Author Archives: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Super Cool Fly Tying Materials from FlySkinz

Check out the cool tying materials and videos to go with them from FlySkinz. Jonathan Kiley has created some really innovative synthetic fly tying materials. All of these products are now available for same day shipping from Caddisflyshop.com. Kiley’s Crab … Continue reading →

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Fishing Highlights Around the State

The Deschutes River near Maupin is experiencing it’s annual Summer Steelhead run and fishing has been pretty good. The White River is puking out quite a bit of color on hot days but fish are still being caught. The Deschutes … Continue reading →

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Post Cards from Pacific City Dory Fishing

Chris Daughters joined me and Capt. John Harrell for a short session dory fishing out of Pacific City, Oregon, on August 6, 2015. Wonderful day. Silvers were scarce, and we did not find even one, even though they had been … Continue reading →

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Sage Introduces New Rods: Video on MOD, Little ONES, TROUT SPEY, BOLT and PULSE Series

The month of August brings a new launch of fly fishing products from the major manufacturers including Sage, Rio and Redington. Below you will find brief discussions from our sales rep George Cook about each one of the new series … Continue reading →

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Long Grizzly Saddles in stock now – August 2015

Yes, on August 3, 2015, the Caddis Fly Angling Shop has a very good supply of excellent grizzly saddles at very reasonable prices (most at $49.95). These make for excellent dry flies, buggers and wonderful wings on Intruders. Many of the … Continue reading →

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Darn nearly a Mini Intruder (Purple /Blue) featuring OPST shank

This is a nice little fly that caught winter steelhead for me, and it is one that you will have fun tying and adapting to your own style if you give it a go. I have concentrated on tying and … Continue reading →

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Articulated Baitfish Intruder Fly

Here is our all purpose articulated fly – fish it for salmon, giant trout, steelhead, pike, musky, bass, and gators. This here is what I consider a really cool articulated fly that may or may not qualify for the genre … Continue reading →

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Limeade Nymph Fly Tying Video

Chris Scott demonstrates how to tie his Limeade mayfly nymph. The Limeade is a versatile mayfly nymph pattern that works well under a dry fly or deep coupled with a heavier nymph closer to the river bottom. Limeade Nymph Hook: … Continue reading →

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The Caddis Fly Celebrates 40 Years in Business with a Huge SALE!

This Saturday August 1st we celebrate 40 years in business with a massive SALE at the shop. Everything will be on sale. Stay tuned for more specifics, but be sure to set aside a bit of shopping time this coming … Continue reading →

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Middle Fork of the Willamette Gets a Refresher

Fishing has picked up considerably on the Middle Fork of the Willamette near Oakridge. The graph above shows a spike in flows exiting Hills Creek Dam. This cold water influx has the fish looking up for larger attractor and terrestrial … Continue reading →

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Pink Fuego Nymph Fly Tying Video

Chris Scott shares his go to “searching” mayfly nymph pattern in the video above. Tie this fly off of a mid sized dry fly or go deep with a double nymph rig. It works year round. Pink Fuego Nymph Hook: … Continue reading →

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Super Simple Albacore Fly Instructional

It is only just July on the Oregon Coast, but it is not too soon to get geared and flied up for Albacore, because they could be here any day now.  Other effective tuna flies are in my book, SEA … Continue reading →

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ODFW Takes Action to Help Native Fish

From the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Website Thursday, July 16, 2015 SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has curtailed fishing hours on most of Oregon’s rivers to avoid additional stress on native fish already … Continue reading →

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Protect Wild Rivers & Native Fish from Strip Mining

From the Native Fish Society: Mining companies want to develop nickel strip mines in the delicate headwaters of the Smith, Illinois, Pistol rivers and Hunter Creek. These headwaters play a critical role in providing the cold, clean water necessary to … Continue reading →

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Support for O & C Lands Act Needed Now

Last week, in a surprising about-face, Oregon county commissioners turned their backs on the hard work Oregon residents and their delegation have put into crafting a balanced bill to deal with issues on the O & C Lands Act. Instead … Continue reading →

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