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August 1st, 2008 Whirlwind Week! This past week was incredible. I spent one incredible day after the next with some of the best clients a guide could ask for catching summer steelhead, trout and smallmouth bass. We spent our time on the lower Umpqua, the upper Willamette River and the upper McKenzie. What a week!
Lynn Moon hoists one of the many bass she and her husband Dave caught while fishing with me on the lower Umpqua this past week.
Then on Sunday evening, I spent one of the most enjoyable trips so far this season with father and son team, Gene and Matt Gramzow on the upper Willamette. Gene is a very experienced spey fisherman and can really cast! Matt was an awsome single hand fly rod caster but had never really spent much time with the two-hander. It turned out Matt was a natural! He took to the spey rod very quickly and was placing 70-80 feet of perfectly straight fly line on the water within minutes of trying it out. Later in the evening, Gene invited me to follow him down one of my favorite runs and in less than a half dozen casts, I got this gorgeous fish to grab!
Caddis Fly Shop guide extraordinaire, Barrett Christianson helped me out with a four party group on the upper McKenzie for trout this week. Len, John (seated in Barrett's boat) and Marilynn and Harry who fished with me did a great job and we all had a blast catching native and hatchery rainbow's.
Marilynn is holding one of several decent hatchery fish she caught with me. The coming weeks have me doing much of the same types of trips. Our trout fishing will last through the fall. The smallmouth fishing will remain smoking hot through the end of August. Summer steelhead will continue to get better and better through the late fall. I have very few opening left through the end of August. If you want to participate in any of these fisheries over the next few weeks, give me a call and I'll try to accomodate you. Otherwise, September and October still have some open days. Village Green Resort Price Update for the Summer! Clients needing over night accomodations when they book trips with me will find the deal I've struck with the folks at the Village Green Resort Hotel www.villagegreenresortandgardens.com located right off I-5 in Cottage Grove, Oregon top-notch. The generous management at theVillage Green has agreed to provide all of my clients the following deal from October 2007 thru May 2008. The package includes lodging in one of their brand new deluxe rooms that have fire places, double queen or king beds, two dinners from their full dinner menu (they have incredible food!) and a complimentary bottle of Village Green Private Label house wine. The package also includes breakfast for two from the Village Greens Hot American Breakfast Buffet from 7a-10a which includes eggs, sausage, assorted muffins, cereal, yogurts, fresh fruit, juices and coffee. Cost for this fantastic package for two anglers is $79.00 + tax per night. Beginning in June, 2008 the wonderful folks at the Village Green have agreed to allow my guests and clients to enjoy the Dinner Escape and Deluxe Guest Room deal at a summer rate of $109.00 per night (plus tax and based on availabilty). This is still a great deal for the busy summer season and you won't believe how great the food is and what a wonderful time you'll have at the Village Green Resort! All of my clients have had a blast staying there! In addition to the e-mail link available from this website under the "contact" button, I can also be e-mailed at fiveriversguide@yahoo.com I check my e-mails everyday when I have access to my computer or the internet! If I don't respond to your e-mail within 24 hours, please call me. See you on the water! Dean (541) 731-9649 |
Welcome We offer year round fishing opportunities on the World Famous "Fly water section" of the North Umpqua River for Steelhead on the fly. The "Town Run"- Eugene and Springfields ultimate urban steelheaad fly fishing experience. McKenzie Trout, Umpqua Smallmouth Bass and Shad as well as many Southern Oregon coastal streams and estuarys for opportunities to catch Salmon on the fly. We offer you the option of choosing walk-in trips, or a boat trip from either a 16' Clackacraft fly-bench model McKenzie style driftboat or a powerboat trip from a 20' inboard jet-boat. Expert guide, Dean Finnerty, currently uses many different tried and proven fly rod techniques to get his clients into fish consistently. Dean and our guides will teach you what tactics, fly patterns and techniques that will work the best on any given day for the species you're after. Dean has been a fly fishing instructor for more than 20 years and has taught fly-casting and presentation to both professional and beginning anglers. We specialize in catch and release on most of our Steelhead, Trout and Smallmouth Bass trips. We recognize that many people enjoy catching fish for the table, but also understand that if our fishing resources are to last into the future, then now is the time to embrace conservation efforts for all the species we fish for. We recommend that our clients bring video camera's or 35 mm type cameras on their adventures to capture some of the scenes of the day. It is not uncommon for us to see Bald Eagles, Osprey, Seal/Sea Lion, Grey Whales, ducks, geese, deer, elk, bear and numerous other species of wildlife while on most of the rivers and bays that we fish. Dean can also make arrangements to have your trophy mounted by some of the top taxidermists around or have your fish "air shipped" anywhere in the world. Our Goal at 5 Rivers Guide Service and North Umpqua Fly Fishing Adventures is to give you the best guided fishing trip in the state of Oregon, one that you will cherish the memories of, for years to come.
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