The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Some of you may have heard of Sneaky Pete.
Google searches are attempting to locate this character.
MyLife is sending Spam emails to Sneaky in order to steal his security codes for the restroom at Starbucks.
Well folks, here is a little story about Sneaky Pete. You may know the fella. He is not me. I [...]

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This is the seventh installment of The Fly Fishers Glossary: Snippets From the Underbelly of Fly Fishing, Fly Tying, Fish Biology, Dusty old Facts, Hallucinations, and the Plain Truth as I know it, by Jay Nicholas.
Dollie
Formerly, a Dollie (sometimes Dolly) was an undesirable but rare trash fish detested because they gobbled up hatchery trout on [...]

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This is the sixth installment of The Fly Fishers Glossary: Snippets From the Underbelly of Fly Fishing, Fly Tying, Fish Biology, Dusty old Facts, Hallucinations, and the Plain Truth as I know it, by Jay Nicholas.
Chuck
Archaic term meaning to cast a fly, as in, “Chuck it out there Dude”. “Chuck” is a [...]

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This is the fifth installment of The Fly Fishers Glossary: Snippets From the Underbelly of Fly Fishing, Fly Tying, Fish Biology, Dusty old Facts, Hallucinations, and the Plain Truth as I know it, by Jay Nicholas.
Bug Net
Now here is a wonder to behold. Take a really dorky looking hat, string mosquito netting around [...]

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This is the fourth installment of The Fly Fishers Glossary: Snippets From the Underbelly of Fly Fishing, Fly Tying, Fish Biology, Dusty old Facts, Hallucinations, and the Plain Truth as I know it, by Jay Nicholas.
Blog
Internet posting of conversation, deep thinking, irrational maniacal imagination, and distorted facts that probably should be kept to one’s self. [...]

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This is the third installment of The Fly Fishers Glossary: Snippets From the Underbelly of Fly Fishing, Fly Tying, Fish Biology, Dusty old Facts, Hallucinations, and the Plain Truth as I know it.
Baby seal
Obsolete fly tying material. Grim to admit it, but we salivated over this stuff back in the old days. It [...]

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This is the second installment of The Fly Fishers Glossary: Snippets From the Underbelly of Fly Fishing, Fly Tying, Fish Biology, Dusty old Facts, Hallucinations, and the Plain Truth as I know it.
Jay W. Nicholas
Amnesia
A state of mind that overcomes fly anglers who are contemplating the merits of going off on a fishing trip versus [...]

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