The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

May and June are prime months for Shad fishing on the Umpqua and Siuslaw Rivers in Oregon. The Umpqua gets a very reliable run around Elkton and the Yellow Creek area. In this video Tony Torrence demonstrates how to tie a proven Shad Dart. Other colors and densities can be utilized but the basic “dart” [...]

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The Dark Cahill wet fly with hidden bead is an excellent searching pattern on the McKenzie and Willamette rivers in the spring time. The body of this fly is made of Uni-yarn, an interesting alternative for folks who have a hard time making nice tapered bodies with traditional dubbing.

Dark Cahill wet with hidden bead
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This March Brown pattern sits half in half out. It does a great job of imitating the may fly struggling to break the surface meniscus. The Klinkhammer will fool the pickiest of trout with it’s slim, sparse profile. Best results come by fishing the Klinkhammer dead drift down stream to rising fish during a March [...]

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More proven spring fly patterns:
McKees Rubber Legs Tungsten brown and yellow
We have been fishing this fly on the Middle Fork of the Willamette, Mckenzie and Deschutes for a few years now. It is an easy one to tie and imitates a golden stonefly nymph nicely. The tungsten bead helps it get down in the [...]

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New Trick Soft Hackle Yellow:
Most of our western rivers contain Pale Morning Duns and Little Yellow stones. This fly imitates the emergence of both insects, as well as hundreds of others. Fish this one down and across traditional wet fly style or grease the last part of your tippet and fish the soft hackle dead [...]

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This is the first post in a series on proven spring fly patterns for Oregon. Send us your suggestions and patterns in the comments.

Mega Prince: A hall of fame trout fly, white goose biots, peacock and rubber legs, this fly has it all going on. We have an ongoing argument at the shop about which [...]

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