The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

The lower Deschutes river is currently experiencing a very good run of summer steelhead.   Anglers who are walking or biking up from the mouth are having great success.  Typical summer steelhead patterns that are working well: Red Wing Blackbird, Green Butt Skunk, Freight Train, Purple Peril, and Silver Hilton.   The shop also has some addtional summer flys  […]

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Lot’s o’ links readers:
For starters, State fish biologists found 11 golden shiners and one unknown fish in a trap net at Diamond Lake. Golden shiners can reproduce in Diamond Lake and were in the lake for years prior to the 2006 rotenone treatment. “We need the public’s help in reporting sightings of anglers using live […]

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Last weekend, Karl, Frenchy Laroux, Brent Ross and I tackled the McKenzie River trail, following the river, fishing from the Willamette NF ranger station above McKenzie Bridge to Koosah Falls. We hiked over 17 miles upstream, a majority of the 26.5-mile trail from McKenzie Bridge to Clear Lake.
It was an experimental trip – to see […]

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The time to slam some Klamath-run rainbows on the Williamson River is now. Caddis Fly employee Ty Holloway and guide Barrett Christiensen and I visited the Williamson River Monday. We put the boat in at the public ramp in the town of Chiloquin and fished from Blue Hole to Waterwheel Park. The Williamson River […]

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This Sunday the family and I headed down to the Umpqua River near Sutherlin. We floated the section between Woods boat ramp and Osprey Ramp. Our float was 9 river miles, 8 road miles back up to the car (do it yourself bike shuttle). The river and suroundings are beautiful in this section. Our fishing was not […]

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Customers have reported excellent fishing at Diamond Lake on the south end of the lake. Chironomids have been best. Try Ice Cream Cone Chironomids #10-12 off of a strike indicator. Vary your depth off the indicator until you find the magic level. Starting around 5 feet and going deeper if neccessary. Stripping smaller woolly buggers and leaches has […]

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Cooler mornings of late have led to some very good dry fly fishing on the Mckenzie River. Brown Elk Hair Caddis #12-16, Yellow Elk Hair Caddis #14-16, Parachute Adams #12-16, No Down Golden #12, Irresistable Elk Hair Caddis #12-14 have all been solid producers. Weather forecast for early this coming week is for 79 degrees […]

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The North Umqua River has dropped to a fine fishable level. Enough fish have past over Winchester Dam that fly anglers are having success in the fly fishing only section of the North Umqua. Things appear to be a little late on the Umpqua as they have been around the state this year. August will […]

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I was having a conversation recently with a gear fisherman buddy about Oregon’s fly fishing only waters — places like the Metolius, North Fork Middle Fork Willamette and North Umpqua. He argued that those designations were unfair to folks using gear or bait because we all pay the same amount for license fees. He argues […]

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Carp on the fly photo from Caddis Fly customer Byrd Nelson:
Here’s the best picture I have of a carp from Golden Gardens on fly rod. This lil guy went close to 15 lbs. Madam X fooled this one. By no means think these fish are easy or dumb. I have had alot of fun trying […]

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