The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Yesterday we had Russell Bassett, Native Fish Society River Steward coordinator out on the high seas chasing bottom-fish with Clouser minnows and shooting heads. Early spring is a great time to chase ling cod and blue and black rockfish on the Oregon Coast.

-NS

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After a long few months of rough seas, you can only imagine how much we have been chomping at the bit to get out and do some ocean fishing. We finally had that opportunity early this week. After a quick conversation with the USGS about bar conditions we pulled the trigger on the 2010 Ocean [...]

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For those of you who might be filling a box full of baitfish patterns to try this winter for rockfish and ling cod your time has arrived! Ocean conditions are trending toward favorable this weekend and early next week. Get out there and have some fun on the coast! Should you have an interest in [...]

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Fall is in full swing and while temps are cooling off the rockfish action is heating up. The best action for sea bass, lingcod, and more is from October till April. Surf is up this week, but will settle soon! Check out these beasts from the deep from last weekend’s trip.

Lingcod were taking half-pound [...]

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The ocean conditions are lining up for great fishing this weekend, for those of you not participating in the McKenzie Two-Fly Tournament. Capt. Nate says the water looks good for offshore adventure, and ODFW recently lifted the depth restriction on rockfish and lingcod, meaning you can now go down deep to catch the biggest badboys [...]

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Yesterday, Captain Nate and I headed out off the Central Oregon Coast searching for some new rockfish spots, and wound up stumbling onto a baitball maelstrom. Birds on top usually means big fish underneath, pushing bait to the surface. It’s pretty much impossible to resist throwing a barbless clouser into the mix to see what’s [...]

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My stomach is still reeling, jaw sore from clenching my teeth with anxiety. Happy to be home in Eugene, on dry land, never to set foot in Curley’s Fiberglass Pig #15 again.
I traveled north last weekend to the Strait of Juan de Fuca to fish out of a rented boat from the town of Sekiu [...]

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