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Crane Prairie at a ten year water high, fishing is fair

July 9th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Caddis fly employee Ty Holloway spent yesterday at Crane. Despite recent shoulder surgery his hunt for big fish could not be disuaded.

He used Ice Cream Cone chironomids black with red rib size #10 under a small Thingamabobber indicator. Ty’s rig was a 9ft 3x full flourocarbon tapered leader plus 3ft of 3x flouro tippet […]

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Tags: Central Oregon Fishing Report

Summer wading conditions, mega hatches in the evenings

July 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Summer is my favorite time of year. Wet wading, light till 9pm, dry flies and tons of trout. And the Upper Willamette River is my favorite place to be on a summer evening. The flows are finally down enough for very successful wade angling. During the early evening, the planters were taking a half-down golden […]

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Tags: Middle Fork Willamette below Hills Creek