Monthly Archives: May 2010

Tying the Rickard’s Seal Bugger

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

In this short video Barrett demonstrates how to tie the Rickard’s Seal Bugger. The Seal Bugger is an absolutely deadly lake pattern. The fly does a great job of imitating a variety of lake food organisms including Dragon flies and … Continue reading →

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Tying the UV Chewee Skin Mini Stone

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

This spring we have been playing with UV materials in our fly patterns quite a bit. The UV Cahill fished very nicely this spring and a scaled back “creamier one” is bound to kill during the PMD hatch coming on … Continue reading →

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Eugene area Summer Steelhead Report

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Early summer steelhead fishing has been a hit or miss game in our local rivers. Water levels are a bit up, but the clarity in the Willamette and McKenzie is fine. We have been floating a couple times a week … Continue reading →

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ODFW seeks volunteers for Mann Lake goldfish extermination

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

This summer, ODFW will be applying rotenone to Mann Lake in the Steens Mountain area. The high desert lake has been stocked with Lahontan Cutthroat trout since the 1950s, but an explosion of introduced goldfish has wrecked the fishery. Mann … Continue reading →

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Lower Mckenzie fishing report: Still on despite high water

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Caddisfly

The lower Mckenzie is coming into shape and produced some fine redsides on a sunny Sunday. This trip set a record for the boat for most fish lost by angler on a trip: which included one steelhead! Noah had the … Continue reading →

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Beads-R-Us

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

The incredibly talented Jay Nicholas has been helping me with product descriptions for Caddisflyshop.com. The following discussion, description, enlightening tale, delves into the world of fly tying beads. Keep in mind most of this is true and was written after … Continue reading →

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Tony’s Purple Tube Leech: Steelhead fly tying video

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

In this video Tony Torrence ties a killer tube leech that gets down, swims, and pisses off awaiting anadromous fish. Tony uses HMH and Eumer tubing to create the fly. In addition he adds a Eumer Monster Cone to aid … Continue reading →

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May McKenzie River Report: river shaping up nicely

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

This week on the McKenzie was wet, cold, and pretty good all things considered. High water and “squally weather”  made for very light pressure on the river. This weekend and coming week we are headed into “Prime Time” as a … Continue reading →

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