What started out as a slow afternoon with high water turned out to be a dry fly bonanza yesterday as Caddis Fly Shop guide Lou Verdugo put Frenchy Laroux and I on a shallow riffle with scads of rising cutthroat trout. We drifted from the McKenzie/Willamette confluence to Harrisburg in the afternnoon, but didn’t see […]
March Brown bonanza on mainstem Willamette
May 8th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Tags: Lower Willamette
McKenzie: Hayden to Armitage produces good numbers
May 8th, 2008 · No Comments
The lower Mckenzie River near Eugene, specifically the drift from Hayden Bridge to Armitage Park fish fished surprisingly well yesterday. The water was high, around 6600cfs but softer inside turns and the few defined bars that were available did produce good action. Most of the fish were native Cutthroats from 6-12 inches, with a few […]
Tags: McKenzie River
NOAA Fisheries Releases Latest Snake River Biop
May 8th, 2008 · No Comments
On May 5 NOAA fisheries released its latest court ordered Biological Opinion intended to guide the operation of the Snake and lower Columbia hydrosystem in a manner safe for the 13 threatened Snake/ Columbia River anadramous fish stocks. This was the agency’s third attempt, the previous two biological opinions didn’t meet the requirements of the Endangered […]
Tags: Oregon Conservation News
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