The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Jay Nicholas demonstrates his methods for building sink tips for his Skagit spey lines using bulk T-14. Building the loop-to-loop connectors can be tricky, and Jay shows you his method for securing loops.

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Fly tying tips: In this fly tying video, Jay Nicholas shows you a trick to tie off a dubbing loop, explains why you should pull-off excess lead instead of cutting it, and more.

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This is part two of Jay’s winter steelhead technique primer.

Swing traditional and leech flies. Traditional steelhead patterns catch winter steelhead like they have for decades, so you don’t have to throw out your Green Butt Skunks, Polar Shrimps, or Thor flies and replace them all with Intruders or Leech-style flies.
That said, big [...]

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I have this friend, see, who’s on the verge of committing to year-long, exclusive use of a fly rod. He loves to fly fish for trout. You should see his eyes sparkle when he talks about fly fishing for sea-run cutthroat: Daybreak mist on the water, silvery streaks exploding on his fly. [...]

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Looking for something to do with those hatchery steelhead? Here is Barrett’s smoked fish recipe:
Brine:
1/3 cup salt
1/3 cup brown sugar
6 cloves peeled garlic crushed
3 tbsp. ginger fresh grated
Juice of one fair sized lime
3 tbsp. high quality soy sauce or tamari
1/4 tsp. cayenne (optional)
1 qt. water
I remove all the bones (both pin and rib [...]

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This Friday night at the shop 4pm-6pm Jon Hazlett of Confluence Outfitters will de-mystify Spey lines. The shop is offering this free two hour in class seminar in conjunction with our two day Spey Casting Clinic this Saturday and Sunday. The Saturday class is full but we do have a couple of spots [...]

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Next week begins the first day of Fall 09. The fall is one of the best times of the year for Oregon fly anglers. The Deschutes is hot with steelhead, the Cascade lakes are producing as water and air temps cool. October Caddis are beginning to fly around streams. The Mckenzie native Redsides [...]

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