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Category Archives: Lower Willamette
Winter Fly Fishing Report
Local waters continue to be at Summer low water levels. Fishing is not red hot for Trout and Steelhead but it is still worth getting out and enjoying some December/January fishing that most years we simply don’t get. Blue Winged … Continue reading
Late Season Guide Trip Special Returns
Starting Oct 26th and ending Nov 30 The Caddis Fly Guide Service offers a late season Trout or Steelhead half day guide trip special. The trip will be 4-6 hours during the best time of the day for either Steelhead … Continue reading
Fall Fishing in the Willamette Valley Very Good
October Caddis, Small Brown Caddis, Blue Winged Olives, Gray Drakes, Short Wing Stoneflies and Mahogany Duns are the key bugs this time of year. Successful nymphs include Tungsten Ice Prince, Possie Bugger and Copper John. For Steelhead try Moal Leaches, … Continue reading
Fly Fishing For Bass on the Willamette River
Bass fishing guide Larry Cross called the other day to invite me to come have a look at the Willamette River Bass fishery. I jumped at the chance exited to learn a new section of the Willamette. Larry suggested we … Continue reading
McKenzie and Willamette River Report/Fish Porn
Fishing remains very good with a variety of tactics and imitations. Cloudy weather has had fish looking up particularly well the past couple of days. Important bugs for the McKenzie, lower Willamette, and Middle Fork of the Willamette include Green … Continue reading
McKenzie and Willamette Fishing Reports: March/April Conditions in May
Hatches have been more consistent on the McKenzie and Lower Willamette. March Browns in the later afternoon, sporadic caddis and even Pale Morning Duns have been present. It has been a crazy spring for water levels and weather and with … Continue reading
Local Trout Fishing Report: McKenzie and Willamette Rivers Fishing Well
The McKenzie and Middle Fork of the Willamette rivers have been fishing well of late. Water levels have remained stable for the past week and clarity has improved on both rivers. Despite good water conditions and some classic overcast and … Continue reading
Trout Unlimited’s Green Island Tree Planting is Scheduled for April 10th
Calling all local do-gooders . . . planting trees is fun and here’s the proof . . . . This weekend on April 10th 2011, the Mckenzie-Upper Willamette Chapter of Trout Unlimited and friends will be planting trees on the … Continue reading
Spring Fly Fishing on the McKenzie
In general, there is a lot of great fishing around Eugene in the early Spring. This time of year offers some great opportunities to fish for wild trout on the McKenzie and Willamette, and the tail end of winter steelhead … Continue reading
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McKenzie and Willamette Rivers Rise with Snow Melt
Warmer temperatures have caused some serious run-off on our local waters. Check out the gages shown below. Warm air is definitely what we need to improve fishing but this spike will need to flush out. We like the McKenzie at … Continue reading
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Favorite Flies for Spring on the McKenzie and Willamette Part 2: Wets and Dries
March has been a little brutal as water and weather conditions go. Local rivers have been high, and nymphing deep has been the most consistent method of catching trout on the McKenzie River near Eugene. But all that is going … Continue reading
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Favorite Flies for Spring on the McKenzie and Willamette Part One: Nymphs and Wets
It’s spring break and the McKenzie River near Eugene is coming into shape nicely. The Willamette is still running a bit high and dirty but could come around later this week. March Browns are hatching daily around 1:38pm. Here are … Continue reading
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