The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

According to a recent news article, the Minam Steelhead Train might be derailed. Reader James Fox sent us a note, and recommended concerned anglers contact Janet Dodson (Union County Tourism) at 1-800-848-9969 or Mark Davidson (Union County Commissioner) at 541-963-1001.

Our pal Rick Gersbach, who allowed us to use his photos, had the following to say [...]

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Numerous anglers have been reporting great Summer Steelhead fishing on the Deschutes.  Check out the fish counts on Aug 12,  28,314, then Aug 13   35,054. These are record breaking numbers for  Steelhead  counted over Bonneville Dam. Fishing should be great throughout the fall.
Fishing from Maupin to the mouth of the Columbia  should be outrageous this [...]

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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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Ken Crangle and Lou Verdugo  launched at East Lake Saturday (8/16/08) and started to fish about 75 yards out from the dock.    During the day they enjoyed a couple  interesting “events”:  sulfur fumes from vents coming from the bottom of the lake, one large brown trout coming to the surface to take one of Ken’s released fish and swim away [...]

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ODFW plans to begin restoring Lahontan cutthroat trout to the McDermitt creek basin, according to a recent press release.
On Aug. 27 and 28, Upper McDermitt, North Fork McDermitt and tributaries will be treated with rotenone, a naturally occurring fish toxicant. This is the second year of a three-year plan to remove non-native trout from the [...]

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