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Welcome to Nestucca River
Outfitters (NRO), The Original Nestucca Valley Sporting
Goods!
We are open from 5:30
A.M. until 5 P.M. ( winter 6:00AM to 5:00 PM )
seven days a week and we are located 20 minutes South of
Tillamook at the junction of Hwy.101 and Hwy. 22
in the town of Hebo, Oregon. Our location is
central to all of the local bays and coastal rivers in
Tillamook County and the surrounding area which includes
Tillamook Bay, Nestucca bay, Nestucca River, Little
Nestucca River , Trask, Kilchis, Siletz, Wilson,
Miami and Tillamook rivers where some of Oregon's
finest Chinook (King) salmon and steelhead fishing takes
place. We offer guided drift boat fishing trips
utilizing fly fishing or bait and tackle techniques on
all our local rivers daily with the top guides in the
area. We are able to accommodate large groups of 8
or more anglers with advance notice. We also offer
guided half day Crabbing or sight seeing trips. There
are a number of lakes in the area that are stocked
with trout year round that make for fun fishing for kids
and adults alike.
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FISHING REPORT |
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Thank You to all who have and are currently serving our
country. We appreciate your sacrifice.
      
      
  
 
Look who played hooky from work!!
 
07/23/10 Time for some change:
With Springer season all but over in the Nestucca ,and
not many folks fishing for summer steelhead, the need to
open at 5:00 AM has run it's coarse. Starting July 26th
we will be opening at 6:00 AM, instead of 5:00 AM. All
this last week we saw our first customers after 6:00 AM.
We will continue to open at 5:00 am on weekends for a
while longer. We will also be closed from August 2nd
through August 5th for some much needed time off.
We will reopen August 6th,7th and 8th (week end) and
closed again August 9th,through the 12th. We hope this
doesn't inconvenience anyone but Laurie and I are burned
out after this crazy Springer season and are in need of
some time off!
07/20/10 I have to admire some people:
There's a fellow that comes in about twice a week
with his fishing buddy ,always has a great attitude and
always has a nice smile and a kind word. These two chide
each other mercilessly and really seem to have a great
time. The remarkable part is that one of the gentlemen
had a serious accident some time ago. He has severe back
injuries , wears a neck brace and walks with a cane. His
buddy has told me privately that he is in a lot of pain.
Yet through it all he comes here to partake of the
fishing opportunities and have a good time with his
buddy. Remarkable !
Then there is another fellow named Mike . Mike loves to fish but has a
serious ankle problem and it really is painful just to
watch him struggle to walk. Yet Mike comes here all
winter and spring because he loves to fish and pilots
his boat down the Nestucca with no complaints. He
recently told me that he is scheduled for a complete
ankle replacement . I didn't know they could do that,
but for Mike I hope it's a success.
You know when I think about it I see lots of people with different
disabilities, the astonishing thing is that these folks,
as a group, seem to complain less than most and truly
appreciate what opportunities they do get. I wish more
folks could look at life that way and especially
contemplate how blessed we all are just to be here and
experience this thing called life.
It's been vey slow this week
as far as the numbers of folks fishing. We have been
averaging 2-4 shuttles a day. Yesterday everyone went
high, looking for summer steelhead. 6th bridge to 1st
bridge seemed to be where most were fishing. Although
there have been a few bank fish caught that high, most
of the summers I have seen have come from between 1st
bridge and Three Rivers. I made a float last week
(probably the last from a drift boat) and witnessed lots
of summers on the move. It's time to move to the
pontoon boat. My hook ups came with light gear and
fished in the white water and the deeper holes. I didn't
have any luck in the tail outs. the water is getting low
and is very clear and you really have to think
differently in these conditions. Any water you can see
in will not be productive. Summers ,when not moving are
going to hold in water deep enough to provide cover or
they will be up under white water for the same reasons.
It's pretty amazing but there are still Springer's in the lower river and
many are still just in fish. Sunday evening Springer's
were rolling in tide water, these have to be salmon that
are still coming in.
07/16/10 Boy everybody was grouchy yesterday!
It started early on when a fellow came in for bait
headed for Three Rivers. He wasn't happy when I informed
him Three Rivers was closed. He decided to sell me
back the bait and let me in on a long winded rant about
how ODFW should keep Three Rivers open. I told him the
Nestucca was open and producing fish but I'm thinking
that actually angling for them instead of sight fishing
and flossing was more than he wanted to deal with. Then
there were the two fisherman who went to Farmers to do a
drift and decided to cancel, according to them the river
was too low. SHHHH! don't tell anyone but I made that
drift two days ago, it was choked with summer steelhead.
Yes I had to pull the boat over one spot but it was
worth it. Yesterday afternoon another two anglers came
in , not happy, they came to target Summer Steelhead
and all they could manage to catch were Spring Chinook
and Jacks, lots of Jacks!!. Dude you guys need to learn
how to pick your battles, most would love to still be
catching Springer's. Then there was the fellow who came
in with his family to buy Shell fish Licenses. He had
tried to get out on the ocean earlier in the day but it
was too windy, now he was relegated to clamming with his
family and not really thrilled about it. Really does he
know how lucky he is. I offered to take his family
clamming if he would watch the store. No takers, No
surprise. Even the old guy at Tillamook boot repair was
a grouch yesterday. I went in with my claim ticket in
hand to pick up a pair of shoes my wife had left." What
were these he said", "shoes said I ". "What kind of
shoes were they". "I don't know they were my
wife's shoes" . "How do you expect me to find them in
all this as he pointed to a shelf with about fifteen
pairs of shoes". "Gee I don't know ,maybe with the
number on the claim ticket?". "You expect me to look at
every pair of shoes to find the claim number he said."
"Well..... yes said I isn't that the purpose of the
claim number ?", (other wise why bother to give them.)
He actually made me call my wife for a description of
the shoes. While I was dialing he managed amble up out
of his chair and OHHH OHHH OHHH, he managed to find them
,right in front of him, and with lightening speed too,
as I hadn't even finished dialing the phone number. Wow
was that so hard.
Things are pretty slow now that Three Rivers has closed, but
I gotta tell ya, there are still fresh in Springer's
hanging around in the Nestucca and the Summer Steelhead
are coming in in large schools and spreading out
fairly quickly. Summers have been reported as far up as
Moon Creek this week.
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