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Monthly Archives: June 2008
Snake River Salmon featured on CBS 60 Minutes this Sunday
This coming Sunday evening, June 22, CBS News 60 MINUTES will feature an expose on the severely depressed salmon populations in the Columbia and Snake Rivers. The story will spotlight the tremendous amount of taxpayer dollars our federal government continues … Continue reading
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ODFW electrofishing Crooked River next week
From an ODFW press release: Biologists from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will sample the Crooked River below Bowman Dam for redband trout and mountain whitefish beginning Monday, June 23 through Friday, June 27. Biologists will be electrofishing the river … Continue reading
Eugene Summer Steelhead going off
Summer steelhead are in the Eugene town runs in both the Willamette and McKenzie River systems. Good numbers of fish are spread from Dexter dam down through town on the Willy, and anglers are finding fish from Leaburg dam downstream … Continue reading
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Central Oregon fly fishing report: Little Lava, Deschutes
Central Oregon Fly Fishing report from Brent Ross: This past weekend I headed up to Little Lava and enjoyed great weather, but slow fishing. On Saturday morning there were numerous fish rising throughout the lake and thick midge hatches. Dark … Continue reading
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Local fishing heats up
This past week fishing on the lower Mckenzie and Middle Fork of the Willamette improved greatly. The high water this spring has the fish in better shape than I can remember. Hatches have improved and water temperatures have reached 53 … Continue reading
Gear Review: William Joseph Boat Thermometer
Recently, I purchased a William Joseph Boat Thermometer from the Caddis Fly and affixed it to my gunwhale and got to taking some water temps. The unit is housed in an orange shock guard and attached to any rail via … Continue reading
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Last of the fish porn from the Canada trip: Big Brookies
Here’s the last of the fish porn from my Canada trip. We caught these brookies on a little hike-in lake in NW Ontario. It’s in a roadless area, so you have to fly in or park your boat at the … Continue reading
Posted in Fishing Porn, Fly Fishing Travel
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Willamette Cleanup this weekend
Join local businesses and community groups in a work party at a neighborhood park. Volunteers will be rolling up their sleeves and digging in on Saturday June 14, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Meet at Island Park boat landing. A … Continue reading
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Fly fishing video: Pike on the fly
Here’s a short video montage of the fly fishing for Pike madness at Lake Esnagi. There is talk about puttting a pike trip together for ’09 out of the shop, so if you are interested in getting on board, let … Continue reading
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First entrant in Big McKenzie Willamette Rainbow contest sets bar at 17″
Neal Galligan sets the bar at 17-inches in the Caddis Fly’s Mckenzie/ Middle Fork Willamette Big Resident Rainbow Competition! Neal’s son Chris,who was visiting from Phoenix Arizona, caught this Rainbow using Neal’s own version of a Maga Prince fly on … Continue reading
Registration Deadline Looms . . .
June 15th is the last day to register for our resident rainbow competition which runs through September 30th. The winner will receive a pair of Crystal Series Action Optics sunglasses plus his/her name on a plaque in the shop memorializing … Continue reading
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Fly fishing for monster Pike in the Canadian Bush
Last week I was fly fishing for Northern Pike in Ontario, Canada on Lake Esnagi. It’s a 25-mile natural lake, located north of Lake Superior in Canadian Shield region. There are no roads leading to the lake, the only access … Continue reading
Posted in Fly Fishing Travel
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Weather looking up, water coming down
The lower Mckenzie River near Eugene continues to fish well. Water levels are currently dropping. With little precipitation in the 5 day forecast, maybe, just maybe we will see a steady drop, instead of the yoyo ride we have been on … Continue reading
Caught on the lower Mckenzie . . . no bull.
This morning I got up early for a quick fish and floated the Mckenzie from Leaburg Dam to Greenwood for steelhead. I’ve never run that section at these levels and a look at the dam got my attention: Turns out … Continue reading
Posted in McKenzie River
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