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Klinkhammer Emerger March Brown

April 8th, 2008 · 4 Comments

This March Brown pattern sits half in half out. It does a great job of imitating the may fly struggling to break the surface meniscus. The Klinkhammer will fool the pickiest of trout with it’s slim, sparse profile. Best results come by fishing the Klinkhammer dead drift down stream to rising fish during a March […]

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Tags: Proven Spring Fly Patterns

Mckees Rubber Legs Tungsten brown and yellow

April 8th, 2008 · No Comments

More proven spring fly patterns:
McKees Rubber Legs Tungsten brown and yellow
We have been fishing this fly on the Middle Fork of the Willamette, Mckenzie and Deschutes for a few years now. It is an easy one to tie and imitates a golden stonefly nymph nicely. The tungsten bead helps it get down in the […]

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Fishing heats up with temperatures in Eastern Oregon by the end of the week

April 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Synopsis of the “Good, Bad and the Ugly” fishing conditions around central and eastern Oregon. 
Highlights include:
Owyhee fishing productivity has dropped off probably due to fishing pressure. Fishing still at low levels.  Scuds, Chironomids, BWO’s.
Fall River is fishing well for large finicky fish by the hatchery. Assorted small nymphs.
Many rethinking Mann Lake fishing trip due to influx of […]

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Tags: Central Oregon Fishing Report