The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Caddis Fly employee and guide Barrett Christiensen visited the Williamson River this past Friday.  He put the boat in at the public ramp in the town of Chiloquin and rowed upstream. By 8am he was swinging/stripping  small buggers, leaches and mega princes through the deep pools. As the sun rose higher and the fish showed less […]

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Now that water levels have settled down and our weather pattern of blue sky and beaming sun is upon us, what tactics will improve your catch. Early in the day fish will come to the surface with dry flies. Lower light conditions mean the fish are less wary.  Cooler temperatures allow for more insect availability […]

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I slammed some bedrock hard last Friday drifting the town-run Willamette underneath the I-5 Bridge. I figured the water level had covered all the ledges in my line. . . it hadn’t.  At the takeout I realized some damage had been done to the batten that would require some repair–this is the worst I’ve sustained […]

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Tom Keelin, an engineering guru and fly fisherman, recently published a new, more accurate way to estimate the weight of fish. The article ran in the May 2008 issue of Fly Fisherman. The conventional formula: weight = length x girth (squared)/800 underestimates the true weight of steelhead, according to Keelin. The more accurate equation, based […]

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Trying to learn new knots can be one of the most frustrating steps in an angler’s development.  But there are definitely times that the right knot tied well can make the difference between a sweet shot of a huge fish or the dreaded long distance release.  Even the most experienced fishers don’t know every knot […]

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That water is cold this time of year, better get your waders patched up. If you’ve got a pair of Simms or other Gore-Tex based waders, you need to watch this video to see how to repair leaks. By the way, you may notice the video production is getting a little better — you asked […]

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NYMPHS-
Prince Nymph, March Brown Nymph, Hogan’s Clinger March, Black Mini Stone, Kaufman’s Black Stone, March Brown Trigger Nymph.
WET FLIES-
March Brown Wet, March Brown Soft Spider, March Brown Hare’s Ear Emerger, Birds Nest Hare’s Ear.
DRY FLIES-
Parachute Adams, Spun Dun, March Brown Parachute, Western March Brown, Parachute BWO, Cripple March Brown, Extended Body March Brown.

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Early season March Brown adult insects are bigger than the ones that hatch into April. Even guys over 95 can spot the big dark sailboats on the flat matte glarey surface of the Mckenzie in March.

Go with size #12’s early and move to #14’s for the later part of the hatch, or when you get […]

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