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Category Archives: Fly Fishing Glossary
How to recognize a buck versus hen Chinook – and sketch them both
Distinguishing male (bucks) from female (hens) salmon. How can anyone tell the difference between male and female salmon? The question is the same for steelhead and trout, of course, but this blog post will mostly refer to chinook salmon as … Continue reading
2020 Fly Fishing Film Tour – Virtual Tour Details
The 2020 Fly Fishing Film Tour has gone digital. Check out all the trailers related to the event below and get your tickets and information at this link: FT3 Virtual Tour
Social Distancing and Fly Fishing
A Friend Shared this article with me from the New York Times. Enjoy! My Isolation Breaking Point I can’t wait for social distancing to end, so I can be alone again. By Matt Labash Mr. Labash is the author of … Continue reading
LINE MANAGEMENT – Scientific Anglers Line Care Discussion
From Scientific Anglers Blog Usually when we discuss line management in fly fishing terms, we refer to line control on the water and handling line while wading or in a boat. Today, we are going to look at line management … Continue reading
Rio’s How To Video Series January 2019
Quickly Attach A Fly from RIO Products on Vimeo. Double Spey Tips – "The Box" from RIO Products on Vimeo. Double Spey Tips – "The X axis" from RIO Products on Vimeo. Double Spey Tips – "The Bloody L" from … Continue reading
Holiday Gift Guide Video 2018 Version 2.0
In this video, Tim Etlick with the Caddis Fly Shop goes over a few more gift ideas for the 2018 Holiday Season. Enjoy! Here is a list of the above items: Fishpond Thunderhead Roll Top Duffel Fishpond Thunderhead Lumbar Pack … Continue reading
Who We Are Series Post 11: Chris Daughters
This series of posts is meant to introduce all of you terrific tiers and cool customers to our small, but fantastic team of anglers here at The Caddis Fly Angling Shop. Each employee answered a number of questions about their fishing expertise, … Continue reading
Remdinder -Oregon Coastal Salmon & Steelhead Presentation Oct 22, 2016.
Is anyone interested in the status of Oregon’s coastal anadromous salmon and steelhead? I bet that plenty of people are not familiar with some basic facts like which species is most abundant, which species is most widely distributed, which species … Continue reading
The Story behind the Story: Bill Monroe’s “Almost” Springer
The headline reads as follows: Retired salmon research scientist turns author; racing an unknown deadline. Bill Monroe (Oregonian Sportswriter) was my guest fishing the Nestucca estuary on June 29th. We had a very nice relaxed visit and diligently cast our … Continue reading
Reader asks for definition of “Slack Tide”
Chris Daughters recently received this enquiry in an email. “Hi Chris, As I was reading a posting from Jay and his use of the term slack tide, I realized I just did not know what that meant. If it possible, … Continue reading
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Reminder, December 12 & 13 – Rob Russell and Jay Tying Flies at Shop
Reminder: December 19 & 20, Jay’s at Shop – with Rob Russell on the 20th. Rob Russell will be at the fly bench on Saturday too, and it will be fun to re-connect and pry some great new fly patterns … Continue reading
December Events with Jay Nicholas at the Caddis Fly Shop
December Events with Jay Nicholas at the Caddis Fly Shop Let’s have some fun and visit and tell some fishing stories. I’ll plan on doing some fly tying demos and answering questions about everything from dory fishing, tackle for salmon, … Continue reading