Bill Monroe, Author at The Guide's Forecast

Fish Where You Least Expect Them

Posted on January 13, 2022January 13, 2022 by Bill Monroe

By Bill Monroe After too many years in purgatory, the 2021-22 winter steelhead run appears…

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Know Someone with a Wish to Fish?

Posted on January 1, 2022January 9, 2022 by Bill Monroe

By Bill Monroe In a career of writing about the outdoors, one question crossed my eardrums more than any other, including complaints about “wish it were the old days.” Pay close attention now, because your hosts on this Web site are about to lead you to that yellow brick road. Then you can pass it…

Alex Padilla, 7 of New Mexico and Nate McDougal, 12 of Portland with a pair of hatchery coho off of the mouth of the Columbia River from July 15th.

Know Someone with a Wish to Fish?

Posted on December 30, 2021January 3, 2022 by Bill Monroe

By Bill Monroe In a career of writing about the outdoors, one question crossed my…

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Bill Monroe: Forecasts Improved for 2022

Posted on December 16, 2021December 17, 2021 by Bill Monroe

Photo: 3 generations of the Toman lineage Things are looking up for salmon in 2022!…

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Bill Monroe: Where’d I Put Those Peanuts?

Posted on December 1, 2021December 4, 2021 by Bill Monroe

See the latest fishing meme on Facebook? Where the thoughtful wife tells you to take…

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Trash The Streams? By Bill Monroe

Posted on November 17, 2021November 18, 2021 by Bill Monroe

They’re baaaack! Few of you here may recall the 1980s column in which I bemoaned…

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Want to Breach a Few Dams?

Posted on November 4, 2021November 4, 2021 by Bill Monroe

Editors Note: Views expressed by this and all our writers do not necessarily align with…

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I Killed a Wild Coho

Posted on October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 by Bill Monroe

By Bill Monroe I got lucky on my birthday earlier this month. No, not like…

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The Rod of My Daydreams

Posted on October 7, 2021October 7, 2021 by Bill Monroe

Cool Change arced savagely to the water, but then simply stayed there. A wad of…

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Early Run Coho Should Move On

Posted on September 23, 2021September 23, 2021 by Bill Monroe

Tell the posse to saddle up; “Gentlemen! start your engines;” buckle your seat belts…On your…

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Buoy 10 Coho Fishing

Posted on September 7, 2021September 9, 2021 by Bill Monroe

by Bill Monroe ASTORIA – John Decker thought he was just going to another benign…

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Judge Orders Corps to Get in the Game

Posted on August 26, 2021August 26, 2021 by Bill Monroe

By Bill Monroe In an unusually stinging rebuke, a federal judge has told the U.S….

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