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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Local . . . (Fill in the Blank) Resident (?) Causes Big Drop in Willamette River
I thought about using harsher words in the title but I have been known to habitually destroy garage doors with my pick-up so I’ll stick with the facts and you can fill in the blanks. A local resident managed to … Continue reading
Posted in Lower Willamette, Uncategorized
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Oregon Restoration Projects Receive Federal Funding
Today Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced fifty habitat projects that would receive a total of 167 million in federal funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the stimulus package). Included in the projects receiving funding was Eugene’s own Delta … Continue reading
Posted in Oregon Conservation News
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Spey crazy, be afraid — by Jay Nicholas
Rob Russell’s recent post on Spey Rods is over the top. Plain and simple, it rang so many bells that I couldn’t help myself. I should be mowing the lawn, or tying salmon flies, or sorting my threads. Hummm. Should … Continue reading
Oregon Fly Fishing Film Festival call for entries
Oregon Fly Fishing Blog is excited to announce the Oregon Fly Fishing Film festival, open to submissions as of today, June 28, 2009. Over the next six months, we will be collecting entries for the contest. So fire up those … Continue reading
Little yellow stones: Yellow sally hatch goes off on the Lower McKenzie River at 9pm
The Lower McKenzie River is fishing well in the evenings for cutthroat, coinciding with massive yellow sally hatches. We’ve been fishing from Hayden Bridge to Armitage, with most of the action below Harvest Lane boat ramp. The bugs are all … Continue reading
Posted in Fishing Reports, McKenzie River
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Considering a spey rod? Big water, big fish, big rods
Considering a spey rod? by Rob Russell The “Spey” or two-handed fly rod has become the tool of choice for steelhead and salmon anglers looking to swing flies on big rivers. Two-handed rods take the drudgery out of swinging flies … Continue reading
Oregon Fly Fishing Blog Survey — Enter to win Sharkskin Line!
We’re looking to improve Oregon Fly Fishing Blog over the next few months and we’ve launched a survey to get your feedback. Everyone who takes the survey will receive one of our new Oregon Fly Fishing Blog stickers, and one … Continue reading
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Curing the fishing hangover
It happens every year after the Canadian pike trip – the fishing hang over. You spend seven days catching a fish on every cast, buzzing around anywhere you want to go on a huge playground of a lake, quaffing mass … Continue reading
Posted in McKenzie River
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South Santiam Unvarnished
South Santiam, Again and … – Jay Nicholas Thirty-one years on this piece of water. Jeepers. I wonder if I may have worn it out, but I keep going back when June comes around. Every June. Skamania summer steelhead – … Continue reading
Posted in Summer Steelhead
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Oregon coastal summer steelhead on the move
By Rob Russell Entering the coast range Friday evening, I left the sun behind and drove into an impressive mass of clouds. Rain came down in sheets for the next two hours. Later, as I pulled into the little coastal … Continue reading
Posted in Coastal Steelhead Fishing, Summer Steelhead
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Summer season begins on the McKenzie
It has been a fantastic Spring on the McKenzie this year. We started with high water and tough conditions, but ended with unbelievable fishing and perfect water and weather. Soon hot days will mean better hatches during the later hours … Continue reading
Posted in McKenzie River
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Middle Fork Willamette Report: Fish Gods Dispense Mercy
Father’s Day, 2009 Fresh off my skunking on the Metolius I decided to wipe that day off the books by floating the Middle Fork Willamette from Oakridge to Black Canyon. Expectations already running high were stoked even higher when I … Continue reading
Metolius Basin protected from mega-resort development!
This just in from Central Oregon Landwatch: This is a historic moment, as the Metolius Protection Act of 2009 just passed the Oregon House 31-28! House Bill 3298 recently passed the Oregon Senate as well and now heads to the … Continue reading
Posted in Oregon Conservation News
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Metolius Report: Still the Metolius
This past weekend I was up in the Bend area for the Oregon Council of Trout Unlimited meeting but the evening before I managed to sneak in a couple hours of fishing on the Metolius: The river was as beautiful … Continue reading
Posted in Central Oregon Fishing Report
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Oregon Trout Unlimited State Council: Success in 09 legislative session, focus on McKenzie issues
This weekend was the summer ’09 meeting of the Oregon State Council of Trout Unlimited. For those of you don’t know, there are currently five TU chapters in the state, two in Portland, the new Bend-Deschutes chapter, the Middle Rogue … Continue reading