Mia Sheppard

01/19/2026

Get after it !

10/16/2025

So proud of Tegans dedication to Theatre and the arts. An evening in Athens was the first play she acted in in 9th grade and its the final play of her senior year. Come support the South Wasco School Theatre Program and buy a ticket one of the 4 showings in November.

08/07/2024

Need a few tips for your next multi-day camp trip on the river? Check out this interview with Flylords in this "Tools of the Trade Series" https://flylordsmag.com/tools-of-the-trade-overnight-float-trips/

OnWater Fish
Grundéns

In this latest installment of Tools of the Trade, Marty and Mia Sheppard share the tools need for a successful overnight fishing trip.

08/03/2024

I have opening in August for lessons or day trips on the Deschutes August 15,16, 23 or 25th. Message me or email [email protected]

Spey Casting Classes Spey casting is an effective and fun way to fish for steelhead, salmon and trout; even in the saltwater too for certain species. Spey casting is a style of casting was developed in Scotland in the mid 1800's on the river Spey. The river Spey's high w**d laden banks made traditio...

06/05/2024

Trout has been fun, next up, small mouth bass 🙌

02/07/2024

Dates are set for this unique, fun adventure on the John Day River. Join us! https://fly-fishing-guide-oregon.com/rivers/john-day-river/john-day-river-sup-yoga-fish/

Little Creek Outfitters Amie DiGennaro

If you have a passion for yoga, sustainable food, and the outdoors, this is the trip for you! Relax, unplug and find your balance paddling and practicing yoga on Oregon’s desert river paradise. Be surrounded by sun-drenched canyons lined with basalt rock faces and sagebrush-dotted hillsides on one...

12/09/2023

03/04/2022

A year ago we were living in a yurt, in the first stages of building a house and planning a trip to float 225 miles of the Colorado River with 13 other river lovers. Needless to say, it was the most epic trip I’ve ever been on. To celebrate the river and wildly fun people, I’ll be posting more photos this month of the Grand Canyon.

03/03/2022

Someone recently pointed out that I miss spoke on the podcast and how I explained a 2 salt steelhead was incorrect . So much going on in my brain these days. I want to correct what I said and say , a 2 salt steelhead spends 2 years in the ocean before migrating back to their home river. I’m far from perfect and f**k up sometimes.

The biology of steelhead is important but there are so many more critical issues right now to worry about. There is a stark division in the fly-fishing steelhead community and I hope we can find commonality in that, we all love these wild steelhead and we want to see thriving populations. Knocking each other down isn’t going to accomplish anything.

Also, recreational anglers should be the least concern as a limiting factor for steelhead survival . I would like to see NGO’s and biologists start putting more effort into water quality issues and holding DEQ accountable for not meeting minimum flows for fish or recreation such as on the John Day or put more dollars into researching ocean conditions.

The only thing that’s perfect is how amazing these wild steelhead are.