Bill Monroe, Author at The Guide's Forecast

Where eagles dare

Posted on September 21, 2023September 21, 2023 by Bill Monroe

I fished with my dad once in Campbell River, B.C. (home waters for Roderick Haig-Brown). We caught some salmon, I did a story about ugly Americans who fished their provincial season limits, then canned the…

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Catch hometown coho, from bank or boat

Posted on September 14, 2023September 14, 2023 by Bill Monroe

A reader asked about local coho fishing, since the COHO RUN IS HERE FOLKS! As in RIGHT HERE in our backyards. And…wait for it…They’re still piling in past buoy 10, heading our way and beyond…

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Chinook and coho are coming by Bill Monroe

Posted on August 31, 2023August 31, 2023 by Bill Monroe

Drum roll please. (10 seconds of continuous snare drums, followed by a resounding BOOM! on the big bass drum) …It’s showtime…BRING IT! State and federal biologists opened the Pacific Ocean to the retention of clipped…

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Catch and release: Fun for us, but?

Posted on August 10, 2023August 10, 2023 by Bill Monroe

Not everything is wild and crazy on the internet. And, for anglers, some of it is downright thought-provoking – or should be. Consider this condensed version of a sincere statement posted recently on social media:…

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Golf club, fly rod, shotgun…All lead to success

Posted on July 27, 2023July 27, 2023 by Bill Monroe

By Bill Monroe Shame on the Brits – or some of them anyway. I don’t remember anyone ever booing and jeering a PGA golf professional leading a tournament on the last day as he was announced…

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Will social media be the sunset of reason? Climate denial vs. Chinook?

Posted on July 13, 2023July 13, 2023 by Bill Monroe

By Bill Monroe An old newsroom saw suggested a reporter’s/journalist’s value was measured by their value to readers and whether they angered enough of them by telling the truth. A 50-50 split among reactions marked…

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The Razor’s Edge ala Oregon

Posted on June 29, 2023July 1, 2023 by Bill Monroe

Shave some while you can! Posted on June 29, 2023 by Bill Monroe By Bill Monroe Like many/most of you, I’ve always thought Washington’s razor clams were larger because they carefully restrict their seasons and, further, that the razors…

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Return to Tillamook, et al!

Posted on June 15, 2023June 16, 2023 by Bill Monroe

By Bill Monroe Clouds will lift soon from the most-complicated summer and fall salmon-fishing seasons in recentmemory (including this one, spanning more than five decades). …And there’s some better news as the Oregon Department of…

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Chickens? Chinook? Eggs?

Posted on June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 by Bill Monroe

By Bill Monroe So did the chicken come first? Or the egg? Well, here’s what it comes down to: Eggs have making new critters for billions of years. Chickens? Just thousands. So the egg/chicken conundrum…

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Spring springs eternal on the River

Posted on May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 by Bill Monroe

By Bill Monroe The sun is rising again on the Columbia River spring Chinook season! After holding their breath for a few weeks’ worth of disappointing numbers at Bonneville Dam, managers on Wednesday afternoon reopened…

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Gotta Go? Gotta Have!

Posted on May 11, 2023May 11, 2023 by Bill Monroe

By Bill Monroe Perhaps “a better mousetrap” isn’t exactly a painless visual image for a men’s urinal on a fishing boat. But it does fit the “El-Piscatory,” billed as “the ultimate pee jug” by its…

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If it smells, it tells

Posted on April 20, 2023April 22, 2023 by Bill Monroe

By Bill Monroe DOG GONE IT! Just lost my WD 40… OK, ok…Back up a bit… I was in a boat the other day with Brent Lackey and his dog, Sage. Brent said he knew…

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