The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

For those of you who aren’t combing the blogroll, here are a bunch of important fisheries issues from across the Pacific Northwest:
Bill Bakke on the institutional barriers against wild salmon
A great look at the problem of relying on fish and wildlife agencies to save wild salmon from Bill Bakke’s blog: State governments have never been [...]

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Looks like Jay is at it again, reeling in big fish like the one he photographed (above) before releasing it last week. For the fascinating and mundane details of the fishing, the secret fly patterns, his companions, and the fun, see his wordpress blog post at: http://fishingwithjay.wordpress.com/
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This is the Oregon Fly Fishing Blog Best of 2009. What were the top ten most important events, blog posts, conservation issues and fly fishing products of 2009? Check out our list:
10. Huge chinook on the fly: Despite a dismal chinook salmon return this year, Oregon Fly Fishing Blog went Salmon Crazy. Comets were [...]

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The Portland-based conservation organization, Native Fish Society has come on board to help our Trout Unlimited chapter reduce or remove hatchery trout in the McKenzie. I recently joined the ranks of the River Steward program for the McKenzie and NFS has agreed to fund some upcoming projects on the hatchery issue.
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The organization is also [...]

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Deschutes Basin Whirling Disease Report
Via the Oregon Trout Unlimited Social Media site: Two OSU researchers just released this study funded by PGE which examines the risk of establishment of whirling disease in the Lower Deschutes, and subsequently in the Upper Deschutes as fish passage above the Pelton - Round Butte Hydro Complex is established. The [...]

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Bacon, Hickman from Buster WTF on a Alaska West King bender
Fear and Loathing on Alaska West: Follow along with the Buster Crew for some great photos, huge mouse-eating trout, and monster kings this week. My favorite line “A guy once told me kings don’t eat flies. That guy was dumb.”
Chester Allen slamming sea-run cutthroat in [...]

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Kill more groundfish!
ODFW is increasing the bag limit on groundfish to 7-per day starting May 1st. As part of the agency’s obsession with “Increasing Angler Opportunity”, biologists decided six just wasn’t enough. A week from today, you’ll able to kill one more of these slow growing, slow-to-reproduce, near shore fish! Thanks guys!
$100 million project to [...]

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