The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Rainbows, Cutthroats, Steelhead you name it, the lower McKenzie and Willamette offer great fall fly fishing  opportunities. Steady Mayfly hatches, ideal water conditions, warm calm days, it really doesn’t get any better than it is right now.
Parachute Adams size #12-16, Possie Buggers #10-16, small Orange Elk Hair Caddis #14-16, Dark Cahills #12-16 and October Caddis are all [...]

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The water is high today but the graph has turned downward and things should be right for the weekend. The Willamette from Dexter Dam down through Eugene continues to outperform the McKenzie. Swinging Morejohn’s Bantam, Moal Leeches, Loop Leech and Hoh Bo Spey patterns have been working well.–CD

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Fishing  held up nicely this past week despite some very cold and wet conditions. The coming weeks prediction is for gorgeous weather and ideal river levels for both trout and steelhead fishing. The McKenzie is fishing well in it’s entirety. The Middle Fork of the Willamette is also excellent above and below Hills Creek Reservoir. Small creeks and [...]

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In a “tongue in cheek” nod to the North Umpqua, our good friend Greg Hatten came up with names for several pools and tailouts on the McKenzie and Willamette Rivers
These names aren’t part of legendary river lore and won’t evoke images of Zane Gray fishing the camp water in pleated wool pants and hip waders… [...]

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The Middle Fork of the Willamette near Oakridge is fishing surprisingly well despite low water and high sun conditions. Today would have been fantastic with the clouds, tomorrow as well. Try hopper dropper set ups fishing the fast water and deep runs. In the evening look for Little Yellow Stones, Small Caddis and straggler large [...]

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The McKenzie River between Leaburg Dam and the town of Leaburg’ as well as the Willamette between Dexter Dam and Valley River Center have seen much improved Steelhead fly fishing over the past week. Swinging tactics, using Moal Leeches, RT Stone Fly Black and Green Butt, and Starlight Leeches have been catching fish.  Concentrate on [...]

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I thought about using harsher words in the title but I have been known to habitually destroy garage doors with my pick-up so I’ll stick with the facts and you can fill in the blanks.
A local resident managed to submerge his pick-up in about ten feet of water in the Willamette River–coincidentally right on top [...]

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