The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

I’m not totally jaded . . . .  On a flyfishing trip for summer steelhead while I’m not completely stoked with one solid grab and a hook-up, I’m not exactly bumming either. Fortunately, I haven’t had to content myself or my clients with one grab or one hook-up too many times this summer.
Strong numbers of [...]

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Remember this March and April when the March Browns and Blue Winged Olives were hatching and the lower McKenzie was low and clear. The Middle Fork of the Willamette flowing out of Hills Creek Dam was running at around 400 cubic feet per second and you could wade everywhere! At that time there was [...]

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Fly anglers have some decent weather coming for this three day holiday weekend. The following areas should bring good fishing:
Deschutes River: The stone fly hatch is well underway with bugs all the way to Trout Creek. Dry fly patterns working well have been the Clark Stone, Norm Woods, CDC Salmon Fly, Half [...]

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Despite local weather conditions being nasty to say the least, trout fishing has been holding up nicely both on the upper and lower Mckenzie. In addition the Middle Fork of the Willamette near Oakridge has been seeing some decent green McKenzie Caddis action. Look for the water to go up but not out over the [...]

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Steelhead fishing in the valley continues to get better.  Each day it is a little easier to get up at 4:30 am. Although, I can’t figure out why I continue to get up this early, most of the fish I have hooked, seen hooked, or heard of being hooked have been from 10 am to [...]

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Pale Morning Dun mayflies become an important insect to the angler interested in “matching the hatch” over the next few months. PMD’s as they are generally known can emerge at any time of the day. On the lower McKenzie anglers will see superb evening hatches of Pale Morning Duns on warm days, but often see [...]

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This spring we have been playing with UV materials in our fly patterns quite a bit. The UV Cahill fished very nicely this spring and a scaled back “creamier one” is bound to kill during the PMD hatch coming on daily in the lower river. The UV Chewee Skin Green Caddis Soft hackle has been [...]

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