PRODUCTS Our quiver is full of the best products from the very best companies in the buisness. We produly offer a large selection of products from Sage, Simms, Ross Reels, GLoomis, Scientific Anglers, Rio, Fishpond, Outcast, and many more!!
WELCOME
Your heart leaps as you watch a large native Steelhead snatch your skating dry fly on the Grande Ronde River. Kids laugh with excitement as they land their first Rainbow on the Wallowa. You realize you just missed a nice strike at your fly because you were too busy taking in the rugged beauty of the Imnaha canyon . These are just a sample of the experiences you can have in the territory the Nez Perce called “Land of Winding Water.”
Welcome to the Joseph Fly Shoppe located in the beautiful Wallowa Valley. We are a full service destination shop which specializes in a large selection of high performance fly equipment, unbeatable customer service, and absolute dedication to the graceful art of fly angling! Let us help make your Eastern Oregon fishing experience a memorable one!
We believe that customer service is our most important product and look forward to helping you with your next fly fishing adventure! For more information about fishing, Joseph, and the beautiful Wallowa Valley explore the links below:
Guided Fishing: In 2008 we sold our guide buisness to Winding Waters River Expeditions. This comprehensive guide service offers a wide range of whitewater and fishing trips on some of the areas most fantastic rivers including the Grand Ronde, Wallowa, Salmon, and Snake rivers. Please explore the Winding Waters River Expeditions web site and see the PHOTO GALLERY at: www.windingwatersrafting.com and give them a call at 877-426-7238 / 541-432-0747.
Shuttle Service/ Rentals: For information on river shuttles for the Grande Ronde ($90) or Wallowa ($35) rivers, as well as rafting equipment rentals call the MINAM STORE at 541-437-1111
AREA RAFTING, RIVER AND FISHING REPORTS: Grant Riche is one of the areas premier outdoorsmen. Check out his web site www.fishingandhiking.comfor great articles on area rivers (floating Minam to Troy 101, etc.).
Check this out.The Nez Perce Tribal Fisheries is monitoring hatchery steelhead passage on the Imnaha using in-stream counters that read “PIT” tags placed in a percentage of the fish.This information is available on line at the site linked below.The problem is, the information is difficult for layman to decipher.Tribal Fisheries representatives have assured me that “as soon as they have time” they will try to sort, interpret and post this info in a form that will allow fishers to better monitor current Imnaha steelhead numbers - on any given date (ie:are there enough fish in the river to justify my driving over?).Summary reports at year end will also quantify the number and success of the hatchery run. http://www.ptoccentral.org/dbaccess/InStrmDtctn/InStrmDtctn_query.html
FISHING SUMMARY
6/19 Hard rains the last couple of days have put the rivers back on the rise and may blow them out for a few days.
6/15 Area streams are back to 50% of avg flows for this time of year - and all fishable. We still have a 95% of avg snow pack in the high Wallowa Mts so this is shaping up for a great summer of fishing. A good example is the stone fly hatch that just hit the Wallowa River in the "Canyon". Are you kidding me - nice water levels and a stone fly hatch. What are you doing sitting there reading this report?
6/10 - Area streams have been on the rise for a week due to continued hot weather and snow melt. However, the last two days they seem to have leveled at, or near, medium stream flow for this time of year. That means they are pretty high to fish. If they start trending down they should clear and good fishing should resume. The hot weather has brought out a lot of bugs.
6/6 - hot weather - streams on the rise - may blow-out (?)
6/4/13 - Area streams remain at 50% of normal flows - which means they are fishable earlier than normal. This week the weather has turned hot, but the low snow must have already melted - stream flows have remained low. We will see. The warm weather should bring more hatches and some surface action. Wallowa Lake and Kinney lk have been fishing well for stoked trout, but Kokanee fishing at the lake has been slow.
5/26/13 - Hello fly fishing world. Wallowa County streams opened yesterday - and yes the Joseph Fly Shoppe is still in business (just reopened after our winter travels including some great last minute fishing in Montana).
Area streams are all running at 50% of normal flows - which is a little scary but....
The good news. The Wallowa River fished great opening day. The "Canyon" upstream from Minam had about 20 fishers yesterday - a lot for that 8 mile section. One group of three landed about twenty five (up to 18") swinging and dead drifting woolly buggers in structured water within 8' of the bank. This may be one of those rare years where snow melt does not blow-out the river i June.
Wallowa Lake aand Kinney Lake are heavily stocked and also fishing well.
