The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Yesterday Matt Stansberry, Nick Callero of the National Wildlife Federation and I headed up to one of my favorite areas of the mid-Mckenzie River.  I had fished there last weekend hooking large numbers of trout but no large trout and needed to change that. Matt and Nick got there first and caught a bunch of […]

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Sunday evening I opted to take it easy and fish the Mckenzie on foot rather than by boat.  The fishing was good pretty good, I caught north of twenty fish in about three hours.  Unfortunately, I didn’t get the big redside that I was after. The first fish was a feisty wild fish that ate […]

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Seventy two degrees seems hot but bass on the mainstem of the Umpqua and the John Day River are right at home.  The John Day is a haul for most of us, but  is a great multi-day family fish and swim float trip. Hot days, great scenery and active smallmouth bass make fly fishing the John […]

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On Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Caddis Fly employee/guide, Lou Verdugo and Kirk Newburgh fished Hayden Bridge to Armitage under a “mega rain day”, with success.  We used Mega Prince nymphs, Karnopp’s Riffle Diver, Hairear’s soft hackles and March Brown wet’s on the swing.  Later in the day (it did stop raining!) dry flies were working […]

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Last weekend the high water and even higher gas prices drove the blog crew to think outside of the box. Record snowpack and soaring temperatures blew up the Willamette and McKenzie Rivers. The Central Oregon lakes were supposedly fishing well, but it’s a hell of a drive, so we opted to try something closer to […]

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Both the Mckenzie and Willamette Rivers continue to rise to ridiculous levels. Unseasonably hot weather combined with record snow pack and already full reservoirs have meant unfishable rivers. If you were planning on fishing the Mckenzie or Willamette early this week it is time to make other plans.
 There are numerous great options to explore. Here are some waters […]

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The section of the Willamette River between Island Park in Springfield and Division ave in North Eugene dubbed the “Town Run” is showing some promise for both Steelhead and trout. Very underated for it’s trout fishing the Willamette in town does get a nice March Brown hatch as well as other insects anglers are used to seeing […]

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High water and an abundance of Steelhead Smolts has caused some incredibly hot smolt on smolt action on the Mckenzie River from the Leaburg Dam down. Fish a dropper rig with a Royal Coachman Wet and a Possie Bugger and you will catch two at a time.

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A good number of summer steelhead bound for Willamette tributaries have passed Willamette Falls.  As of April 5, 625 fish have been counted at the falls and given the water temperature that is a big number.  Normally, the fish don’t really start to show until the water reaches 50 degrees.  This year, the temp hasn’t been […]

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On Sunday, Todd Mullen VP of Upper Mckenzie-Willamette Trout Unlimited and I drifted from Greenwaters Park in Oakridge to Black Canyon on the Middle Fork.  The report was pretty similar to what was seen on the Mckenzie.  Around 1:00 there was an enormous hatch of March Browns–they were everywhere.  Only the fish didn’t seem to notice.  […]

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