The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

The next subject in the Caddis Fly’s Hareline Dubbin Fly Tying Contest series is the steelhead dry fly or skater patterns.
Photo by Rick Gersbach
Send your bugs to the Caddis Fly Shop by August 31st to be eligible. Drop off or mail two finished flies at The Caddis Fly Shop, along with paperwork that includes [...]

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Our friends at Beaver Hill Productions sent us this gorgeous short film they made for Sage Fly Rod Company.
Check it out by clicking this link. Sage Video
I thought we could use a lighter note.–CD

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Do you think our state forests offer any value to Oregonians other than timber revenue? Does clean water matter? Do fish, wildlife and recreation matter? Of course they do. That’s why Oregon’s Department of Forestry correctly identifies the “greatest permanent value” of our forests as: “healthy, productive and sustainable forest ecosystems that over time and [...]

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Ever hear of a trout stream called the Henry’s Fork? It’s a trib of the Snake River that flows through our neighbor-state of Idaho. It’s one of the most challenging trout streams in the world–a large, often glassy spring creek, loaded with huge, highly educated rainbows. If you’ve read John Gierach, you know all about [...]

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One of Winston Rod Company’s most successful rod series of all time is being discontinued as four new rods are introduced. The BIIX has been one of our favorite rods available for 7 years now. We have put our remaining stock of BIIX on sale. For now this is all we have on hand, [...]

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The Pelton Round Butte project on the Upper Deschutes is designed to aid fish passage to historic habitat upriver, but it’s also heating up the lower river — according to fisheries biologists, mimicking the historic temperatures our native anadromous fish evolved to handle. The results, according to the Oregonian, are temperatures 70-72 degrees at the [...]

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According to the Associated Press, the U.S. Forest Service wants to stop new gold mining claims on the Chetco River in southwestern Oregon while Congress considers legislation that would permanently raise the level of protection for wild salmon and steelhead habitat.
Photo by Rob Robinson
If the Bureau of Land Management approves a ban, a process [...]

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