Hunting and Fishing Events Calendar

Youth fishing event at Shevlin Pond: Today, 9 a.m. to noon; free; open to youths 17 and younger; ODFW staff and volunteers will be on hand to help young anglers learn how to bait a hook, cast a rod and land a fish; there will be loaner fishing poles and bait available for kids who don’t have their own equipment; contact ODFW at 541-388-6363.

Fly-Fishing Beginning on the Crooked River: Overview of equipment and terminology, fly selection and fishing techniques; fishing license required; $16 payable to instructor for flies and leader; class meets Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; cost is $175; to register call 541-383-7270 or email ceinfo@cocc.edu.

Youth Fly-Fishing Camp: June 20-22, 9 a.m. to noon; at Bend’s Shevlin Park; ages 9-13; offers children the opportunity to experience and learn fly-fishing basics; experts from the Central Oregon Fly Fishers Club will teach campers various fly casts, fishing techniques and strategies, fly-tying, safe wading and the basic bugs that fish like to eat; space is limited; $60 in-district, $81 otherwise; 541-389-7275.

Deschutes Chapter of Trout Unlimited: Meets on the first Monday of each month at the Environmental Center in Bend; meeting starts at 6:45 p.m. for members to meet and greet, and discuss what the Chapter is up to; 541-306-4509; communications@deschutestu.org; www.deschutestu.org.

The Sunriver Anglers Club: Meets on the third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Sunriver Fire Station. Contact: www.sunriveranglers.org.

The Bend chapter of the Oregon Hunters Association: Meets the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the King Buffet at the north end of the Wagner Mall, across from Robberson Ford in Bend. Contact: Bendchapter_oha@yahoo.com.

The Ochoco chapter of the Oregon Hunters Association: Meets the first Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Prineville Fire Hall, 405 N. Belknap St. Contact: 447-5029.

The Redmond chapter of the Oregon Hunters Association: Meets the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Redmond VFW Hall.

High Desert Bowling Pinshoot: Saturday, June 18, 3 p.m.; at Redmond Rod and Gun Club; handgun event for all calibers and experience levels; open to non-club members; entry fee $10 per event; pinshoot@gmail.com.

Bend Trap club: Five-stand and skeet shooting Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m; trap shooting on Thursdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; located east of Bend, at Milepost 30 off U.S. Highway 20; contact Marc Rich at 541-388-1737 or visit www.bendtrapclub.com.

Fly Fishing 101…Think Like a Deer Hunter When You Fish | Field ...

On our carp fishing adventure to Beaver Island, Michigan,  Tim and I learned a valuable lesson from guide Kevin Morlock (see the video below). It doesn’t matter if you’re a trout fisher, a carp fisher, a bass fisher, one important key to success is putting yourself at the “ambush” point.

Deer hunters understand this. Think like a deer hunter when you fish.

Understand where the fish want to be, and intersect them. One big mistake an angler (or hunter) can make is to put himself/herself right in the travel zone. As a fly guide, I cannot explain how much it frustrates me to set someone up on a run and walk down river only to return to see my sport standing exactly in the spot where the fish might normally be.

It really is best to take a step back (literally), consider where the fish want to go, and make your cast from the ambush point. More often than not, “smart” fishing trumps “aggressive” fishing.

Not just good advice but great advice. I find fishing in hip waders and not chest waders keeps me from wading too far into the river.

While flats fishing for redfish last week in Florida we simply anchored in the shallows and waited for the fish to come to us. We discovered even poling very slowly in the shallows scared most the fish. We sat quiet and still and waited, just like deerhunters, and saw more fish.

And this is what separates the fly angler that wants to advance their skills from the hardware fisherman. It is like the skills advanced by a good bow hunter, the fly angler being the bow hunter. You have to be very observant hone your senses as to what is going on, and plot your strategy to fool your quarry, as apposed to the spin fisherman that opens the bail, and flings it out there a long way. But, again, this site seems bent on lumping the methods together as if it isn't worth it to advance your skills as a fly angler.

If you want that emphasis jamesti you need to go to another site. This one is about blending in flyfishing with other types of fishing. The business model suggests few want to get good at flyfishing, and just want to dabble in it from time to time..power bait flies, use of garden worms, feature Joan Wulff as a spin fisher gal, cooking fish. F & S features it all, and wants to blend all of it in as one...wrong place to learn to be a decent fly fisher person.

Not just good advice but great advice. I find fishing in hip waders and not chest waders keeps me from wading too far into the river.

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