The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

The October Caddis, Limnephilidae Dicosmoecoes, adults hatch in late fall, anywhere from late September to November in the Pacific Northwest. These large, orange caddis flies are approximately three centimeters long and provide too large a meal for big trout to pass up.

Considered by many to be a Western ’superhatch’, TroutNut.com says caddis fly aficionado [...]

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Team FlyBoys has captured some awesome footage of wild steelhead in Northern British Columbia eating dead drifted green drakes. The guys in the shop have been watching this all week. It’s amazing to see these super-hot, chrome fish acting like trout. Ten fish landed in an hour on dry flies — now that’s fish porn.

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Saltwater fly fishing on the Oregon Coast has been really hot this week. My brother (new Caddis Fly employee Nate Stansberry) took us out in his Boston Whaler skiff on Coos Bay.

We hooked up with dozens of groundfish, including black rockfish, blue rockfish and kelp greenling.

We fished rocky drop-offs in around 40 feet of [...]

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The Morrish October Caddis pattern fishes best on the skate. It’s a killer dry fly pattern for this time of year on the McKenzie and upper Willamette Rivers. The foam body makes for great floatability.

Morrish October Caddis
Hook: Size 8 TMC 100
Thread: 6/0 Black Uni thread
Body: 2mm orange foam
Rib: Black thread
Wing: Stacked elk or deer [...]

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The Fifth Annual Green Island Tree Planting is set for Saturday, October 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 10,000 Trees, 300 Volunteers, 1 Day! This project is part of a larger effort to restore Green Island from historic agricultural usage to dynamic natural floodplain habitat. Call McKenzie River Trust with questions or to register [...]

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Summer has officially come and gone. The fly fishing industry has begun to introduce   new product for the 2009 season. It’s time to slash prices on summer and fall goods. You will find some great deals at the shop including the following items:
–50% off selected in stock Patagonia, Ex Officio, and Simms Clothing
–one only Patagonia SST stretch Jacket [...]

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Long time friend, employee, and instructor for the shop, Tony Torrence landed the two monster fish pictured below this past weekend on the Middle Fork of the Willamette.

The Fish were taken on a size # 8 Mega Prince Nymph. The river is a bit but in a good way. Fishing has been very good. Hatches [...]

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