Hello All

[wallyw]

Thanks to Jen for her patience in getting me logged on.

After forty years of flyfishing for trout (almost exclusively) I discovered the Umpqua while a patient at Roseburg VAMC for months.

The hospital had fishing gear that no one seemed to use and the South Umpqua running along the backside. Took a spinning outfit and Fred Meyer worms to see what was back there. What a kick! Small mouth bass!

Since then my fly rods have pretty much been unused. Learning to catch steelhead and salmon on North Umqua and Santiam. That lead to purchasing a Seaswirl Walkaround three years ago. Now I'm learning how to use that boat in the lakes and Winchester Bay.

Wally

Wally

[Pete]

Welcome aboard Wallyw! Looking forward to hearing about those smallies ... and learning why you haven't tried a fly for them. I've fished for smallies with a fly in a variety of places and always thought it was a real kick.

[skein]

Welcome, Wally.

I've fished the Umpqua for years and have even learned how to "call" the smallies in. Another treat the Umpqua has is a great shad run in the spring. Use your smallmouth tackle and some crappie jigs. Hooooboooy is it fun. Fun on a flyrod too.

You say you get up here to the Santiam as well? Where do you usually fish?

Skein

[crabbait]

Welcome Wallyw. how did you discover ifish?