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Deschutes Angler Fly Shop

Daily Drake, Fly Fishing Industry, Fly Fishing Industry News, Flyshop Friday, Homepage Content, Lodges, Outfitters, and Guides, Salmon/Steelhead, Trout, U.S. placesBy Elliott Adler June 26, 2025 Leave a comment

Amy and John Hazel, owners of Deschutes Angler Fly Shop in Maupin, Oregon, are committed to consistency. “I’ve never had anybody fish a single-handed rod, and we’ve never had anyone nymph fish for steelhead,” says Amy. “It’s always been swinging, it’s always been a floating line, and it’s always been small surface-flies that are no deeper than a couple inches.” For more than twenty-five years the couple has guided the Deschutes the way they wanted to, mainly because they feel it’s the most effective way to target the river’s summer-run steelhead.

Salmonfly Backup Plans

Drake Magazine Back Issue Content 2012, Drake Magazine Back Issue Content Summer 2012, Flies, Hatches and Bugs, Throwback ThursdayBy Mixed Bag May 28, 2020 Leave a comment

If the big bugs don’t show, what’s option B? South Fork of the Snake Southeast Idaho Pale Morning Duns are a prolific hatch all summer on the South Fork, and often all day long. In fact, not having PMD patterns in your fly box for a day on this river is like showing up in…

Significant Tributaries

Conservation, Drake Magazine Back Issue Content Fall 2017, Policy/Politics/LawsBy Patrick Hunter September 22, 2017 Leave a comment

The first places I explored as a kid, outside of my backyard, were the small creeks and wetlands near my home. They were full of tadpoles, salamanders, and, if we were lucky, turtles. I spent countless hours trying to fit various animals into Mason jars, but mostly I just covered myself in mud.

Columbia Conundrum

Conservation, Drake Magazine Back Issue Content Summer 2017, Salmon/SteelheadBy Steven Hawley June 6, 2017 Leave a comment

Tucker Jones is certainly comfortable speaking in front of a surly audience. This much is clear from the outset. The burly, self-deprecating Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist is standing in front of a group of 50 guides and anglers on a blustery spring evening at his agency’s office overlooking the Columbia River in…

Wild vs. Hatchery Steelhead

2014 Spring, Conservation, Fly Fishing Industry, Opinion, Policy/Politics/Laws, U.S. placesBy Tom Bie April 3, 2014 5 Comments

The state fish and game departments for Washington and Oregon both face a major dilemma: how to adequately protect what remains of their wild steelhead, while also continuing to produce hatchery steelhead for the many anglers who like to bring one home for dinner.

Ride with Clyde: Part III

Lifestyle, Ride With Clyde, U.S. placesBy Tom Bie August 27, 2012 Leave a comment

The Sacramento There’s a special kind of summertime heat reserved for the valleys of California. Even up north, triple digits are common in the Sacramento Valley, which is where I found Clyde parked in Ryan Peterson’s driveway, its black exterior soaking up every ray in Redding. With no AC and an afternoon departure, my first…

The Fly Fisher’s Place

Fly Fishing Industry, Flyshop Friday, Lodges, Outfitters, and GuidesBy Marie Melsheimer November 18, 2010 Leave a comment

The Fly Fisher’s Place has been a fixture in the quaint town of Sisters, Oregon for nearly 25 years, and is the longest continuously owned shop in all of central Oregon. Jeff Perin, owner of The Fly Fisher’s Place, purchased it 20 years ago, fulfilling a life-long dream of owning a shop just like the…

Northwest Flyfishing Outfitters

Fly Fishing Industry, Flyshop Friday, Lodges, Outfitters, and GuidesBy Tom Bie December 8, 2009 Leave a comment

When John and Shirley Hagan first opened Portland’s Northwest Flyfishing in May of 1993, Czechoslovakia was dissolving, Rodney King was testifying, and the Second Coming of the Spey rod was still a decade away. But 17 years later, the Hagens still offer the quality products and service that East Side Portlanders have come to expect.

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