Fishing

Steamboat Inn is located in the middle of 31 miles of "fly-fishing only" water on the North Umpqua River. The river is famous as the home of some of the most challenging steelhead fishing in the world. The river bottom is extremely slippery, the current strong and the fish most particular! The average North Umpqua steelhead weighs eight pounds, with an occasional fifteen pounder.

You can fish the North Umpqua the year around for steelhead. Steelhead begin to arrive in the fly water in June; by July the fishing begins in earnest and continues through Thanksgiving. Winter steelheading is much more weather dependent; fishing can be good from late January through mid April. THE REGULATIONS call for barbless hook, artificial fly only and catch & release of all wild fish in the fly water.

To most fly fishermen, the ultimate challenge is the steelhead, the wary and tenacious sea-going trout. Ernie Schwiebert called it "the unmistakable royalty of the Pacific Coast." Jack Hemingway called the water just upstream from Steamboat Inn "the greatest stretch of summer steelhead water in the United States." To Zane Grey, the swift water of the North Umpqua and the incredible fish it holds were a fable come to life and a cause for celebration. Guests at Steamboat Inn walk the same banks, fish the same waters and engage for a time in the same celebration.

Local Guides

Jeff Carr - 541-913-2402

Holloway Bros Fishing - hollowaybrosfishing.com Ty Holloway 541-729-0692

Renton's River Adventures - www.gourmetflyfishing.com Dillon Renton 541-480-8067

Know before you go

Fishing regulations http://www.eregulations.com/oregon/fishing/

Get your license online here

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