Experience A Grande Ronde River Float Trip:
The Grande Ronde River of Oregon and Washington is
one of the most beautiful river corridors you can take a float trip
on and a great steelhead destination. The headwaters of the Grande
Ronde begin in the Elkhorn Mountains in the Whitman N. F. of Oregon
and eventually empties into the Snake River in Washington.
In 1988 I was one of four river rangers working for the Bureau of
Land management to conduct statistical analysis on all aspects of
public usage on the Grande Ronde River system. After floating the
Grande Ronde River for about 1,200 miles in a single season I became
hooked on the idea of being a river guide for raft trips and fly
fishing in Oregon and Washington. This experience along with my
partnership with a small fly fishing shop and float trip company
in LaGrande Oregon started my free flowing life towards the great
sea of the Pacific Northwest.
This Grande Ronde River float trip is three days and two nights.
Our overnight camps on the Grande Ronde River banks are well situated
for convenient early morning and late evening fly fishing for steelhead.
The meals we provide are excellent, fresh and tasty! Expect cool
nights and crisp mornings with afternoons warm and sunny along this
beautiful river. You will need to bring a good warm sleeping bag,
your personal gear and of course a camera for this raft trip!
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Grande Ronde Steelhead:
Fly fishing the Grande Ronde River and catching steelhead
on a dry fly presentation
is the ticket here on the Grande Ronde. The steelheads here hit dry
flies like "Moose Turds" and "Muddlers", and in
the heat of the day go deep and try a #4 purple egg sucker fly with
a weighted pink head.
Our float trip guides are all top notch and will provide steelhead flies,
and help when needed.
I recommend a 6wt. 12'-6" Sage spey rod for Grande Ronde steelhead
with a wind cutter 678 fly line.
This Grande Ronde River float trip is about,
6 hrs. from Seattle
5 hrs. from Portland
1 hr. from Lewiston Idaho
We stay the first night in Clarkston Washington and the float trip put-in
or starting point is an hour away, also a shuttle can be arranged at
Bogans Oasis restaurant located at the Put in bridge (Hwy 129) at the
Grande Ronde river.
Cost per guest is $900.00 (3 days - 2 nights)
(fishing license, first night lodging, dinner, and 7:00 a.m.shuttle
not included )
For more info e-mail us
Or call:
1-206-554-1730
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