Casey’s Guide Service

Casey Malepsy fishes the Umpqua system out of Roseburg, and the water this listing covers is the main stem and the South Umpqua rather than the fly-only canyon upstream. He runs heated drift boats and takes two anglers at a time, which keeps the boat working rather than crowded. Spring chinook arrive in good numbers from April through June; his own page calls a limit of two an excellent day and warns that the fish take patience. The South Umpqua carries a mix of hatchery and wild winter steelhead, and the hatchery acclimation point at Canyonville is where he heads when clients want fish to take home, where a limit is often likely. Scenic drifts near the headwaters are the stretches he singles out, and rain gear is described as a must.