The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Both the McKenzie and Willamette rivers are fishing well. Cooler weather has prevailed for the past week or so and the fishing has bumped up as a result.
Town Run: Although the Willamette River is now really low compared to much of the year Steelhead remain active. The river is very “wading friendly” now [...]

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Thursday, my friend Mike and I decided to take advantage of the good flows on the Middle Fork of the Willamette above Lookout Point and float for wild trout.  Whether it was the late rain or the Corps hording water due to low snowpack or a combination of the two I guess it doesn’t really [...]

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Last night Karl and I fished the town run from Island Park to Alton Baker on a rising river. The U.S. Army Corps has been raising and dropping the water levels to do some spillway repairs upriver, and the levels on the Middle Fork Willamette below Jasper can fluctuate between 6 inches and a foot. [...]

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The Middle Fork of the Willamette has been fishing really well the past couple of weeks and has really dropped into “wadable” shape recently. Hopper Dropper set up’s with a Golden Stone Adult sizes 6-10 and a Tungsten Ice Prince or Possie Bugger sizes 10 and 12 worked very well today. Smatterings of Pale Morning [...]

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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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2010 is looking like a great year for Summer Steelhead, check out the numbers over Willamette Falls the past few reported days. Jason and Clay made it out to Dexter for a nice morning.–CD

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