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Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Apr 5

My New Year's resolution was to not buy another fly rod. I've bought 3 since. N+1 is perfectly funny!

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Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Mar 17

Couple of Winter Steelhead.

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Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Mar 8

Steelhead fishing back in the day on the Alsea River. Guessing these pictures date to the 1920-30's.

Credit: Oregon Historical Society

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Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Jan 18

Winter steelhead fly fishing in Oregon. Always an adventure.

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Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Jan 17

Fall highlight (a few years back). My fish handling in this photo back then is to be avoided with what we know today. An example of how to never handle a fish. Keep them wet (always).

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Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Jan 16

26" red side on 3 wt trout spey.

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Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Jan 15

Trout spey in the PNW and AK can be epic. Just another method that works for soft hackles, swimming streamers and tumbling flesh flies. I really enjoy swinging for trout. Good luck!

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Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Jan 6

Hi Nabil. I'd like for you to stop including my Bluesky account (
@mboydpdx.bsky.social
) in your posts. While I support human rights and non-violence in this and all causes, I do not think you have the right person (my account) that aligns to your specific message. Good luck. Thanks.

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Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Dec 17

Pre-European salmon runs in the Columbia basin were est. ~16 million. This year we saw 1.6 million salmon... A 'good' year. Salmon are getting smaller w/ adverse ocean conditions. I don't think people know how much beauty in this place we have lost.

Photo Credit: Oregon Historical Society

Commercial Columbia Chinook harvest 1925.

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Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Dec 12

Fall steelhead skating.

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Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Dec 9

Going fishing on the Chetco River in Oregon in 1937.

Credit: Oregon Historical Society

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Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Dec 8

Respect.

Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Dec 8

Another fall highlight.

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Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Dec 8

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Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Dec 5

My favorite function for the legacy Bird site was getting information during breaking news. During the Earthquake/Tsunami today I see we have a ways to go here. I'm sure it'll will be addressed in time.

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Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Nov 27

In Oregon it's time to start winter steelheading! Will be the main event for the next 6 months. You can reduce wild stealhead mortality to 3-5% by fishing w/ barbless flies, limit handling and keeping them wet (always).

Releasing an Oregon wild winter stealhead.

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Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Nov 27

Steelhead Science | In the Bucket Podcast w/ some of my favorite people.

youtu.be/AE4PRnBfYU4?...

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

In the Bucket #11 | Steelhead Science: Insights from Fisheries Biologists with Bob Hooton, Brian Morrison, and John McMillan

Podcast Episode · Wet Fly Swing Fly Fishing Podcast · 11/27/2024 · 2h 1m

podcasts.apple.com

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Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Nov 26

Salmon fishing on Oswego Creek in 1905... Now the Portland suburb Lake Oswego.

Salmon fishermen on Oswego Creek in 1905.

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Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Nov 22

My dad always took my brother and I fishing. It was awesome. I was so exited I could barely sleep the night before. That's him cleaning a fish behinds us. Me returning the favor 40 years later.

Steelhead fishing in Oregon with my dad and brother 40 years ago. That's him behind us.

Sharing a fly caught coho moment w/ my dad.

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Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Nov 20

Just a beautiful boat...

Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Nov 20

Launching a dory on the beach at the Oregon Coast. Headed out with friend Rob and family.

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Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Nov 19

Launching a wood skiff from the rim at Crater Lake in 1903. Seems hard.

"To promote the new park he had worked for years to help create, Will G. Steel led this first large excursion of twenty-seven members on a camping and exploring trip to the lake."

Credit: Oregon Historical Society

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Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Nov 19

It's always a great time to learn to fly fish! Keep at it. There's so much to learn from the history, fly patterns, technique, meditation on the river & connection to healthy ecosystems. Nicely done! I'm still learning too.

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Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Nov 19

I ❤️ wood boats.

Me in my happy place at the Oregon Coast.

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Matthew Boyd @mboydpdx.bsky.social · Nov 17

A fall highlight... Watching my son land this 34" hatchery steelhead on a Scandi swung fly. Just a few weeks ago in Oregon.

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