Monthly Archives: August 2011

Deschutes River Steelhead: Current Report and Looking Ahead

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

It’s shaping up to be a good steelhead year on the Deschutes. In the past week, 6,000 to 8,000 steelhead a day have been making their way over the Dalles Dam on average, for a total of over 170,000 already … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Oregon Fishing Report, Fishing Reports, Summer Steelhead | 6 Comments

Had a great time, nearly drowned both days

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

We’re going back to the Strait. I’ve been tying some Nelson silver salmon flies in various colors for bucktailing in the prop wash. One week of debauchery in the no-man’s land between the U.S. and Canada. Here are a bunch … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Fishing Travel, Oregon Salmon fly fishing | 8 Comments

Rick and Sam’s River Crawl

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

We (Sam and Rick) set out to highlight the bounty of bank/wade fly fishing opportunities within a day’s drive of the Eugene area (and get on the blog without a boat :). The task was to catch and release fish … Continue reading →

Posted in Fishing Reports | 4 Comments

More from Sneaky: Out to Sea on the Oregon Coast

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Pull a little harder will ye! The coast is a plethora of action right now. Sea Runs are in and Fall Chinook to follow. Calm inland seas brings anglers to the very reliable inshore fishery.

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Sneaky Pete Checks in from the Coast

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog
Posted in Fishing Reports, Oregon Salmon fly fishing, Oregon Saltwater Fishing | 3 Comments

Autumn Dreams on the Big Windy

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Last weekend was to be my first scouting trip for fall chinook, only two weeks after saying farewell to North Coast springers. I relished the chance for three long, quiet days of unicorn hunting. No fish required. A study in … Continue reading →

Posted in Oregon Salmon fly fishing | 3 Comments

Oregon Cascades Trout Part II: Tackle Choices

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Here it comes folks. Blatant commercialism. Deal with it. Fact is, I got a chance to fish some fly rods, fly lines, and a fly reel that are either new in 2011 or at least new to me. People are … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Fishing Gear Review | 4 Comments

Trout Unlimited Meeting, 8/10/11

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Caddisfly

On the heels of a sucessful event on Monday evening, Trout Unlimited will be hosting its monthly meeting at the Vet’s Club on Wednesday night at 7:00 pm. Mark Christie of Oregon State will be speaking on the interactions between … Continue reading →

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Historical Perspectives on Oregon Fishing

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Oregon Fishing Perspectives. Someone said, sometime, that an understanding of the challenges we face, the decisions we make each day, could surely benefit from understanding the perspective of people who have preceded us. Or something philosophical like that.

Posted in Fishing Reports, Oregon Conservation News | 3 Comments

Oregon Cascades Trout Part I: A Most Excellent Adventure Begins

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

I am NOT a stalker. Really. This seems an appropriate opening assertion for this article, given the fact that I just recently opened the Caddis Fly Blog to find that my most trusted and share everything friends RR and MS … Continue reading →

Posted in Fishing Reports, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing | 2 Comments

Steens Mountain

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Caddisfly

Fish Lake located “just off the highway” (14 miles) on Steens Mountain provided some fun fishing on day three of our four day trip (see previous post for the rest of the days). The lake had some planted trout which … Continue reading →

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Trout perspectives

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

As a Midwest native, I came to trout fishing late in life. And had an idea that the craggier the water, the better the fishing opportunities. Broken, boulder-strewn, rapid filled stretches were easy to read — it limited where fish … Continue reading →

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Cast the new Sage ONE Rod today at The Caddis Fly

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Our Sage, Rio, Redington Sale Representative George Cook has stopped by this week to write orders for the coming season. While we are in the back battling about some ugly Redington Vest please come by and cast the new and … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Fishing Gear Review | 1 Comment

The Steens

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Caddisfly

Last week a few of the Technical Men’s Conference (old dawgs who have fished together for decades) headed off to The Steens. Marc, who grew up in Burns, was our tour guide. The rest of us only had read about … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Fishing Travel | 11 Comments

What every environmentally concerned citizen should know about hatchery trout

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

The McKenzie Fly Fishers, Trout Unlimited Chapter 678, and The Caddis Fly invite you to a free lecture by renowned author and environmentalist Anders Halvorsen, author of An Entirely Synthetic Fish: How Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World. … Continue reading →

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