The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

In this new video, salmon fly fishing guru Jay Nicholas discusses fly tying, rod selection and tactics for chasing Oregon’s coastal salmon on the fly.

Click here for the Nicholas ODFW salmon population report mentioned in the video. If you’re interested in taking Nicholas’ class on fly fishing for salmon, he will be offering [...]

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In this video, Barrett talks a new salmon fly fisherman through landing a nice chrome fish on an Oregon coastal stream:

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Barrett’s Chinook Clouser is a killer pattern for chrome salmon entering Oregon rivers. This version uses a synthetic extra select craft fur instead of the traditional bucktail.

Clouser materials available at www.CaddisFlyShop.com:
Gamakatsu SC-15
Ultra Select Craft Fur
Dumbbell eyes
Hareline Diamond Braid
Hareline Crystal Flash
Uni-thread

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Jay Nicholas knows how to catch Chinook salmon on the fly. He spent the last 30 years studying and supporting wild salmon as a fisheries biologist with ODFW and has been fly fishing since 1954. He was a longtime gear fisherman, but after catching his first king salmon on the fly rod, it was over. [...]

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If you’re serious about fly fishing for salmon in Oregon, check out this pattern from Barrett: An all-orange comet. Barrett ties them on a small glo-bug hook. The short shank and wide gap hooks provide good hooking power, without giving the salmon leverage to work the hook out. Small, bright salmon patterns work great in [...]

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Coastal salmon are making the run from the surf to the rainforest. Keep an eye on the river levels and go out and get ‘em. Solid fly patterns for salmon include Clouser Minnows, Comets and glo-bugs.
Nic Callero from the NWF and Nate had a big day Wednesday.

Water levels are on the rise, [...]

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November is salmon season on the Oregon Coast. Rain falls, the rivers rise and break through to the Pacific Ocean. Salmon surge in on incoming tides, riding the surf into the tidal estuaries of their birth.
Last weekend, my brother Nate, Nick Symmonds (yep, that Nick Symmonds) and I decided to host a homecoming party for [...]

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This weekend I camped on a favorite small Oregon coastal river on word that decent fish were in.  If they were, they had scooted through by the time of my arrival.  The water was really low and there was good number of bashful chinook and wary coho.  After the first day of fishing it was [...]

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