The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Busy day out on Crane Prairie yesterday, but worth fishing for sure. We stayed near the Quinn side of the reservoir, fishing the edges of the channels. The fishing was best early morning — and the crowds were thinner. We tried slow stripping leeches on sinking lines, but all of our success came on chironomids [...]

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Male shad are showing up in the lower Umpqua — it’s just the beginning of the shad run. Best bets are 5-6 weight rods, sink tips with shad flies. Both the Coos Bay and Lower Umpqua Systems are producing solid numbers of fish. Be sure to check out this great fishery. Tony Torrence’s shad fly [...]

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Just a reminder, Trout Unlimited Chapter 678 will be at the Eugene Rogue Brewery tonight, showing fly fishing conservation films, FREE! Come on by, grab an Oregon microbrew and watch some new fishing movies. Beer and movies is what conservation is all about people. You don’t need to be a TU member — just show [...]

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Yesterday, Dr. Lubchenco, head of the NOAA and Nancy Sutley who leads the White House Council on Environmental Quality came to Portland to discuss the latest salmon recovery plan for the Columbia basin with government scientists, state agencies and federal officials in a closed door meeting at the Double Tree Hotel in Portland and salmon [...]

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Two fly winner Clifton Molatore was at Daimond Lake this weekend and had the following report. Thanks Clifton, keep them coming.
I fished Diamond Lake Friday evening with my father and four year old daughter. We started fishing about 4:30 p.m. and fished until about 8:00 p.m. We trolled brown bead head woolly buggers with a [...]

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Lou, Caddis shop employee/guide visited Christmas Island last week, along with a group of four, in the Republic of Kirbati. Christmas Island is known for bonefishing and the pursuit of Giant Trevally. The neat thing about bonefishing is that it tests just about everything involved in fly fishing; vision, casting, knot tying, fly [...]

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While the upper Mckenzie was heating up, the Middle Fork Willamette between Oakridge and Black Canyon was staying cold.  That was the likely culprit, cold water.  I’d have confirmed that but my William and Joseph Boat thermometer read 15.6 C most of the day whether it was in the water or out.  On the bright [...]

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