The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Here are a few articles worth digging into:
Bakke lays out the case for rethinking hatchery programs in the Northwest
Oregonian: Fish management agencies are continuing to contribute to the decline and extinction of wild salmon and steelhead, and that contribution is even more serious than that of land and water management agencies in their determined [...]

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Jeff Mishler has posted some amazing videos of the forthcoming Skagit Master 2 featuring Scott Howell. Check out the videos — a 2 minute intruder and winter steelhead fish porn.

Pebble Mine opponents scored a court victory. Environmentalists oppose the huge copper and gold mine being developed in Alaska near some of the world’s most [...]

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Our pal Matt Dunn from Fish Beer and Third Coast Fly is looking for some help protecting the Pere Marquette, a Great Lakes trib with amazing fish potential. The PM is home to non-native, but wild reproducing steelhead, salmon and brown trout, and one of the great Hexagenia hatches in the Midwest. Matt is looking [...]

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Save your local newspaper from Tuesday, as the Register-Guard featured three blog regulars. RG columnist Bob Welch profiled Wooden Drift boat and Town Run Steelhead obsessed Greg Hatten. “He is part artist, part mad scientist, and part lighthearted ambassador to the fishing wonders of Oregon”.

Also, RG outdoors columnist Mike Stahlberg outlined the stocking changes [...]

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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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