The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Lots of interesting fly fishing news and links to share folks: 
McKenzie River surprisingly chemical free: According to an article in the Register-Guard last week, it’s hard to find toxins in the McKenzie River. USGS hydrologists estimate levels of creosote and DDT to be extremely low, on the order of parts per quadrillion.

Bacon To Fry Dean […]

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This past weekend we attended the Metolius Bamboo Rod and fly fishing festival in Camp Sherman, Oregon. It was a great event, packed with fly fishing experts from around the state. Fly tiers from the local FFF chapter, Central Oregon Fly Fishers, were on hand to give fly tying tips. I learned a really slick […]

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Caddis Fly employee and guide Barrett Christiensen visited the Williamson River this past Friday.  He put the boat in at the public ramp in the town of Chiloquin and rowed upstream. By 8am he was swinging/stripping  small buggers, leaches and mega princes through the deep pools. As the sun rose higher and the fish showed less […]

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Now that water levels have settled down and our weather pattern of blue sky and beaming sun is upon us, what tactics will improve your catch. Early in the day fish will come to the surface with dry flies. Lower light conditions mean the fish are less wary.  Cooler temperatures allow for more insect availability […]

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Let’s get this out of the way: I hate waders. This bias is based on the fact that mine almost always stink like mildew and crotch, they take about 2 minutes to put on (2 minutes I could be spending fishing) and I just love traveling light. That said, from May to October, you can […]

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Yesterday Matt Stansberry, Nick Callero of the National Wildlife Federation and I headed up to one of my favorite areas of the mid-Mckenzie River.  I had fished there last weekend hooking large numbers of trout but no large trout and needed to change that. Matt and Nick got there first and caught a bunch of […]

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We’ve got a few copies of John Gierach’s latest book, Fool’s Paradise down at the shop. Stop by and pick one up if you’re a Gierach fan. We asked him a few questions while he was in Eugene back in May on his book tour.

Gierach on fishing writers burning spots: Ed Engle has […]

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Here is a series of photos from a guided fly fishing trip last weekend on the upper McKenzie River, Paradise Campground to Finn Rock. Wild redside rainbow trout were all over the place (plus some “trophy” whitefish) in the early morning, but the bite tapered off in the afternoon. We fished the standard hopper dropper, […]

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ODFW plans to begin restoring Lahontan cutthroat trout to the McDermitt creek basin, according to a recent press release.
On Aug. 27 and 28, Upper McDermitt, North Fork McDermitt and tributaries will be treated with rotenone, a naturally occurring fish toxicant. This is the second year of a three-year plan to remove non-native trout from the […]

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We spent the day fly fishing Crane Prairie Monday this week with Caddis Fly employee Ty Holloway. Ty is recovering from a recent shoulder surgery and spends his days floating the stillwater until he’s recovered. But his sling didn’t stop him from outcasting and outfishing me one-handed, which was pretty embarrassing.

Blazing sun and little wind […]

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