The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

We received this info from the Steamboaters:
On Monday May 5th 2008 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) announced their proposed changes to the 2009-2012 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations. There are eight different proposed regulations that would allow for the harvest of wild winter steelhead on the Umpqua system. A very vocal, organized group is […]

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Matt Sigmeund, Gardner Floor Covering co-owner and spey casting guru and Barrett Christiansen Caddis Fly guide/employee and fly tying guru headed down to the Umpqua yesterday. Despite some big snow flakes and overall cold conditions the two anglers had some good fishing. Matt was tossing his Winston 13′3″ # 7 spey rod with a sink tip and […]

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Winter steelhead continue to head upstream in a high and cold North Umpqua. While this is prime time for the fly fishing only section of the river, high water has made things tough. As I write this the river has come down a bit. At Glide the reading is under 4000 cubic feet per second. […]

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Caddis Fly guide Jeff Carr found some gorgeous winter steelhead this weekend on the North Umpqua. The river is running a bit high but still fishable. Jeff was swinging articulated leaches on this Sage 13′ #7 z-axis spey rod.  His line choice was a Skagit 450 spey line with a 15′ type 8 sink tip. […]

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Late last week the N. Umpqua dropped into great shape and the fishing picked up. Wednesday-Saturday yielding results for many of the anglers on the river. Late Saturday the river starting rising back up, cold water from low elevation snow melt making it difficult to get the fish to move to a fly. In addition […]

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The river has been dropping steadily and good numbers of fish have been showing up in the fly water section of the North Umpqua.   Lead Eyed eggs or Egg-Sucking stones with an egg dropper are catching fish.  Fish slow and on the bottom for best results.

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The North Umpqua is staged for a tremendous winter run for wild steelhead. Water conditions are less than ideal being high and cold. Numbers are great over Winchester Dam. As weather warms and fish move out of the lower river the fly only section should offer incredible fishing in March.

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