The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

On Thursday November 12th, 6:30pm catch the Eugene Showing of Where Hope Resides, a new film about salmon and steelhead conservation issues in British Columbia’s Skeena River system. The film will be shown at the David Minor Theater 180 E. 5th St. Eugene, OR. Tickets are $10 pre-sale at the Caddis Fly Shop. All [...]

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Last weekend I had the chance to sit down with fly fishing author Skip Morris in his home town on the Olympic Peninsula. Skip had just published a new fly pattern book with his wife Carol Ann, Trout Flies for Rivers, and we talked about the new book, fly tying and fly design.
Do you [...]

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Saturday, I was fishing with Pat McRae, author of the new steelhead diary The North Umpqua Chronicles on his home water – the famed pools of the North Umpqua. McRae’s book will be available in August — it covers fishing twelve months on the river. We sat down to breakfast at the Steamboat Inn and [...]

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Update: I made my first run with these oars this past weekend and was pleased with the balance and performance . . . and yes, I am able to lift them with one finger.
I finally had enough. The pain in my shoulder, neck and spine from my functional but poorly balanced oars became [...]

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In this video, Derek Fergus, creator of the MOAL leech talks about how he created this favorite strung-out leech pattern, and some tips for tying it.

Fergus also talks about how he came up with some of his other strung-out versions of staple patterns.

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This week we visited Randy Dersham at Tatman wooden drift boats up the McKenzie River. Randy also owns Eagle Rock Lodge and runs WoodenBoatPeople.com. He’s got a lot of oars in the water.
Randy is going to be at the Federation of Fly Fishing and Fly Tying expo in Albany in March, attempting to build a [...]

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Derek Fergus, creator of the MOAL leech pattern will be at the Caddis Fly Shop on Thursday, January 29th 6pm-9pm for an advanced fly tying seminar. Sign up today — the class costs $25.
We caught up with Fergus for a phone Q&A last night:
What fly pattern put you on the map as an [...]

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