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Central Oregon Spring Creeks Picking Up

June is a great time to fish Central Oregon’s spring creeks. With both the Metolius and Fall rivers open to angling in certain sections year round, late Spring/early Summer remains one of my favorite times to fish the gin clear … Continue reading

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Saturday June 7th: McKenzie River Stories

What If You Could Listen To Your Water Source? On Saturday, June 7, 2014, “McKenzie River Stories,” an interactive multimedia exhibit will open at the Lane County Historical Museum in Eugene, OR. A family-friendly opening reception will take place from … Continue reading

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Take off work Friday, go to Salem for No Kill on Umpqua Steelhead

In typical agency fashion, ODFW is hosting a weekday event wherein working folks need to try to take a day off to support their interest in protecting wild fish in the Coastal Management Plan. There is a place for written … Continue reading

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Willamette River Fishing Report

The Middle Fork of the Willamette is flowing at ideal levels for trout and steelhead fishing. With approx 810 cubic feet per second being released out of Hills Creek dam the Middle Fork near Oakridge is very “wadable” and “boatable”. … Continue reading

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Deschutes River Salmon Fly Trip

Blog reader and freelance photographer Joshua Rainey sent us a writeup of his recent Deschutes Salmon Fly Trip: We floated Warm Springs to Trout Creek on Friday/Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend. The fishing started off really good with a few … Continue reading

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Trout Unlimited Chapter 678 June Meeting Monday, June 2

The Stellaria Building 150 Shelton Mcmurphey Blvd., Eugene, OR 97401 Large community room Monday June 2nd at 6PM, The McKenzie-Upper Willamette Chapter of Trout Unlimited will hold its monthly board meeting in the small community Room of the Stellaria Building, … Continue reading

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Jim Lichatowich speaking in Eugene tonight

Salmon biologist, conservationist and author Jim Lichatowich will be speaking in Eugene tonight, reading from his new book Salmon, People and Place. Here is a great quote from Lichatowich in a recent interview: By relying more and more on hatcheries … Continue reading

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Subtle Saltwater Clouser Minnow with Fishient Fish Scale Synthetics

Why not just do one Clouser Minnow and call it good? Because sometimes you can pick up different ideas, materials, color combinations and other inspiration. What you get with this pattern is Fishient Fish Scale and a subtle color pattern, … Continue reading

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McKenzie River Trout Study Wrap Up Meeting June 10th

If you are curious about how “Citizen Scientists” can make a difference and you would like to hear the latest on The McKenzie River Trout Study please attend the Wrap Up Meeting on June 10th from 6-7pm at Springfield City … Continue reading

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Spring in Full Bloom on the Upper McKenzie

Dogwoods, Alders, Ash, Cedars and many more trees are in full “bloom” along the sides of the gorgeous upper McKenzie River. I love the upper river as Spring moves to Summer. Every day is a bit different. Insect hatches, fish … Continue reading

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McKenzie River Trout Study Letter

Dear Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Jeff Ziller: I am writing today to thank you very much for your participation in the McKenzie River Trout Study. Your efforts along with volunteer anglers have improved a section of river … Continue reading

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Saltwater Fly Tying Video: Using Cure Goo to attach small baitfish eyes on a cutthroat & Coho Fly

This is a fly we have seen before; the point of this video is simply to review the simplicity of using Cure Goo to finish off the fly and secure very small Holographic Eyes. The streamer fly is tied with … Continue reading

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The Lost Rod

Paul and I left the lodge at 7am, the plan was to arrive at the pick up point by 9am. Dion and three guests would fly to the remote South Island West Coast River, if they left around 8:20, they … Continue reading

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Frank Moore and “Mending the Line” at McKenzie Fly Fishers Meeting Monday Night May 19th

This Monday night the McKenzie Flyfishers meeting will feature Frank Moore and a showing of a “short” 20 minute version of “Mending the Line” The film tells a story about much more than flyfishing. It is a war story, a … Continue reading

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Spring postcard from the Upper-Midwest

Well folks, it’s been quite a while since I’ve dropped an update on the family and fishing out here in Ohio. I hope everyone and everything is fantastic for everybody out West. I’m still heartsick two years after moving out … Continue reading

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