts with
actions by local officials who disagree with this policy.
We are working with Secretary of
State Kate Brown, who is leading a
stakeholder group to have a bill
ready for the 2013 legislature. The
basic direction of the current effort is
to codify the AG's opinion, establishing a floatage easement that where
applicable is available to people
between the high water lines without
a boat. Staying away from title navigability relieves the primary concern
Save these Dates!
April 21, 2012 - Salmon Quest
July 6-8 - Summer Rendezvous
November 10 - Hall of Fame
Banquet
No angler wants to be confronted by
a sign like this.
of adjacent land owners. Another
major concern of the land owners is
the uncertainty of which bodies of
water are floatable. Without such
certainty, they start speculating that
there will be public use of ridiculously small water ways. The river rights
stakeholders have made a major
concession by accepting the concept
of a database of floatable water bodies, to be managed by state agencies.
There are two remaining small
work groups within the larger stakeholder group. (River Rights Director
Art Israelson was in a law enforcement work group that completed its
task.) The first is the legal concept
group including our early river rights
lawyer, Thane Tienson. This group
originated a concept similar to the
snow park system to generate funds
to provide services such as parking,
bathrooms, and trash receptacles.
The economic impact of this concept
will make it difficult to pass in this
economy.
The other work group consists of
Steelheader representatives (lobbyist
Bob Oleson and myself with significant support and contribution from
Ian Fergusson), representatives from
Trout Unlimited, Oregon State Marine
Board, and the Gravel Mining representative for the property rights viewpoint. This group is to look at the eco-
nomic impact side of the issue. It
generated an alternative proposal
without requiring on-the-ground
services or per-use fees. It simply
establishes an agency process to
develop and maintain a catalog of
floatable waterways to address public needs, concerns or conflicts. It
also provides the initial inventory of
floatable waters based on actual current use data from multiple sources.
We recognized that the no economic impact solution was contained within the legal group's fee
and service solution. Specifically, the
economic impact group's solution is
what is left of the legal group's concept after stripping away all fee and
services concepts.
The two groups were combined to
work out a single concept. American
Whitewater joined this combined
group with its vast database of existing use waters and extensive data on
each. We now believe that rather
than a single concept, the combined
solution will possibly be a two-step
process, with the first step being the
stripped down-no economic impact
solution. This can be implemented
quickly to end uncertainty and greatly reduce conflict. The second phase
would be the full concept, allowing
establishment of a fee structure to
provide needed services that will further help reduce conflict. This can be
done one location at a time as state
agency resources allow.
Our efforts have been making
progress with some acceptance and
even support from property rights
proponents who had previously
opposed us. There is still a lot of
work to get this concept into a proposal in legislative language with
support from a majority of stakeholders. As we work toward this goal, we
have been fortunate to gain support
from experts on this topic. Steelheader members and all other
anglers and waterway users will
have the opportunity to make this a
reality, ending the threat to your
rights when this becomes legislation
in the hands of our legislators.
This Is the Year For Action
By Russell Bassett
F
or its entire 52-year history, the
Association of Northwest Steelheaders, along with other conservation and fishing groups, economic
groups, guides, anglers and many
others, worked hard to provide better
protections for wild fish and enhance
sport fishing opportunity. SAFE for
Salmon is that pathway to sustaining
both sport and commercial jobs,
while providing better conservation
benefits. SAFE for salmon proposes
that commercial gillnetting be
moved from the mainstem Columbia
River (where ESA fish are migrating
to their natal streams) into terminal
areas where hatchery fish can be
harvested for the markets with minimal impact to wild fish and limited
bycatch.
The SAFE areas are an enormous success. Tens of millions of
hatchery smolts are released from
net pens in the SAFE areas each
year, where they eventually return
Help the Oregon and
Washington economies,
protect wild fish, and
expand sportfishing
seasons and catch
by supporting SAFE for
Salmon today.
as adults. This provides for abundant commercial harvest of hatchery fish. Today, more salmon are
harvested in the SAFE zones by gill
netters than the entire gillnet fleet
landed in the mid 1990s when
Select Area Fisheries Enhancement
was started. What is currently out
of balance is the fact that the commercial fleet is landing more fish in
the SAFE area than the entire sport
fleet below Bonneville, and their
mixed stock gillnet fisheries in the
mainstem are as big or larger than
they were in the mid 1990s This all
happened without any adjustment
to benefit the sportfishing community.
As the imbalance and the ensuing conflict grow, jobs in the sport
Support SAFE for Salmon
Visit the following websites to contact decision makers today. Ask them
to support the two SAFE bills just introduced, SB 1549 and HB 4044.
Governor Kitzhaber: http://www.oregon.gov/Gov/contct.shtml
Senate President Peter Courtney: http://www.leg.state.or.us/courtney/
House Co-Speaker Arnie Roblan: http://www.leg.state.or.us/roblan/
House Co-Speaker Bruce Hanna: http://www.leg.state.or.us/hanna/
fishing industry are lost, businesses
are closed down, license sales are
less and less, initiatives are filed, bills
are introduced, and the situation further deteriorates.
Oregon needs leadership now to
solve this problem! We need to show
that we are a state that cares deeply
about the management of our public
resources and utilizing them in a way
that maximizes conservation and
economic benefits. SAFE for Salmon
does this, and that is why we have reintroduced it during the 2012 Oregon
Legislature, which is a short session,
scheduled to start February 1 and
end February 29.
Please take action now by writing
Oregon's
Governor
John
Kitzhaber and the Legislature’s leadership, letting them know how very
much we need to get out of this conflict and on to growing jobs and pro-
tecting salmon. We know this
Governor deeply loves our natural
and fishery resources. Ask him to
exert his considerable leadership to
avoid the initiatives that will be
inevitable if the Legislature fails to do
their constitutional duty.
As always, write about how
important fisheries are to you. Stay
factual, polite and accurate—
remember, we are seeking a better
Oregon! And stay tuned. There are
bills in the Legislature, ballot initiatives filed with the Secretary of State,
and more all surrounding this unresolved conflict. This conflict needs
your attention and advocacy, and we
will be calling on you at all critical
junctures to make the change in
2012. We need to count on you
because Oregon's fish and economy
depend on our continued involvement.
A single day of the Buoy 10 fishery may mean as much income for sportfishing
businesses as the entire commercial net income from the mainstem Columbia.
Sport anglers invest heavily in boats, gear, terminal tackle, bait, and gas or
diesel—and lots of it. They provide income to Astoria by buying meals and renting motel rooms. Similar sport expenditures occur in all the salmon and steelhead fisheries upstream.
Winter 2012 • 15
ACTIVITIES , A NGLING ,
AND
ACTIVISM
Mid-Valley Vice President Ty Wyatt releasing the wild steelhead
caught in early January on the Siletz River. On the cover, he’s
shown getting ready to land this fish.
Marty and Joyce Sherman set up camp on the Crooked Rive
Laura Ritchie. Above, Joyce taking a break from photography
The Tualatin Valley C
Tillamook area, and
this one featuring fish
steelhead.
McLoughlin Chapter President Carol Clark shows
volunteers how to plant trees along te Clackamas
River to improve riparian habitat.
Right, sunrise fishing on the Wilson River. Photo
by Kristin Dunn
The Sandy River Chapter held their annual Ray’s
Frostbite Follies on a brisk January day. This event, in
honor of the late Ray Heine, is always enjoyed by many
chapter members—regardless of how chilly the day
may be.
in October with friends Brent and
o chase trout.
apter had an overnight trip to the
lans another overnighter in March,
ng for
The initial meeting of the Molalla Chapter, held in mid-January, was well attended.
Mid-Valley Chapter participates
in a Cub Scout lock-in every
year, and one of the highlights is
casting instruction. This photo
from the 2011 event shows how
members have as much fun as
the scouts!
Winter 2012 • 17
CHAPTER
REPORTS
Mid-Valley
We will begin with spring
Chinook spawning at the South
Santiam hatchery in September. At
least nine members participated in
four spawning sessions this year.
Just under 400 fish were spawned in
addition to 200 fish that were transported to the South Santiam above
Foster Dam to spawn naturally. As
usual, the carcasses were distributed into various tribs to furnish nutrients to various critters.
The Chapter has taken ownership of a section of the hiking trail
around Foster Lake and as of
October Chapter President Bill Nyara
reported that section had been
cleaned and maintained. This is an
ongoing project several times a year
to clean out any overgrown plant
species and remove any downed
timber and keep the trail open.
Some other projects in the works
include a Kokanee tournament,
parade float, and a three-day rendezvous at Sunnyside Park on Foster
Lake in June. The rendezvous last
year was a rousing success, and participating chapters are eagerly looking forward to a bigger and better get
together this year. We have Chapter
members participating in the Siletz
and Alsea broodstock programs
again this year. As of this writing we
will have the third outside raffle ticket sales with another scheduled for
January 28th. Sales have been brisk so
far and hopefully will continue.
The new year kicked off with a
program presented by Pro Guide Curt
Currey (Currey Guide Service, 541914-3899). Curt has been guiding
since 2004 and has been very successful in getting his clients into fish.
He did a program on winter steelheading, and we just about filled the
room with folks. President Bill said it
was the largest crowd since he took
office. It was a good way to kick off
the winter season.
Next on the agenda will be the
Cub Scout Lock-In in early February.
It will be held at the fairgrounds here
in Albany and will host from 400-500
scouts for the weekend. The Chapter
will host a casting booth and each
scout will be instructed in the use of
fishing gear and will be able to practice casting. Many of the scouts have
never fished before, and hopefully
we can plant the seed for future generations. In addition, each scout will
be presented with a fly hand tied by
Chapter members.
Last on the agenda will be the
annual winter drift trip in late
February. Non-boating members will
get a chance to fish from a boat for
the day with a Chapter member on a
local river.
Good fishin'
Don Heintzman
McLoughlin
Chapter meetings are held at
Round Table Pizza on McLoughlin
Boulevard at 7:00 p.m. the second
Tuesday of each month. The food is
good, and meetings are filled with a
few fishing stories and a variety of
guest speakers, including guides, law
enforcement, and fishing gear representatives.
Last fall chapter volunteers participated in the Clackamas River
Salmon carcass placement, dumping
two big totes of fish into the river for
nutrient enancement. A fun event
and nice way to work with ODFW on
some of the volunteer programs they
have. Another of the programs that
we work with is their kids’ fishing
days at various ponds in the
Clackamas area, including Small Fry
near North Fork Dam, St. Louis Ponds
near St. Paul, and Canby Pond, helping kids with fishing, furnishing rods
and bait. Ponds are stocked so the
kids have success and enjoy it to the
fullest. Whiskey Creek fin clipping
day at Netarts Bay is another favorite
to work, along with many other fishing groups, students, etc.
We are always looking for people
to join us whether or not they are a
chapter member. People are needed
to help, to get involved doing something meaningful for the joy of fishing
and maintaining the beauty, habitat,
and liveability of our state.
Educating students in local
schools is done through the Eggs to
Fry Program, working with ODFW.
Tanks and chillers are furnished by
ANWS, and twice a year fish eggs are
delivered to schools. The eggs are
raised from eggs to fry and released.
Our chapter has about 50 tanks to
deliver eggs to. The kids really enjoy
watching the fish grow on a daily
basis and learning about fish in detail.
Other chapter functions will
include a summer Family Picnic Day
August 11 and a Crab-a-long
September 8, always an open invitation to everyone. The crab-a-long is
well attended with a delicious crab
feed and potluck on Saturday
evening after a day of crabbing with a
trophy for the biggest crab.
We work along with other chapters in the area and join them with
projects and fun events when time
allows. I encourage people who like
to fish to become involved with a
chapter and do their part to help with
fish and waters. It is a known fact
that people who are involved with a
club of some kind live a happier,
longer, more productive life. This sort
of activity will help stave off the hazards of old age.
I would like to thank Russell
Bassett and all the others who have
made our association a success for
over 50 years. There have been
many over the years who keep working for all us fishermen, whether they
are members or not. The time that
they give is appreciated by every
Oregonian. I would like to mention
names here, but there are far too
many.
Northwest Steelheaders is well
recognized!
Carol Clark, President
Salem
The Salem Chapter will be
intalling newly constructed picnic
tables at Marion County's Minto Park
on the North Santiam River this May
during its annual park cleanup day.
The Salem Chapter annually clears
trails, pulls up Scotch Broom, and
cuts back invasive blackberry bushes
and other obnoxius plants at this
popular picnicing and fishing site
located just downstream of Detroit
Reservoir.
Many years ago, the Salem
Chapter installed picnic tables using
surplus (old) State Parks tables.
These have since deteriorated to the
point that most are now unusable.
Several years ago, the chapter
installed four park benches in memory of long time chapter member Ted
Johnson, who was a major spear-
head in undertaking the chapter's
cleanup of the park.
Salem Steelheader Jim Johnson
has designed the new picnic tables
to withstand the ever present abuse
common to public parks facilities.
Presently, materials have been
secured for four to five tables and
construction has started. The number of picnic tables to eventually be
constructed will be dependent on
the availability of funds. The chapter
has dedicated funds from its annual
garage sale towards this project.
Proceeds from the chapter's share of
Northwest Steelheader Raffle ticket
sales will also be used. In addition,
the Salem chapter is looking for individual and business donations of
$200 per table, for which donors will
receive recognition engraved on the
picnic tables.
Jim Zelenka, Past President
Sandy River
The Sandy Chapter held our
annual Ray's Follies January 7th. We
had seven boats and 20 participants.
The river fell into shape after blowing
out early in the week, which had us
all on pins and needles. The weather
in January can become very cold; we
had temps in the low 30's before the
event. The weather was fantastic
with the temp in the mid 40's and
very light winds—you couldn't have
asked for better weather. After a fantastic lunch we all headed back out
to do a little more fishing before we
called it a day. We had two fish
caught that were hatchery plus a
couple more take downs that we
lost.
The chapter is going to hold a
steelhead clinic at Glen Otto Park on
February 4. It is a free event, and we
will have some very prominent
speakers at this event. If you want to
learn from the experts, here is a
chance to come and personally talk
with them and ask the questions you
have always wanted to ask. At the
chapter’s general meeting in March,
we will have Hobart Manns who will
talk about antique fishing gear. If you
have some antique gear and want to
find out if it’s worth anything, come
to our meeting. We meet the first
Wednesday of the month and we
start at 7:00 p.m.
Jeff Stoeger, President
Don’t Turn Your Back...
By Carol Clark
I am sure many of you out there have
heard, “Don"t turn your back on the
ocean.” It is true although there is a
time to do that. The month of
December held some low evening
tides on the 22 and 23. My friend,
Tony, and another couple, Al and
Gloria, headed to Ocean Park for a
walk on the beach with a mission, to
dig razor clams. This is my one of my
favorite things to do and great food.
I’ve been doing it all my life.
The first evening, there was lots
of sign, and we all got our limits.
There is always competition to get
your limit first, so it's over and done
in no time. The next evening was a
little different. Everyone digging had
the same idea we did, which was to
get out before dark almost three
hours early. Parking the cars, we got
out and headed for the beach when
a big wave came up to the cars from
a great distance. So, we moved them
back more. That was the first sign of
things to come.
Getting onto the beach there
were no clam signs...none. I always
stick to the drier sand and have been
wearing short boots which have
been safe. This day it didn't matter
what you had on, hip boots or
waders. Tony headed out toward the
surf to dig. I kept a big distance away
from the surf. Then there was an
especially noisy wave, the seventh. I
turned and took off. When I looked
back, the wave hit Tony just above
knee high and almost knocked him
over. Then it caught up to me and got
water over my boots. I had to deal
with cold feet, although not for the
first time.
Keeping a big distance and still
finding no clams, I finally pushed my
clam gun into the sand and sat down
and watched the show up and down
the beach...people going out to the
surf and then everyone running like
shore birds.
Time went by and all four of us
ventured out a bit closer to the surf
looking for clams. I stopped and the
other three went closer. Then I heard
that noisy wave and yelled, “It’s a
loud one—run.” I turned and took off
again. You can't run backwards so
you have to turn your back. I heard
the words, “Ohhhhh no...oh...help”
and turned to see Gloria down with
Al next to her holding on. Tony was
still up. That wave still had lots of
speed and caught up to me but didn't
get over my boots.
We took poor cold, soaked
Gloria back to the car, and they went
back to the motel room. Tony and I
decided to drive up the beach and try
another spot. It was the most interesting thing I have ever seen clam
digging! People were getting wet
with one down, two down , and people running back.
The next morning, neighboring
guests at the motel asked us if we
had gotten wet. They had too but
changed and went back out later
with lanterns just before tide change
and got two limits. They told us that
the seventh wave has a name. It is
not a rogue wave but a "King" wave.
Never have I seen a wave that carried that distance with a wallop to it.
I must say that I have always not
trusted the ocean and know not to
turn your back. Pay attention to it;
never trust it. Only turn your back if
you need to run.!
Tualatin Valley
ing trip to Tillamook was a blast as
well (photo, page 16).
Besides fishing for steelhead,
salmon, and trout we pride ourselves
in our Fish Eggs to Fry program
where we deliver salmon eggs to
schools to hatch in temperaturecontrolled tanks. We also enjoy
youth fishing events, helping ODFW,
and repairing drift boat slides.
Mark Hutchinson, President
The Tualatin Valley Chapter
meets on the Second Thursday of
each month. The TV Chapter is steelhead fishing right now. Our annual
overnight steelheading trip is
planned for March 2-4 at Tillamook
County Fairgrounds. We'll be fishing
the Wilson, Trask, Nestucca, and
Kilchis. We consider the Wilson and
Trask our home waters. Our fall fishChapter Reports continued on page 20
Winter 2012 • 19
Deschutes Basin
The Deschutes Basin Chapter
has been working on a number of
advocacy areas, all surrounding the
reintroduction of steelhead and
salmon above Lake Billy Chinook.
The primary focus has been on legislation currently in the US Congress
that would alter the way in which
water is released from Prineville
Reservoir into the Crooked River.
The Pelton Round Butte Dam
Complex was completed in 1964 and
created Lake Billy Chinook and Lake
Simtustus. Prior to PRB, the primary
spawning area for steelhead for the
entire Deschutes River was the
Crooked River system. The restoration of a healthy steelhead population above PRB in the Crooked River
and its tributaries has the potential to
more than double the number of
steelhead in the Deschutes.
Working with partner organizations including Trout Unlimited,
WaterWatch,
American
Rivers,
Central Oregon Flyfishers, Sunriver
Anglers, Native Fish Society, and
National Wildlife Federation, we
have been attempting to influence
this legislation to allow adequate
flows for fish in the Crooked. Last
December these organizations released a joint statement requesting a
balanced solution that provides
water for people, farms, and fish.
The Deschutes Basin Chapter took a
lead role in organizing this joint
effort.
The reintroduction effort is hav-
ing some initial success. It is now
estimated by ODFW that within a
couple of years sufficient Chinook
salmon will return to the fish collection facility at PRB to warrant passage of the fish above Lake Billy
Chinook.
This is encouraging news, but
without a fish passage at Opal
Springs Dam on the lower Crooked
River these fish will have no way to
make it back to important spawning
grounds. Efforts on such a fish passage are being spearheaded by
ODFW and partner organizations like
TU. We are monitoring these efforts.
Equally concerning is the lack of
success to date in steelhead reintroduction into the upper Deschutes
Basin. Dramatically fewer steelhead
than salmon smolts are making it to
the new $150M fish collection tower.
ODFW and PGE are investigating
this, and we are keeping abreast of
developments.
Switching topics, our chapter
also took the lead in organizing a
joint statement from the primary
angling clubs in Central Oregon on
the SAFE for Salmon Bill. We drafted
a letter to our local state legislators
that was endorsed by the Deschutes
Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Central
Oregon Flyfishers, and Sunriver
Anglers.
In the letter addressed to State
Senator Chris Telfor and State
Representatives
Jason
Conger
(Bend), Gene Whisnant (Sunriver),
and Mike McLane (Powell Butte), we
explained that removing gillnets from
the main stem of the Columbia was
an important issue for many Central
Oregon anglers and businesses that
benefit from anglers.
Finally, steelhead season on the
Deschutes and John Day rivers in
2011 was either spectacular or barely
adequate, depending on who you
talked to. I had my best season ever,
as did a few others I have talked to
and fished with. I heard plenty of
poor fishing reports as well. Of
course, steelhead season almost
never ends around here as long as
you are willing to take a drive, and I
look forward to fishing right through
the winter.
Yancy Lind,
President,
Deschutes Basin Chapter
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April 21
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YOUTH MOVEMENT
BY JOSIAH DARR
Effective Fishing
W
hen it comes to steelhead fishing, anyone who's done it
longer than a day or two will tell you
there's more than one way to skin a
cat. One angler may swear up and
down a copper Lil Cleo with a No. 1
Gamakatsu siwash hook replacing
the stock treble hook is the end-all
steelhead catcher. Another angler
will tell you it doesn't matter if the
water is clear, muddy, green, yellow,
brown or roaring through a cow field
in Tillamook, a pink pearl Corkie
with a tiny tuff of flame yarn and a
sand shrimp tail tapping along the
bottom behind a piece of pencil lead
is the most consistent steelhead
stopper on the planet. While I'd tend
to agree with the drift fisherman, the
fellow tossing those copper Cleo's is
probably a force to be reckoned with
when he's armed with his favorite
bent metal on a stretch of river he's
familiar with.
One of these fishermen may love
his Mitchell 300 and eight-foot spinning rod while the other swears those
“coffee grinders” are junk and you're
not a real steelhead fisherman unless
you're using a baitcaster like his daddy
did. These guys are both experienced
and masters of their trade.
If you gave the spoon rod to the
drift fishermen and the Corkie to the
spoon chucker, they'd probably both
still be successful because they
know how fish work, but neither of
them would be as precise and tactical as they are with their weapon of
choice.
While they both can fish, they
truly excel when they're using a tool
that lends itself to the experience
they've accumulated. Neither one of
them is better than the other. Neither
one will consistently out fish the
other. They are experienced steelheaders, but only in what they
already know.
What if the spoon fishermen had
never heard of a Cleo? What if the
drift fishermen hated how often he
hung up and became strictly a bobber and jig guy? What if their entire
steelhead fishing life was spent pursuing steelhead with a different
method than the one they're an
Regardless of method and tackle, the desired end result is the same!
expert with now? Would they still be
as devastating to the steelhead population with a different presentation
had they devoted all their time and
energy to becoming a master at one
instead of the other? I say yes.
To me, the difference between a
poor steelhead fisherman and a
good one is the same as the difference between a good steelhead fishermen and one who's looked at as a
legend: repetition.
“One of the things that separates
you from everyone else on the river
is doing it thousands more times
than they have,” said well-known
fishing guide and son of a legend,
Scott Amerman. “Repetition means
you've learned a little more every
time you fish, and that knowledge is
critical to being successful.”
While Scott agrees that it's the little
things learned through repetition that
make the biggest difference, he's also
the first to point out a fisherman's age
isn't directly related to knowledge and
drive and at times can be an advantage for the youngsters.
“I started guiding when I was 19
years old,” Amerman explained. “It
probably took me five or six years
until I was able to outfish my dad one
day a week, but, having the desire to
prove myself and a lust for knowledge, eventually I started outperforming with more regularity. Often young
people have the desire to get better
and gather knowledge quickly.”
Being an expert doing something
over and over again is what makes a
person an expert in the first place.
But it's the the energy and drive
mixed with the desire to continue to
improve that will take you to the next
level. To take it one step further, the
ability to learn from your experience,
then make tiny adjustments, is what
can really make someone stand out
from the pack.
“Often having the desire to do
something different and better leads
to you kicking butt on the river,”
Amerman said. “Back in the day,
everyone use to pile down to the
Dyke's Drift on the Wilson while the
water above and below that was
empty. I'd concentrate on sidedrifting
the miles of river above and below
the crowds and hammered fish.”
The first people to start jig fishing
and sidedrifting found great results.
If you keep making changes, you can
continue to be more successful than
those who have adopted the same
idea as everyone else.
“Guys get set in their ways and
aren't willing to make little changes.
Tiny changes, usually made by those
wanting to learn more who think outside the box, end up putting them
ahead of the curve.”
Mix that desire to find the next
tiny thing that improves their fishing
with the drive and passion so often
spilling out of so many young anglers,
add a few years of repetition, and
what do you get? A young and talented steelheader with the energy, drive
and knowledge to leave even the
most experienced fisherman in the
dust when the tried and true program isn't working out.
For all those fishermen who are
convinced a Cleo is the way or a
pink pearl Corkie and shrimp tail is
unstoppable: you're right. They rush
fish. Just make sure you occasionally take a second to think about how
many other things there are out
there.
Maybe you're as successful as
you'll ever need to be and you're
happy as a clam. However, before
you write off someone doing something a little different as clueless,
pay close attention. Maybe they're
on the edge of the next breakthrough in the steelhead fishing
world. The first guys to pull plugs or
use a chunk of pencil lead to drift
fish were probably thought of as
clueless when they started, too.
guys” with the uncomfortable feeling
that just such a bad situation could
happen.
With the campaign to halt Alaska’s
Pebble Mine in mind, this is almost
required reading. Not only do we learn
how dangerous these mines are, but
how ego and greed can increase the
odds of one being far worse than imaginable. Even if run carefully, there is
tremendous risk if the leaching ponds
are breached, releasing cyanide that
kills all the rivers downstream.
Daniel Cobb wrote this book after
learning about gold mines that rely on
cyanide leaching becoming superfund
sites. He lists five mine disasters in his
notes at the end of the book. Not only
do these mines present horrific risks if
they fail, but, if they do, the owners
simply claim bankruptcy and move to
a new site under a new name, leaving
hundreds of millions in cleanup costs
to the government involved. We all
need to do as much as we can to prevent Pebble.
Joyce Sherman
BOOK REVIEW
The Mine, Daniel R. Cobb, Daniel R.
Cobb and CreateSpace, United
States
This is a good mystery—and
much more. Daniel Cobb feels so
strongly that cyanide leach mines are
bad that he self-published The Mine.
It’s available from most Northwest
bookstores, including Powell’s, and
from on-line booksellers like Amazon.
Ryan Evans, working as a biologist
for Oregon’s DEQ, becomes more and
more concerned about the applictaion
to more than triple the size of a gold
mine hidden in the Wallowa
Mountains. You quickly learn who the
bad guys are, but whether or not Ryan
will be able to halt expansion of the
mine is what keeps you turning pages.
As you read further, you begin to
fear for the lives of Ryan and others.
Unfortunately, I came away from the
tension of trying to win over the “bad
Raffle Tickets
Thanks to the generosity of Bruce Belles at ClackaCraft Drift Boats, we will
raffle a complete ClackaCraft 16’ High Side Drift Boat May 2. Tickets will cost
$6, or 2 for $10.
Yakutat Lodge has donated a four-night, five-day trip once again. Airfare is
donated by ANWS. Second through fifth prizes are similar to the prizes offered
for 2011. Tickets are $1 each, or 25 for $20. The drawing will be held at the
office at Noon, April 25.
Selling raffle tickets is a quick and easy way for chapters to increase
their treasuries! The Association arranges for the prizes, maintains the organization’s raffle license, and prints tickets and posters. In other words, the
Association provides a ready-made way for chapters to make money. Every
member should sell at least a few tickets—or buy tickets themselves.
Endow the
Northwest Steelheaders
by Becoming a Life
Member
The Northwest Steelheaders
are offering a new program,
the Budgeted Life Membership. You pledge $100 per
year for five years, the money
goes into an endowment
fund, and you are a member
for life—it’s a win/win situation! Your life membership
will support ANWS forever.
Use the form on page 31 to
sign up.
Please call the office, 503-653-4176, to order raffle tickets.
Winter 2012 • 23
T A C K L E B OX : R IVER C ITY F LY S HOP
River City Fly Shop
has an incredible
amount of tackle
and tying materials
in a small space.
You need to take a
little time to find just
what you need.
A plain entrance doesn’t begin
to hint at what you’ll find
inside the shop, or the time
Don will spend to ensure that
you get the right fit in your new
waders, or the best reel for
you, or the right line for your
favorite rod.
R
iver City Fly Shop is a shop patterned after the
old style “cracker barrel” stores. The first thing
you see when you step inside the door is a fly tying
area, usually with someone tr ying out a new pattern
and two or three others talking fishing while they
watch.
Since he first opened River City in 1999, I’ve never
seen owner Don Nelson without a smile and a hearty wel-
One entire wall is a fly hook display, virtually every brand
and style imaginable.
come. Once you step into the shop, you’ve become one
of Don’s friends. He’s stocked the shop with a full range of
everything a fly angler could ever need, and his fly tying
material collection is one of the most comprehensive I’ve
ever seen in any shop. If Don doesn’t have a specific
material, he’ll order it for you. Don donates generously to
fishing organizations, too.
River City offers a wide variety of classes. Learn to fly
fish, cast, or fish still waters. Sign up for Kevin Erickson’s
"All Tied Up" knot tying class. Start tying flies with a beginning fly tying class, or learn new methods in an advanced
or Atlantic Salmon class. All classes are offered both for
groups or, by arrangement, in private sessions for one or
two people.
It’s well worth a trip to the shop if you’ve ever even
considered fly fishing. You can learn to fly fish or tie flies,
and you won’t need to spend huge amounts of money to
do either. The shop specializes in excellent equipment at
reasonable prices—TFO, Echo, and Wright & McGill rods,
for example, plus the shop’s own line of fly rods.
River City is located west of Washington Square at
11429 SW Scholls Ferry Road, and it’s open Tuesday
through Sunday. Check the website, rivercityflyshop.com,
for detailed class listings, hours, and monthly website
specials.
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DRIFT IN: F ERRYING
BY MARTY SHERMAN
T
he term used to describe the movement of a drift
boat from right to left or left to right is ferrying. This is
done by putting the boat at an angle and pulling evenly
with both oars. In order to change the position of the boat
we will do the following: we will be pulling on the left oar
to turn the boat to the right or pulling on the right oar to
turn the boat to the left.
Bow pointed toward
the midstream
boulder;
pull away
from boulder.
Ferrying Right
Pull on the left oar
to turn the boat to the right.
Beginning to point the
bow toward the
midstream boulder.
Right oar is idle.
Holding the boat away from the
midstream boulder;
current wants to pull the boat into
the obstacle.
Boat has been turned
to the right, i.e., the
stern is now right.
Avoiding the relentless
pull of the current
toward the bank.
Ferrying Left
Pull on the right oar
to turn the boat to the left.
Left oar
is idle.
Starting to move to
right to continue
down river.
Bow pointed
toward the bank;
pull away from bank.
Boat has been turned
to the left, i.e., the
stern is now left.
These movements are done in two major instances;
1) to move the boat away from rocks or logs that lie ahead
or 2) to hold the boat away from the prevailing current
that wants to pull the boat into the bank. For instance, the
current may want to pull to river left on a right hand curve.
In this case the stern is positioned to the right and the oar
strokes are away from the current that wants to carry the
boat into the left bank. The water at the stern of the boat
(right) is softer and has less force than the water at the
bow that is pulling into the left bank.
To pull away from an obstacle it is usually best to
point the bow of the boat at the obstacle and pull away
from it with both oars.
Usually the boat is positioned at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to ferry effectively, but river situations
Beginning to point the bow
toward the bank.
are never constant. You must develop the skills of reading
the water and adjust your angles and positions accordingly.
What’s Coming Up?
The biggest mistake new drift boaters make is not
looking downstream several hundred feet and failing to
get a mental “feel” for what the current is doing. That
means that they must row very hard at the last moment
to adjust.
Look downstream and plan your moves in advance.
Save your energy by using the current to carry you where
you want to go.
Marty Sherman works for ClackaCraft Drift Boats and
helps new boat owners answer questions.
CALENDAR
February 8 Tualatin Valley: Volunteers needed for delivery of eggs for Eggs to Fry Program; meet in the parking lot
of the Hillsboro Home Depot at 8 a.m. Contact LeRoy Schultz at 503-648-6871 or
[email protected]
February 8-12 Pacific Northwest Sportsmen’s Show, Portland Expo Center
February 10 Mid-Valley Chapter: Casting pond at Cub Scout lock-in, Linn County Fairgrounds.
March 1 ExCom Meeting, ANWS office, 6:30 p.m.
March 8-11 Central Oregon Sportsmen’s Show, Deschutes County Fair and Expo Center, Redmond, Oregon
April 5 ExCom Meeting, ANWS office, 6:30 p.m.
April 21 2012 Salmon Quest and Awards Dinner
June 1 and 2 Pre-Free Fishing Weekend events at the Woodburn and Newberg Bi-Marts—learn techniques and get
some gear to take the family fishing during free fishing weekend
July 6-8 Summer Rendezvous, SunnySide County Park, 44930 Quartzville Drive, Foster, Oregon
August 11 McLoughlin Chapter: Family Picnic Day
September 8 McLoughlin Chapter: Crab-a-long
November 10 Hall of Fame Banquet and Auction, The Red Lion, 1021 N.E. Grand Avenue, Portland
Note: You may participate in meetings via teleconferencing; check meeting agendas or call the office, 503-653-4176.
To have your chapter’s events included in the calender, provide the date, time, and location
when you are prompted for chapter news prior to each issue.
Volunteer Opportunities
One of the main strengths of the Northwest Steelheaders is the many dedicated volunteers who make the organization successful. There are many ways to
get involved at both the chapter and Association level. Here are some ways to
get involved:
• Help with the Portland Sportsman Show booth or Central Oregon Sportsman
Show booth, both for setup and during the shows. Contact Mike Myrick at
503-281-6438, [email protected].
• Office and clerical support suited to your skills and interests in the
Association's Milwaukie office. Contact Russell Bassett at 503-653-4176, [email protected].
• Help count steelhead and their redds, sample macrovinterbrates, and monitor temperature on the Salmonberry River. Contact Ian Fergusson at 503-9578875, [email protected].
• Help organize the 2012 Salmon Quest tournament. Contact Norm Ritchie at
• Help with the 2012 Hall of Fame Auction and Banquet, both with the myriad
of things to do in advance and during the event. Contact Joe Domenico at
• Help your local chapter organize river clean-ups, habitat restoration projects,
kids’ fishing days, environmental education activities, fundraisers and other
events.
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advertising what they do. By advertising here, they are demonstrating that
they have a huge stake in healthy
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Winter 2012 • 27
S t e e l h e a d e r s ’ 2 nd A n n u a l
Summer Rendezvous
Sponsored by the Salem, Emerald Empire, and Mid-Valley Chapters
ALL MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE INVITED!
July 6-8
SunnySide County Park
44930 Quartzville Drive, Foster, Oregon
Fun activities for the entire family include drift boat steelhead/salmon fishing on the South Santiam River, trout
and kokanee fishing on Green Peter Lake, Foster Lake
and a stocked pond at the campground, fishing instruc tion for kids, fish fry, sand volleyball, horseshoes, games
and much, much more. Please register by April 1 to
reserve your spot in the group camping area.
We’ve kept costs as low as possible: Only $5 per person (under age 7, free) includes one dinner and activities. Camping costs are additional. Each 10’x60’ site in the Group Camp Area includes water/electrical
hookups, a table and fire ring, at a cost of $42 for the weekend. There are 27 group sites available on a
first-come, first-served basis. The General Tent Camping Area has room for approximately 15 tents at a cost
of $10 per tent for the weekend. Tent campers will park in the park’s main
lot, or pay a $7 parking fee to park in the group area (limited spaces
available). Costs are estimated and subject to change.
You also may reserve your own site in the park’s non-group camping
area; cost varies depending upon type of site. Reserve and pay for these
sites through Linn County Parks, www.co.linn.or.us/ parks/parks/sunnyside.html or 541-967-3917. Once we’ve received your registration form
and payment, we’ll send your more information. Please include your email address.
Please reserve a space in the Group Camp Area, $42
Please reserve a space in the General Tent Camping Area, $10
Group Area Parking for tent campers, $7
Please register __ people in our party ($5 each for everyone over age 7)
I am NOT camping, but will be there on __Friday __Saturday __Sunday
___ People x $5.00
$__________
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Make checks payable to:
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Salem Chapter
Mail to:
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1178 Meadowridge St NE
Keizer, OR 97303
For information, contact:
Thom Kaffun, [email protected]
Jim Zelenka, [email protected]
A Special Volunteer
Opportunity
Each spring, Ian Fergusson
and Joyce Sherman lead
small groups of volunteers
into the Salmonberry River
to count steelhead redds.
In late May and early June,
they place temperature
monitors that track the
stream
temperatures
throughout the summer. In
the fall, they retrace their
steps to retrieve the monitors, which Ian downloads,
adding the data to that
from earlier years. Marty
and Joyce Sherman started
this “temporary five-year”
project in 1993, and it is now the largest
collection of wild winter steelhead data
available.
In December 2007 there was a
major flood, and the canyon area of the
river was “rearranged,” wiping out most
of the tracks of the Port of Tillamook Bay
Railroad that used to run alongside the
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of riffles and pools.
If you’d like to see big steelhead in
a small habitat, contact Ian: 503-2882025, or [email protected].
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READING
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o, you sure wish you didn't feel a pang of guilt every
time you clean a fish and toss the innards into the
river, right?
Yes, it's very good for fish, perhaps even crucial. Some
is eaten right away by baby salmon and steelhead. More
important, its decay nourishes the entire ecosystem with
materials aquatic insects and invertebrates thrive on.
Then they get eaten.
Like duh, food chain biology is grade-school stuff these
days.
Except to the state, it seems. Says right there on page 10
of the regs that it's “unlawful” to “dispose of dead animal
(fish) carcasses, or parts thereof, in Oregon waters.” Sure,
it's meant to keep boat ramps and other public places clean
(but is ignored so often it doesn't) and absolutely you feel
better about yourself by cleaning your fish there instead of
in your driveway, where it won't do anyone any good.
So, why would the state want you to feel guilty about
doing the right thing?
And how about those new proposed anti-snagging
laws? Are you really going to have to put single hooks on
all of your spoons and spinners just to cast from the banks
of the Clackamas or Sandy?
And why does the state think a pink plastic worm is
bait?
Someone should do something—right?
Well, whether you know it or not, someone is…in fact,
the someone may well be you if you're a member of any
chapter of the Association of Northwest Steelheaders. The
Association is focusing on those three issues for the
upcoming once-every-four-years review of angling regulations.
Russell Bassett, Association executive director, said the
fish-parts ban needs to be
reworded to “encourage
the agency (Oregon
Department of Fish and
Wildlife) to do some public outreach regarding the
importance of nutrient
enhancement and encourage the average
angler to get involved in
this effort.” Russell and
chapter and association
officers are working with
department biologists to
find a compromise that
still protects boat ramps,
Steelheaders (and many oth- piers and other public
ers) believe the state should places from unsightly
reword its ban on disposing messes.
of fish remains in any state
The bait issue is a
waters. Dead salmon and holdover from an old
parts thereof are key ingredi- effort to keep anglers in
ents of natural cycles.
line with the no-bait fish30 • The Northwest Steelheader
BY BILL MONROE
ery on the Deschutes River. Should that overlay the entire
state?
Why not treble hooks? Oregon State Police have made
widespread proposals to curb snagging, so the association's efforts mesh perfectly in that arena as well.
Snaggers should not be in the angling food chain, and
you and I shouldn't have to second-guess ourselves about
our legal standing when casting into a school of coho,
praying for a bite.
Proposals from State Police and ODFW have been published. The next step will be to accept public requests for
changes through the end of February. Anyone, or organization, can submit suggestions.
You don't need the association to do it for you. Want to
reopen a section of your favorite river? Close one down?
Think the trout size limits need tweaking?
Tell someone.
An application form, extensive region-by-region list of
the state-proposed rules, and an explanation of the
process are available from any department office, by calling 503-947-6000, or online at www.dfw.state.or.us. In the
gray toolbar at the top of the home page, click on “Hot
Topics.” A link to the 2013 angling regulations process will
be at the top of the list.
The department will review each proposal, then hold
statewide meetings in May, before finalizing a packet to
present to the commission in August. Public comment
will be allowed in May, by correspondence at any time
from now through the summer, and at both August and
September commission meetings before final passage.
State police made the most significant change proposals to date, asking for a ban on treble hooks on specific
waters (but not on a “buoyant lure” like plugs or large
bobbers or when used on lures or bait while trolling). The
proposal would allow only single-point hooks (barbed is
okay), no wider than three-quarters of an inch from point
to shank.
Most of the lower Sandy and Clackamas rivers and
Eagle Creek are included (August through December), as
are portions of Big Creek and the Salmon, Siuslaw, Rogue
and North Umpqua rivers. Yes, that could mean no treble
hooks on spinners and spoons during coho and steelhead
seasons. Fly anglers are already objecting to the proposal's inadvertent ban on droppers (two flies on one line).
“It's all still in the proposal stage,” said Lt. Dave
Anderson of the Oregon State Police fish and wildlife division. “There is a lot of discussion left.”
…And plenty of time for you to act as well.
Oh…in case you're having trouble keeping up with fishing rules that seem to change almost whimsically, look on
the middle of page 45 in the 2012 regulations pamphlet.
There you'll find special reader codes for each of nine
regions and zones that can be easily scanned with a
smartphone QR code reader.
If you have any trouble figuring it out, follow my lead:
Ask your nearest grandchild.
CHAPTERS
West Region
Salem
Newberg
Second Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.
Chehalem Senior Center, 101 Foothills Drive, Newberg
Contact President Kevin Hula at 503-781-9378, [email protected]
North Coast
Second Thursday, 7:00 p.m.
ODFW Tillamook Office, 4907 3rd St., Tillamook
Contact President Bill Hedlund at 503-815-2737,
[email protected]
Tualatin Valley
Second Thursday, 7:00 p.m.
Aloha American Legion Hall, 20325 SW Alexander, Aloha
Contact President Mark Hutchinson at 503-649-1028,
[email protected]
Central Region
Third Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.
City of Keizer Community Center (at City Hall), 930
Chemawa Rd., Keizer
Contact President Dana Roberts at 503-364-7923, [email protected]
Columbia River Region
Columbia River (Vancouver)
Second Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.
Pied Piper Pizza, 12300 NE Fourth Plain Rd., Vancouver
Contact President Keith Hyde at 360-772-0996, [email protected]
McLoughlin
Second Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.
Round Table Pizza, 16550 SE McLaughlin Blvd, Milwaukie
Contact President Carol Clark at 503-632-6974,
[email protected]
Sandy River
Mid-Valley
First Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.
Albany Senior Citizens Center, 489 Water Ave. NW, Albany
Contact President Bill Nyara at 541-401-9559, [email protected]
Glenn Otto Park, 1208 Historic Columbia River Hwy.,
Troutdale
Contact President Jeff Stoeger at 503-282-4830, [email protected]
Deschutes Basin
Tom McCall
Quarterly meetings; dates set by chapter
Contact President Yancy Lind at
[email protected]
541-788-5514,
Third Wednesday, 11:30 a.m.
Old Spaghetti Factory, 0715 SW Bancroft St., Portland
Contact President Dave Reggiani at 503-635-1501, [email protected]
Emerald Empire
Eagles on the Green, 1375 Irving Rd., Eugene
Contact President Bill Robbins at 541-689-5075, [email protected]
Please call the office, 503-653-4176,
if you are interested in developing a new chapter
in your area.
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