The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

For the 2010 trip fly fishing for Northern Pike in Canada, I’ve take a more utilitarian approach to tying. Two of my good friends are coming along, and neither tie flies so I’m getting started early. You can check out the 2008 pike trip and 2009 write ups.
Here are some of this year’s patterns [...]

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Join Barrett Christiensen’s Beginning Fly Tying Class for five consecutive Mondays 6-8pm starting March 8th. No experience is necessary to take the class. Attendees will learn basic fly tying techniques centered around local fly patterns. All materials and tools are provided for in class work. The class meets at the shop five Mondays in [...]

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In this new video, Jay Nicholas demonstrates the Total Domination Egg, a pattern named on the fly after Eugene’s favorite IPA from Ninkasi Brewing. This offbeat egg pattern fishes well under an indicator with a heavy stonefly nymph in tandem. It looks a little like an alevin fly.

Jay’s Total Domination Egg
Hook: TMC 3761 size [...]

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Fly fishing purists, do not press play on this video unless you want to catch a lot of steelhead. Fly fishing with a jig under an indicator is freaking deadly and Jay Nicholas shows you how to tie a basic marabou pattern using one of the Gamakatsu 90-degree bend hooks. These are the fish-grabbing-est hooks [...]

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Save time tying mayfly tails by creating a tail brush using a hair stacker and a glue gun. Jay Nicholas shows us a production fly tying technique.

Moose Body Hair
Appropriate Hair Stacker
Glue Gun

Glue Sticks

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Rabbit strips are one of the fishiest fly tying materials around. In these two videos, Jay Nicholas talks about the various kinds of rabbit strips available and what they should be used for. In the second video, Jay talks about the new two-toned bunny strips from Hareline Dubbin. You’ve got to check out these whole [...]

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The 2010 Northwest Fly Tyer and Fly Fishing Expo is set for March 12-13, 2010 at the Linn County Fairground and Expo Center in Albany Oregon.
The NW Fly Tyer and Fishing Expo brings together the social network of fly fisherman throughout the Northwest, Northern California, and Idaho. Over 2,000 people attended last year’s Expo. The [...]

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