The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Marcos Vergara of Hareline Dubbin stopped by the Caddis Fly Shop to demonstrate how to use some new fly tying materials and tools. Check out the latest trends in fly tying with these three videos.
In this first video, Marcos demonstrates Senyo’s Laser Dub. This wool substitute material was developed by Hareline, Greg Senyo and Orvis. [...]

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Oregon Fly Fishing for winter steelhead report: I drove over to the North Fork of the Alsea yesterday.  I did not plan to fish but paid my annual dues for entry to the private land.  When I left Corvallis the river level was 6.2 and rising.  Upon arrival, the North Fork Alsea was totally blown out.  Muddy, [...]

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The Caddis Fly will be hosting a trip to Northern Argentina to kick off 2009. Our fishing will be on the delta of the San Javier and San Javierito rivers, in Santa Fe Province. The quarry is the Golden Dorado, or “Tiger of the Parana”. The fish are incredible predators that crush huge streamers slapped [...]

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Oregonflyfishingblog.com wishes you a wonderful holiday season!
The Caddis Fly’s hours will be our normal 9-6pm the Friday after Christmas.  We will maintain normal hours until New Years day when we will close. After New Years day normal hours will resume 9-6pm Monday-Friday 9-5pm Sat, 10-3 Sun.
Recent rain has many of the coastal streams rising. Winter [...]

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Have you been thinking about a new Spey Rod? Do you need to reach across the river and touch someone with your fly? Looking to take your fly casting to the next level? Spey casting has taken off in North America over the past 10 years and for good reason. Line control, casting ease, sink tip lobbing, [...]

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The egg-sucking leech is a great staple winter steelhead pattern in Oregon. You can tie it in purple, black or any other color combination.

Egg-sucking leech pattern materials:
Hook: Tiemco 700 size 4
Thread: Black 6/0 Uni Thread
Tail: Purple rabbit strip
Weight: .25 lead wire
Body: Purple cross cut rabbit strip
Eyes: Large dumbbell
Head: Fluorescent orange chenille
So what does the egg-sucking [...]

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Yesterday I drove up to Monroe, Oregon to visit Bob Borden and Marcos Vergara at Hareline Dubbin Inc. Hareline is one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of fly tying materials in the world, and they’re located just north of Eugene. I’d been scheming on a way to get into their facility, like Charlie in [...]

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