The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

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 water with sinking tips and shooting head lines. Chris fished a tungsten shooting head, using various clouser minnow patterns. I used a type six shooting head and it worked as well. Most of the fish were on or near the bottom, but as the tide started to change, many of them moved up into the water column and actively fed in the 10-14-foot depth.

Somehow, I managed to be high-hook on starfish. -MS