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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Rogue River looking better for Summer Steelhead
The past few years have seen pretty dismal runs of “half pounder” steelhead on the lower Rogue River. Early indications for this year, are that both the adult steelhead and the one salt juveniles (half pounders) numbers are up. Much of … Continue reading
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East Lake Fly Fishing Report
Reports from East Lake Resort have fly anglers doing well. Wind drifting with Callibaetis nymphs is providing anglers success. Fox, Thorax, and Cripple Callibaetis, along with slime lines should prove to be effective. LV
Summer Sale on at The Caddis Fly
We are just weeks away from launching our eccomerce store caddisflyshop.com. When the store is live our entire stock will available online. In the meantime seasonal and discontinued items in stock at the shop are being discounted 30%. Items on sale … Continue reading
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To Protect Redsides and Bull Trout, Bait Ban Proposed on the Mckenzie
The Register Guard recently reported that the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is proposing to ban bait on a popular stretch of the Mckenzie river between Blue River and Goodpasture Bridge. As reported by the RG, the proposal initially … Continue reading
Posted in McKenzie River, Oregon Conservation News
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Sportsmen need to stand up for hard rock mining reform now
Trout Unlimited, Northwest Steelheaders and other conservation groups are making a concerted effort to update the 1872 Mining Law. According to the National Wildlife Federation: Under this law, mining takes precedence over all other public land uses, including fishing. The … Continue reading
Posted in Oregon Conservation News
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Hiker saves drowning steelhead angler on the Deschutes River
Yesterday I fished the Deschutes River for summer steelhead on a jet boat trip with guide Bob Toman, a trip he donated to the Northwest Steelheaders auction at the banquet earlier this year. We camped at the Deschutes-Columbia convergence the … Continue reading
Oregon Cascades high lakes fishing report
Crane Prairie Reservoir has been very slow. Davis Lake bass fishing is decent early and late in the day. Hosmer Lake has been pretty good fishing in the channel connecting the upper and lower lakes with small nymphs like Flashback Pheasant tails … Continue reading
Prime walk and wade conditions for upper reaches of Mckenzie and Willamette Rivers
Looking to get out of the valley and fish some small water this summer and fall? Water conditions are perfect and fishing has been good on the North Fork of the Middle Fork of the Willamette, Salt Creek, Salmon Creek … Continue reading
The Angler’s Coast: Does it still exist?
I just finished reading Russell Chatham’s great book, The Angler’s Coast, essays written between 1968-1975 about coastal fly fishing in Northern California and Southern Oregon. Chatham explores coastal rivers, estuaries and bays, fly fishing for the Pacific Northwest’s disappearing anadromous … Continue reading
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Video: How to do shore lunch on the McKenzie River
We’re working on another article for KATU — this time on how to do shore lunch on the McKenzie River. Here is the video and some photos we’ll be including in the article: Look for the full how-to article on … Continue reading
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Mckenzie River fly fishing holding up through the summer months
High and cold water has it’s benefits. Cooler water temperatures, and higher than normal water all year long has August feeling like July. Hatches of small caddis, pale morning duns, green drakes have continued on the Mckenzie later than we … Continue reading
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Pale Evening Duns on the Willamette River bring up wild trout
I headed up to the Willamette River near Oakridge tonight expecting a bonanza. As you can see from the landscape photos, that’s not what happened. Not many golden stones, or even caddis flies for that matter. Small, pale mayflies were … Continue reading
Disappearing rainbow trout on the Upper Deschutes?
An email from our pal Nic Callero from the National Wildlife Federation: I have been drifting the Upper Deschutes River in the summertime for ten straight years between Wickiup Dam and the mouth of the Little Deschutes. One thing I … Continue reading
North Umpqua in great shape, fishing fair
Barrett, Tye and myself left Eugene at 4am this morning and headed down to the North Umpqua. We’d had some good reports of steelhead coming to the skated dry fly. Matt Sigmeund had a fish come to the surface the … Continue reading
Posted in North Umpqua River Fishing Reports
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