The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Carp on the fly photo from Caddis Fly customer Byrd Nelson:
Here’s the best picture I have of a carp from Golden Gardens on fly rod. This lil guy went close to 15 lbs. Madam X fooled this one. By no means think these fish are easy or dumb. I have had alot of fun trying […]

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Caddis Fly customer Tim Finlayson had a hell of a day on the Row River last week. After a slow day fishing the North Fork of the Middle Fork Willamette River, Finlayson headed back to Cottage Grove and fished in the campground area below the dam on the Row River. From Finlayson’s email:
I caught 4 […]

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As many of you already know I am sick, sick with a disease that can only be cured with a 12 wt. rod and a couple dozen 60lb shock leadered toad flies. This affliction takes me to some of the most striking warm weather locales. Rife with blazingly hot sun, mosquitoes, and 100 plus pound […]

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Fresh chrome bright summer steelhead continue to move upstream on the Willamette and Mckenzie Rivers. Both rivers have dropped considerably and have excellent clarity. Fishing conditions are ideal. Overall numbers of fish are up over last year, it looks like we are in for a great year of local steelhead. The fish below were taken […]

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The team at Spirit River Studios posted an awesome YouTube movie from the Deschutes River salmonfly hatch. Check it out below:

Spirit River also has a great coastal winter steelhead video on their site.

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Here’s the last of the fish porn from my Canada trip. We caught these brookies on a little hike-in lake in NW Ontario. It’s in a roadless area, so you have to fly in or park your boat at the trailhead and hike in. Mar Mac lodge operates the lake and keeps a little aluminum […]

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Here’s a short video montage of the fly fishing for Pike madness at Lake Esnagi. There is talk about puttting a pike trip together for ‘09 out of the shop, so if you are interested in getting on board, let us know. -MS

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Neal Galligan sets the bar at 17-inches in the Caddis Fly’s Mckenzie/ Middle Fork Willamette Big Resident Rainbow Competition! Neal’s son Chris,who was visiting from Phoenix Arizona, caught this Rainbow using Neal’s own version of a Maga Prince fly on the Lower McKenzie on Monday, 6/9/08.

Strong work Galligans. Thanks for getting the ball rolling. -MS

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Earlier this month, we got an email from Pete, one of the Caddis Fly’s customers, about an awesome fish story. Check out the email, pasted below with a photo.
Hey guys, my name is Pete C. and I’m a regular customer at the Caddis Fly in Eugene for the last eight years. I just wanted to […]

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Last weekend I got out with a couple buds from the Target Global Warming campaign, and we put the hurt on some Columbia River Spring Chinook Salmon with Guide Bob Rees. The mostly hatchery-based springer run is off the hook this year, and will likely be Oregon fishermen’s best bet for salmon in 2008 with […]

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