The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Yesterday the Pacific Ocean out of Coos Bay was a busy spot. Hundreds of boats launched out of Coos and undoubtedly numerous other Oregon ports were just as busy.
We had our flies and hardware in the water around 9am.  Marking fish on the fish finder immediately we had high expectations. By 11:30 our spirits had been pretty [...]

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Get your entries down to the shop, pop them in the mail, overnight them from wherever! The first of many fly tying contests is ending and we want to impress the judges at Hareline Dubbin. Check out the details of the contest here. You’ve still got two days, crank the a/c and get on the [...]

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Pro photographer Jon Meyers spent Memorial Day ‘09 on the Deschutes River, chasing big rainbows and the salmonfly hatch. Meyers’ crew drifted from Warm Springs to Harpham Flat. You can check out more of Jon’s work at www.StudioMeyers.com or at Cafe Zenon here in Eugene. They’re showing a lot of Meyers’ large landscape photos. [...]

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Jay Nicholas has been getting reports of several strong pushes of Chinook on the Rogue in July….hopefully this a good sign for next month and early September.

Rogue and Umpqua fall Chinook are very special fish in Oregon. They are tolerant, relatively speaking, of very warm water, though it probably puts them on the edge of [...]

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Members of Trout Unlimited Chapter 678 (McKenzie-Upper Willamette) braved the Deschutes River — floating Warm Springs to Trout Creek last weekend. Word on the streets from Warren Moran was, the trip can be summed up as follows:

1. It was a hot mofo
2. The fish were mostly dinks
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McKenzie: Fishing for rainbows remains good on the upper river with best catches occurring early and late in the day. Hopper dropper rigs have been taking their fair share of fish using golden stone dries and green drake nymphs/possie bugger droppers. Single fly choices would be #14 heavy hackle Adams or #12 orange bodied elk [...]

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Diamond Lake
Fishing on Diamond has finally picked up, lots of bugs coming off from Damsels to callibaetis. The biggest mistake an angler could make is trying to match the hatch. The fish only seem to be interested in black mini leeches and chironomids. A damsel nymph may also be productive. Concentrate your efforts in the [...]

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