The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Deschutes River:Tom just got done fishing a week at Trout Creek to Maupin, very little surface action, but lots of big fish on golden stone nymphs and caddis pupa under a dropper, little green copper johns, possie bugger in size 14-16. Dry fly fishing might pick up in a couple weeks.
Cascade Lakes: Little Lava is [...]

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The October Caddis, Limnephilidae Dicosmoecoes, adults hatch in late fall, anywhere from late September to November in the Pacific Northwest. These large, orange caddis flies are approximately three centimeters long and provide too large a meal for big trout to pass up.

Considered by many to be a Western ’superhatch’, TroutNut.com says caddis fly aficionado [...]

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There are several useful tools that can help an angler really see why this snow melt blowout is happening (besides all the snow of course) and understand when it will end. The Oregon State Marine Board maintains a page that shows how full the Willamette Valley reservoirs are and how much water is coming in and going [...]

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The pellet-heads are in! Per the ODFW recreation report, here is the trout stocking schedule for the McKenzie and Willamette River watersheds for opening weekend.
-Blue River above Blue River Reservoir was stocked with 1,500 legal-sized rainbow trout this week.
-Blue River Reservoir was stocked with 3,000 legal-sized rainbow trout this week.
-Carmen Reservoir was stocked with 3,500 [...]

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The rain we needed to blow up the coastal rivers and bring the next and probably last really big push of native steelhead into the rivers arrived. Unfortunately, it came a little late in the week and Saturday is totally shot for steelheading pretty much statewide. Sunday is looking a little better and [...]

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In a perfect world, we’d recommend trout fishing on Saturday and trying your hand on steelhead on Sunday. Here’s why:
Rain is forecast and our coastal rivers are expected to rise fairly quickly presenting challenges for steelhead anglers of all stripes on Saturday. The Siuslaw is projected to crest at approximately 7.28 feet on Saturday afternoon. [...]

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