The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Recent rains did bump the McKenzie and Willamette Rivers, however they are still very low compared to historical flows. Look for the rivers to begin dropping back down right away. We have some great weather fore-casted for early in the week and hatches should be very good. Prepare your box with March Brown Emergers, March [...]

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The Middle Fork of the Willamette river is currently flowing at about 400 cubic feet per second, this is  super low and makes the river extremely accessible on foot.  The water below Black Canyon Campground normally slow and lake influenced, is now  miles of water flowing into Lookout Point Reservoir. All of this water is [...]

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With promising reports streaming in from the lower Mckenzie, I decided some subsurface sampling on Middle Fork of the Willamette was in order.  I’m a misanthrope like that and besides, I resolved to fish the MFW at least once a month this winter and I already skipped January.  I caught the warmest couple hours of [...]

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It’s been a few years since we’ve had early spring weather and water conditions like we do right now. Both the McKenzie and Willamette Rivers are way down at “Summer Like” flows. Coastal rivers are in fine shape today and continue to drop. The current water conditions allow for amazing wading access to the McKenzie [...]

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Some time ago I argued  that Oregon has the best year around angling of any state in the U.S. period.  It’s still true.  As the eastern half of the United States tried to dig itself out from a blizzard, Greg Hatten and I decided to float the Middle Fork of the Willamette River from Oakridge [...]

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 The Middle Fork of the Willamette fished very well this Thursday. Best flies were Morrish October Caddis, Mega Prince and  Possie Buggers. It was an incredibly nice fall day, no wind, warm temperatures and lots of fish. Just a classic fall day in Oregon.

Warm air temperatures have really helped local fishing of late.  As long as [...]

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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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