Category Archives: Oregon Saltwater Fishing

Weekend Fish Porn

A few shots from this weekends angling. Send us your favorite shot from Memorial Day Weekend and we will post it on OregonFlyFishingBlog.com this week. Send Photos to caddiseug@yahoo.com. The coming weeks cloudy but warm weather sets up for outstanding … Continue reading

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Fly Tying video: Captain Nate’s Lingcod Clouser Minnow

Captain Nate Stansberry’s Lingcod Clouser Minnow has accounted for some monster fish on the Oregon Coast. In this fly tying video, Nate shows you how to tie his version of Bob Clouser’s popular baitfish pattern. Nate uses materials and techniques … Continue reading

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Feels like summer!

With less than two weeks until the ocean salmon season it sure feels like summer! The rock fish are running wild and the big lings are still around… I will keep it short and too the point and leave you … Continue reading

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Rockfish are better not battered.

Just food for thought no pun intended… The past week week has brought quite a few beautiful fish over the rail! Fortunately most of them went back home none the worse for wear. Ling Cod always look surprised… But even … Continue reading

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East Coast Spring Stripers

I often hear rumblings about west coast stripers and there is no doubt of there existence (similar to Sasquatch, aliens, and unicorns). The simple fact is if you want numbers of stripers the east coast is the way to go! … Continue reading

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Fly fishing for Lingcod and Rockfish on the Oregon Coast goes off

The following story is from Rob Russell, who had the time of his life on the Oregon Coast, fly fishing for lingcod and rockfish with Captain Nate. The photos are from the following day, where Jeff Hickman and Rob Elam … Continue reading

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Rockfish on the bite — fly fishing out of Coos Bay

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 … Continue reading

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Oregon rockfish on the fly: Ocean conditions improving

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 … Continue reading

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Ocean Conditions…Finally!

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 … Continue reading

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Fall temperatures put bottomfish on the bite

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! … Continue reading

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Go big or go home: Ocean conditions lining up for great fishing this weekend

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 … Continue reading

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Baitballs, diving birds: Fly fishing the Oregon coast

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 … Continue reading

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Dire Straits: Near-death-experiences, hot salmon bite on Juan de Fuca

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 … Continue reading

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Hooked on saltwater fly fishing on the Oregon Coast

According to blog reader Rob Perkins “You don’t necessarily have to have beautiful flies in order to catch Silvers and Tuna on the Oregon Coast. I had an absolute blast and am totally hooked on saltwater fly fishing, I’m just … Continue reading

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Filling the Bugger Beast at the North Umpqua Fall Fly Tying event

Last weekend my six-month old son Paul and I attended the North Umpqua Fall Fly Tying Festival and it was a blast. I put Paul in his playpen behind me and tried to tie flies and talk to folks about … Continue reading

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