Grande Ronde Steelhead Outing

Hosts: Bill Wagstaff and Brad Collins

Sign-In: Guests are required to sign waiver on site. 

How to get there:  

Drive south to Asotin, WA. Go south from the traffic light in Asotin (right turn) 31.6 miles on Highway 129. Cross the bridge over the Grande Ronde and immediately turn right at the Boggans WDFW Access Area. You must have either a Discovery Pass or a WDFW Vehicle Access Pass. We will be camping at the Boggans Access site. As this is the peak of the steelhead season on this section of the Grande Ronde, it could be crowded.
Additional camping sites are located upstream on Grand Ronde road (the road on the north side of the river). Benzona Access; 1 mile upstream has camping and a restroom. Cougar Creek Access; 4.9 miles upstream, has camping, a restroom and a boat launch. Temperatures could approach freezing at night. Pack warm clothes.

Equipment and Flies:

7-9 wt single handed rods with a good reel and/or spey rods with 10+ lb tippet. Swinging flies and nymphing will likely both be excellent. For flies, bead-head wooly buggers, pats rubber legs, large bead-head prince nymph, bead-head stone fly nymphs and standard steelhead flies. If you don’t have steelhead flies North 40 or Silver Bow can set you up. Steelhead fishing usually requires a lot of casts to find a cooperative fish!!

It is possible to float the Grande Ronde in a pontoon boat, however, this would be arranged on your own. There are various sites to put in upstream and float back to Boggans. Boggans Oasis also offers shuttle service https://www.boggans-oasis.com/shuttles.

Shared Meal:

The host will be talking to the owners of Boggans Oasis about setting up a taco bar for the club Saturday Oct 25th evening.

I assume that people will arrive Friday afternoon/evening or Saturday morning.  Sunset is around 5:30 on Saturday so the taco bar would start at 6:30 or so. $21 per person for all you can eat plus a drink. They would need to know a head count by early that week.  It would be a great way to make some contacts with experts and support a local business. Once we have signups complete, the host will contact them individually about that and possibly setting up a shuttle for people that want to float.

ADVANCED SIGN-UP REQUIRED:
Sign-up is online. Make sure you have signed the online Waiver-Release Form.