Summer
July brings the first breath of summers into the cold emerald flows of the North Umpqua. The “North” and the summer steelhead that run her are storied more than any others. For over a hundred years, these pools have been plied for what may lay beneath the cascading waters amoungst the bedrock. These fish begin entering the main Umpqua as early as May, bound for cold water that provide over summering refuge. 31 miles of “fly-only” water provide respite for these fish. The North offers some of the most challenging, thus, some of the most rewarding steelheading to be found anywhere.
Freshly ascending a new environ, curiosity abounds. A dry fly beckons that curiosity
