From Doug Senn Steelhead

Grande Ronde River - February 15, 2009
(Good) A beautiful day on the Grande Ronde River. This day was spent in the Tory, Oregon area. February 15th proved to be uncrowded, sunny and warm. We had the river to ourselves. We did some swinging without success. The water temp is hovering around 33F and the Steelhead were a little sluggish for this.

We began drifting the old standby Prince Nymph and had some success. 1 very large 30 inch Wild Buck was hooked and fought for about 5 minutes before breaking off. What a fish! We will have to come back for that one.

The Fishing should contiue to be good throughout March, especially in the Washington section of the Grande Ronde.

From Doug Senn Steelhead

Wallowa River - February 14, 2009
The Steelhead have arrived in the Wallowa River. We fished the Wallowa on Feb 14th on a beautiful day. 4 steelhead were hooked on the Prince Nymph with 3 being landed.

The water is still a little shallow but we are expecting some warm wet weather to move through the area during the end of February. This should provide an increase in flow and water temp which will bring more fish into the system. We expect the fishing to really pick up by the end of the month.

The Steelhead train is in operation on the weekends through the end of March. This is a very fun and unique way to access some beautiful roadless stretches of the Wallowa River below Minam.