The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Last night I fished a short section of  the “town run” on the Willamette near Eugene. We knew the water was high but had seen the Willamette Falls fish passage counts and new there had to be a fish around. After basically giving up on one of the last tailouts of the evening I hooked […]

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On Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Caddis Fly employee/guide, Lou Verdugo and Kirk Newburgh fished Hayden Bridge to Armitage under a “mega rain day”, with success.  We used Mega Prince nymphs, Karnopp’s Riffle Diver, Hairear’s soft hackles and March Brown wet’s on the swing.  Later in the day (it did stop raining!) dry flies were working […]

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 The Caddis Fly is pleased to announce its first annual big rainbow contest.  The contest is for the largest fly caught resident rainbow trout caught while fly fishing in the Mckenzie or Middle Fork Willamette.  This competition is limited to the mainstem Mckenzie River or Middle Fork Willamette (tributaries not included).  The contest shall run […]

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The Willamette River and most tributaries will close to chinook fishing this Sunday night. Of the tributaries above Willamette Falls, only the Molalla will remain open for chinook. Below Oregon City, the Clackamas and Sandy rivers shall remain open.
The closure is deemed necessary to allow hatchery managers to harvest 20,000 chinook for future runs. At […]

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According to Barrett, this rubber-leg monster will catch bass in any water, but it is perfect for fly fishing for bass here in Oregon. This beast is weed-resistant, heavy as hell, and indestructable. Tie up a bunch of these flies and go punish those non-native largemouth and smallmouth. Barrett says they taste great this time […]

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In this new fly tying video, Barrett demonstrates how to tie the bead head pheasant tail nymph, a great mayfly nymph imitation. He also demonstrates how to prepare turkey feathers for durability, using Softex and a turkey flat feather. If you want a fly to last more than two or three fish, you’ll want to […]

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This is a quick and easy elk hair caddis pattern. You can tie it in yellow, green, tan and other colors, but yellow is a good color to have in your box in the early spring. I tie in as much wing as I can for fishing heavy water, but you can vary the amount […]

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On Saturday of this Memorial Day Holiday, Lou Verdugo, Caddis Fly employee/guide and Ken Crangle, set out for Crane Prairie for an afternoon of fishing. Using Scientific Anglers “Stillwater” 5wt lines they headed out from Rock Creek launch toward Rocky Point on a gray day.

Fly selection for the day was a […]

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Matt and I decided to skip the higher water on the Mckenzie on Sunday and head up to the Siletz river where the flows are more managable. The Siletz heads in some of the highest mountains in the Coast Range and hosts runs of spring and fall chinook and winter and summer steelhead.  The summer steelhead […]

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Fishing was so encouraging on the lower Mckenzie River Sunday I had to get out this Monday as well. We found fewer bugs, the weather was a bit cooler, but fishing was very good. The larger fish on the lower river are really looking up more now. They are recognizing the larger caddis and taking them […]

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