Monthly Archives: July 2011

Trout Unlimited Meeting Tonight

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Caddisfly

Trout Unlimited 678 invites you to a presentation tonight, Wednesday July 13th at 7:00 pm, Veterans Club, 1626 Willamette Street. Brandy Langum, USFS Biologist on Bull Trout Restoration in the Upper Willamette Watershed. Brandy will discuss USFS efforts to restore … Continue reading →

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Echo/Airflo Demo Day: Buy a Rod or Bring Your Rod!

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Caddisfly

Join us this Saturday, July 16, from 11:00am to 2:00pm at Alton Baker Park ponds for Echo/Airflo Demo Day. Dan Marshall our Echo/Airflo rep, will be at Alton Baker park with the entire Echo Rod line up AND Airflo lines. … Continue reading →

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Sneaky Pete Hits Diamond Lake Again

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Diamond Lake is windy but fishable. Rented boat at marina. Fished damsels and callinaetis nymphs in 40′ weeds. Rainbow trout looked a lot like black rockfish, lingcod, and blue rockfish. Must be a hatchery breeding anomaly. Note to self, call … Continue reading →

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Huge stripers hanging around NYC this weekend

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

This morning I fished with Capt Ken Jones out of Brooklyn, NY. The striped bass bite has remained hot later than expected into the summer. Weather patterns have consistently pushed cooler water close to shore, keeping the bunker schools and … Continue reading →

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Check flows, and the Water temperature too!

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Flows out of Foster Reservoir dropped this week, and the change brought the South Santiam River into an ideal range for fly fishing for hatchery summer steelhead anywhere from Foster Dam downstream to Waterloo Park. The graph above shows the … Continue reading →

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McKenzie River Osprey Rescue

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

I like critters of all types, but I happen to have a special affinity for ospreys. It is hard not to like a bird that spends it’s whole life fishing. A friend and I were out in canoe the other … Continue reading →

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Trout Unlimited Whilamut Planting and Restoration Scheduled for Saturday

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Caddisfly

July 9th, 9:am-Noon: members of the McKenzie-Upper Willamette Trout Unlimited, Chapter 678 will continue with their mission of preserving cold flowing water, removing invasive weeds and restoring native habitat. We will be eliminating annual and perennial weeds and mulching native … Continue reading →

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Product Reviews from a Gearhead …….

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

I love gear. I am a gear head. Once, before my heart surgery, I would actually maintain my fly fishing gear in a neat, clean, organized manner. Not nearly so these days. I routinely ignore fly reels that would have … Continue reading →

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Big changes to wading spots after high water

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

In the summer, once the water levels drop down, I do most of my trout fishing on foot. Last weekend, I made my first trip to one of my summer wading spots — the mouth of Salmon Creek on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Fishing Reports, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing | 3 Comments

Langtry Stone Fly Tying Video

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

The Langtry Stone is, in my opinion, the precursor to the Stimulator series of flies that were so popularized by Randall Kaufmann in an uncountable combination of sizes and colors. Here is a little about the background of this fly, … Continue reading →

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Coastal Cutthroat Wet Fly Tying Video

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Summertime, finally, and we are faced with so many possibilities of where to fish that it is mind boggling, at best. Sturgeon, Carp, Smallmouth bass, High Lakes trout, Willamette summer steelhead, McKenzie Redsides, Chinook (nah, none of those around here … Continue reading →

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McKenzie and Willamette River Report/Fish Porn

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Fishing remains very good with a variety of tactics and imitations. Cloudy weather has had fish looking up particularly well the past couple of days. Important bugs for the McKenzie, lower Willamette, and Middle Fork of the Willamette include Green … Continue reading →

Posted in Fishing Reports, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Summer Steelhead | 1 Comment