Matt Sigmeund, Gardner Floor Covering co-owner and spey casting guru and Barrett Christiansen Caddis Fly guide/employee and fly tying guru headed down to the Umpqua yesterday. Despite some big snow flakes and overall cold conditions the two anglers had some good fishing. Matt was tossing his Winston 13′3″ # 7 spey rod with a sink tip and […]
Entries from July 2008
Wild Steelhead on the move and on the Grab
March 28th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: North Umpqua River Fishing Reports
Soulfish: Adventure angling video review
March 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Earlier this year, Mikey Wier and his crew launched Soulfish, a new angling adventure video. You may have seen Mike in the Angling Exploration Group’s Trout Bum Diaries Patagonia video from a few years ago. If you’ve seen that, you know he can fish — and he does it again here: fighting Mongolian taimen […]
Tags: Fishing Porn
Cold nasty weather keeps March Browns at bay
March 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Wet, blowing and bone chilling weather on the Mckenzie today. We toughed it out much of the day, and caught fish on swung wet flies and nymphs. Overall fishing was a bit tough. The past few days the March Browns have been hatching consistently around 1:30pm. Today there were none to be found in the […]
Tags: McKenzie River
Fly Tying: Beadhead March Brown Nymph
March 25th, 2008 · No Comments
This is a version of a March Brown nymph that I have used with some success for a few years now. One of the reasons that I like this fly is that in addition to being a fair imitation of a March Brown it just looks buggy and can pass for any number of smallish mayfly nymphs that […]
Tags: Fly Tying
Trout fishing in Eastern Oregon, a nice spring break jaunt
March 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Reports from rivers on the east side are encouraging. We recieved an email from Brian O’keefe this morning with some photos of nice browns from the Owyhee. Midges, Blue Winged Olives, Chironomids and Scuds seem to be the ticket for the Owyhee and Crooked Rivers. The Metolius is producing some nice bull trout (see photo) and anglers willing […]
Tags: Central Oregon Fishing Report
March Brown Hatch goes off despite high water
March 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments
This past Friday we led a large group of young fly anglers on an outing down the Mckenzie River. When we put all eight boats in the water a Deerhorn boat ramp the water level read 6300 cubic feet per second at Walterville and almost 10,000cfs at Hayden Bridge.
Hopes were not high. We knew the river […]
Tags: McKenzie River
Heavy Nymphs remain most effective on the Middle Fork
March 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Moab Stones, Mega Princes and Kaufman Stones fished deep coupled with a Possie Bugger, Pheasant Tail or March Brown Nymph under a strike indicator remain productive. The water is a bit high and wading opportunities are not as easy as when the water was at 400cfs running out of Hills Creek Resevoir. However Middle Fork fish are […]
Tags: Middle Fork Willamette below Hills Creek
Steelhead numbers excellent on the North Umpqua
March 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Winter steelhead continue to head upstream in a high and cold North Umpqua. While this is prime time for the fly fishing only section of the river, high water has made things tough. As I write this the river has come down a bit. At Glide the reading is under 4000 cubic feet per second. […]
Tags: North Umpqua River Fishing Reports
Green McKenzie Caddis Wet — Fly tying video
March 21st, 2008 · No Comments
In this video, Chris ties the Green McKenzie Caddis wet fly, a good pupa pattern to fish this spring. This is a great fly to fish in the surface film or swung near the surface. This is a pretty simple pattern, tied sparse. If you’re looking for a great article on the Green McKenzie Caddis […]
Tags: Fly Tying
Fly tying video: March Brown Parachute
March 20th, 2008 · No Comments
This fly tying video demonstrates how to tie a high-visibility March Brown parachute fly — that fluorescent wing post is good for rainy days. A parachute pattern sits lower in the water than other dry flies and it makes an excellent wing silhouette. March browns have been coming off on the lower McKenzie River and […]
Tags: Fly Tying
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