| ARCHIE CREEK |
Consisting of upper Archie creek and lower Archie creek this is one of the most popular stretches of the river. Upper Archie has a classic Umpqua glassy tailout. Lower Archie is more challenging, before the bank side alders grew up people tested their skills from "the rock" from which it is a 103 foot cast to the spine in the tail in front of which the fish suspend in the water column. |
| BEND POOL |
This pool is located on a large sweeping bend in the river. It is very long with a nice channel in the tailout and a sandy beach. |
| BOAT |
The boat hole got its name back when Clarence Gordon operated the the "North Umpqua Lodge" on the south side of the river. He would boat his guests across the river here. |
| BOGUS |
Named for Bogus creek this is a rafting put in site and fish holder that is located across the highway from Bogus campground. |
| BURNHAM |
Named after the late Fred Burnham who was one of the early Umpqa masters. He showed Zane Grey how to fish the Umpqua. This pool consists of an upper and a lower. Lower Burnham requires a treacherous wade to reach the preferred casting spot and has been the site of many epic swims. |
| CAMP WATER |
The camp water is the most revered stretch of steelhead water in the United States. Each pool has seen thousands of the world's most determined anglers give their best over the years. Click here to find some Umpqua history associated with each pool. |
| COLEMAN |
Here there is a large rock island that is a chest deep wade, or a swim in higher flow, from which you can cast to a glassy tail out that is split in half by a large rock structure. |
| COUGAR CREEK |
 This pool gets its name from the creek that enters from the "river left" bank. |
| DISCOVERY |
Discovery consists of an upper and lower. It is riffly and requires a roll cast from under the alders |
| FIGHTING HOLE |
The fighting hole is a small bucket below the tailout of the kitchen. It got its name from the propensity of fish hooked in the kitchen to run into the fighting hole. The scrambling wade between the kitchen and the fighting is a notorious soaker. |
| FISHER CREEK |
This pool is at the mouth of Fisher Creek which is the site of Zane Grey's camp. There is a sign and a foot bridge on the trail side of the river. |
| GLORY HOLE |
Glory is the pool at the bottom of the Mott just above the falls. If your fish leaves the Glory hole you'd best be a strong swimmer. |
| HAYDEN'S RUN |
This pool is named after Umpqua legend and charter Steamboater, the late Colonel Hayden. |
| JEANIE'S POOL |
 This pool is located just downstream from the Steamboat Inn and is named after Jeanie Moore, who along with her husband Frank, built and ran the Inn for many years. Jeanie is an avid botanist and has worked to identify and preserve many rare plant species in the Umpqua drainage. |
| KITCHEN |
The Kitchen also got its name back when Clarence Gordon operated the the "North Umpqua Lodge" on the south side of the river. This pool was right outside his kitchen. |
| KNOUSE POOL |
This pool is named after the late Stan Knouse who fished the North Umpqua for many years. If you look carefully, you will find a plaque here mounted on a streamside rock in his memory. Stan was an exceptional fly tyer and you can see some of his work on the wall in the Steamboat Inn. |
| LEANING TREE |
Named for the tree that used to lean into the pool, this pool is a good spot to practice your roll casting. |
| LEDGES |
 This pool gets its name from its epic structure. It has a unique spine that runs up the middle of its lower section. |
| LOG POOL |
The Log Pool was named for a huge log that used to reside on the bank here. This pool can put your chest waders to the test! |
| LORI'S RUN |
This pool is riffly and the fish, after being hooked, usually leave the pool running downstream. There are some exposed rocks around which they will likely wrap your fly line. The usual result is an emergency trip to the Blue Heron flyshop to get a new fly line. |
| MAPLE RIDGE |
 This pool is located right at the Steamboat Inn and is named for the ridge on which the Inn is built. |
| McDONALD |
This pool gets its name from the McDonald homstead site that can be reached via a 3-mile hike up McDonald trail. This pool tests your roll-casting and fish-spotting skills. |
MILLIONAIRE'S
(SOMETIMES CALLED 'MY POOL') |
It is unclear where this pool got its name. It's a swirly affair that tends to hold fish only in low water |
| MOTT RUN |
Mott run, or "the Mott" as it is affectionately known, consists of upper, middle and lower Mott. It's a channel cut through the basalt. |
| OKIE POOL |
Named for a long-time visitor to the Steamboat Inn. This is an innocuous-looking slow stretch of the river. |
| POT HOLE |
This pool is sometimes, mistakenly, called Pot of Gold. When you see it you will know it got its name. It is not much more than a pothole, but has produced some of the most heart-stopping dry-fly takes on the river. |
| PULPIT |
This pool has some very interesting rock formations along the bank. One of the basalt formations rises and appears as a stone pulpit. |
| RATTLESNAKE |
This pools has a classic, glassy tail-out and smooth currents, where you can get a perfect drift through the bucket. |
| REEF |
Here a ledge stretches nearly across the river, resembling in shape an oceanic reef. |
| SAWTOOTH |
This pool gets its name from the jagged ledge structures that line both sides of the pool. It is the pool that you see as you look downstream from the Mott Bridge. |
| SPLIT ROCK |
Named for the large split in the basalt formation in the center of the pool, it is a deep pool but the fish will come all the way to the surface! |
| THE STATION |
This pool is named for the long-ago-demolished ranger station, which was situated such that this pool was right out its back door. |
STEAMBOAT TO
WRIGHT CREEK |
A list of pools as you travel downriver (from left to right on your monitor). |
| SURVEYOR |
This pool got its name from a surveying crew that camped on the beach here while the highway was being built. It is the pool that you see as you look upstream from the Mott Bridge. |
| SWEETHEART |
This Pool is named after someone's sweetheart. |
| TAKAHATCHY |
This pool is named after Zane Grey's camp cook, who travelled with him for many years. Takahatchy cleared the streamside brush from the pool and reportedly was the first of their group to hook a fish here. There is an upper and lower, separated by a significant rapid. Unfortunately, upper Takahatchy has changed significantly over the years and is not as productive as it used to be. Many still fish it as a matter of habit, courtesy and good memories. |
| TEN PULL |
Named for where the fish hold in the winter: a shooting head and ten pulls out. |
| TREE POOL |
This pool got its name from a long-gone streamside tree that was very distinctive. Long-time Umpqua fisherman, the late Don Zupan, hooked his last Umpqua steelhead here. It jumped 11 times and was witnessed! |
| UPPER BOAT |
This is the uppermost part of the Boat hole. |
| WILLIAM'S CREEK |
This pool is at the mouth of William's creek and consists of an upper and a lower. |
| WRIGHT CREEK |
Named for Wright creek, which comes in from "river left." This is a shallow tail-out that is best covered by a well-executed "switch" cast. |
