A little recap of some of the Steelhead that were caught this year. Enjoy.


Well the Grande Ronde River is still frozen. We have not been down to fish in a few weeks. We have been busy weathering the continuous storms that seem to be hitting everywhere else but Wallowa County. Joseph seems to have the least snow in the entire Northwest. The skis are waxed and ready but the snow is just not cooperating with us here in the Wallowas.

I hope that you enjoy the slide show that we put together. I will let you know how the fishing is going when we get back down on the River. We are excited about the Excursion Train this year. I will get some information about the schedule for the Wallowa River Steelhead Train and post that here in the next few days.

Be sure to check out our new Weekly Blog, The The
GearBoat Chronicles. I am excited about this. Our Gear Boatman Jon will be making weekly posts offering you a humorous glimpse into life in Wallowa County from the eyes of a Gear Boatman.

Happy Fly Fishing in the New Year!

The first major snow has fallen on Joseph and Enterprise overnight. The skiers in the area are getting excited. We have a long way to go before we can get in the mountains, however.

We went fishing, on the Grande Ronde near Troy, 2 days last week, December 2nd and 4th. We had a warm rain that seemed to get the fish moving after about a week of very slow fishing. We hooked into 4 Steelhead on Tuesday. These were all hooked on a swinging Black Intruder. This was very encouraging as it showed us that the fish are still active enough to hit a swinging fly. On Thursday 1 Steelhead was caught on a Prince Nymph.

Happy fishing, let us know about your fishing adventures.