You don’t have to pay your dues in a given year if:

1. You fish any of the following 23 Catching Scenarios and you don’t do as well as we specify below. Members see "Game plan" of each catching scenario for detailed info on each guarantee.
2. And you believe you’ve largely followed our 10 "Catching Rules" that day, which include first getting 4 trips under your belt there.

1st Guarantee: Limits on Coho

Catch limits on fresh Coho, for everybody in your boat
OR
hook 30+ fresh coho per weekend doing Catching Scenario ID#325 (Tatoosh Island Coho) our way. Your boat will likely hook over a hundred Coho per weekend in total, but no guarantee of that.

2nd Guarantee: Hook a 5 to 10+ Foot-Long Fish

Someone in the boat will hook into a 5 to 10+ foot-long sturgeon, or the biggest fish of their life, doing Catching Scenario ID#45 our way.

3rd Guarantee: "No Skunk Guarantee"

Virtually not getting skunked for a whole year - when you only fish from the following 64 "easiest to catch a fish" scenarios in the NW. Catch fish 90-100% of the time on these select scenarios, once you have 4 trips under your belt to learn our system there, and you follow our written system. Dale’s boat hasn’t been skunked in years.

Catching Scenario ID#: 26, 38, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 54, 61, 75, 80, 83, 99, 111, 144, 164, 167, 168, 173, 174, 181, 184, 188, 201, 202, 209, 210, 220, 230, 246, 247, 248, 249, 256, 274, 275, 284, 295, 296, 301, 302, 317, 324, 325, 326, 327, 330, 337, 338, 345, 348, 355, 356, 360, 361, 367, 368, 369, 380, 381, 383, 385, 386.

4th Guarantee: Catch Your Limit on Rainbow Trout

For at least 1 person in your boat, doing Catching Scenario ID#188, our way. Your boat will likely hook dozens and dozens of trout per weekend in total, but no guarantee of that.

5th Guarantee: Catch Your Limit on Rainbow Trout

For at least 1 person in your boat, doing Catching Scenario ID#99 our way (technique featured in article about Dale’s guaranteed limits on trout as seen in Salmon Trout Steelheader magazine, April 2005 issue). Your boat will likely hook dozens and dozens of trout over a hundred per weekend in total, but no guarantee of that.

6th Guarantee: Hook a 5+ pound Fish

When you fish from the following 10 scenarios, our way:
Catching Scenario ID#: 35, 45, 144, 256, 258, 284, 296, 325, 360, 367.

7th Guarantee: Hook a Rainbow Trout at least 18" Long

Fly-fishing, with likely no one else on the lake except your party, doing Catching Scenario ID#330 or #331 our way. You’ll likely hook rainbows of 5 pounds to maybe even 8 pounds, but no guarantee of that.

8th Guarantee: Hook a Rainbow Trout at least 18" Long

Fly-fishing, with likely no one else on the lake except your party, doing Catching Scenario ID#209 or #210 our way. You’ll likely hook rainbows of 5 pounds, to maybe even 8 pounds, but no guarantee of that.

9th Guarantee: Catch King Salmon

Catching Scenario ID#380 or #381 our way.

10th Guarantee: Catch King Salmon

Catching Scenario ID#317 our way.

11th Guarantee: Catch Coho Salmon

Catching Scenario ID#164 our way.

12th Guarantee: Hook 20+ Chrome Salmon per boat per weekend

Hook 20+ chrome Pinks/Coho salmon per boat per weekend, in the saltwater, doing Catching Scenario ID#367 our way. Your boat will likely hook into around 100/weekend, in total, but no guarantee of that.

13th Guarantee: 20+ Chrome Salmon per boat per weekend

Hook 20+ chrome Pinks/Coho salmon per boat per weekend, in the saltwater, doing Catching Scenario ID#256 our way. Your boat will likely hook into around 100/weekend, in total, but no guarantee of that.

14th Guarantee: Hook 25+ Pink Salmon per weekend

Hook 25+ Pink Salmon per weekend for your boat, doing Catching Scenario ID#144 our way. You’ll likely hook a fish every 2nd cast, but no guarantee of that.

15th Guarantee: Hook 30+ Rainbow Trout/weekend

Hook 30+ rainbow trout/weekend for your boat, doing Catching Scenario ID#38, or #39, or #40 or #41 our way. We often hook well over 100/weekend in total.

16th Guarantee: Hook 70+ Smallmouth Bass/weekend

Hook 70+ smallmouth bass/weekend for your boat. Fishing the Umpqua River with one of these fishing guides (Catching Scenario ID#301) our way. The boat will likely hook 200-300+ per weekend (amazing), but no guarantee of that.

17th Guarantee: Hook 45+ Smallmouth Bass/weekend

Hook 45+ smallmouth bass/weekend for your boat. Fishing John Day River with one of these fishing guides (Catching Scenario ID#174) our way. The boat will likely hook 150-300+ per weekend (amazing), but no guarantee of that.

18th Guarantee: Hook 30+ Smallmouth Bass/weekend

Hook 30+ smallmouth bass/weekend for your boat, with no guide. Catching Scenario ID#301 our way.

19th Guarantee: Hook 30+ Smallmouth Bass/weekend

Hook 30+ smallmouth bass/weekend for your boat, with no guide. Catching Scenario ID#174 our way.

20th Guarantee: Land at least one Steelhead

Land at least one steelhead doing Catching Scenario ID#360 our way. We hooked into 20 the last day there, but no guarantee of that.

21st Guarantee: Land at least one Steelhead

Land at least one steelhead doing Catching Scenario ID#75 our way.

22nd Guarantee: 10+ fish for a little kid, in a few hours

Tiny warm water panfish for little kids. Then maybe try for some big Triploid trout, or Largemouth Bass. Doing Catching Scenario ID#202 our way. Dale's little nephew often only has to wait 12 seconds for a strike, but no guarantee of that.

23rd Guarantee: 5+ lb Rainbow

Hook one or more 5+ pound rainbow trout every 3 days you fish it, fly-fishing, with likely no one else on the lake except your party, doing Catching Scenario ID#330 or #331 our way. You’ll likely hook rainbows of 5+ pounds most days, but no guarantee of that.

On our massive Fishing Scenarios Database. You’ll feel we have more catching scenarios (or more complete info on those scenarios) than any other public, non-profit fishing group in the NW.

Our massive Catching Scenarios Database is the most tailorable (helps you catch more, and especially tailor fishing to what you like-dislike) database of fishing scenarios in the NW.

You’ll feel our system has more species to choose from (32) than any other public, non-profit fishing group in the NW.

You’ll feel we have a larger number of (specific) "Game plans" available to you than any other public, non-profit fishing group in the NW.

You’ll feel we have the most complete "Reminder List" of any public, non-profit fishing group in the NW (Our Tailored Extra-Credit "Reminder List" helps us have the smooooothest fishing trip of almost any fishers you know).

12 months after joining you'll believe that we hook as many fish as we claim we hook, or you don’t have to pay your dues that year.

You can’t find another public, non-profit fishing group in the NW that you believe will actually help you catch more fish than the number of fish you believe the Fishing Coaches will help you catch.