Author Archives: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Pacific Rockfish Fly Pattern: Purple Surf Candy, Fish Scale and Cure Goo

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

The Purple Rockfish Candy is another Pacific Saltwater fly inspired by the Bob Popovics’ Surf Candy fly style.  Our Pacific Bottom-fish, including Black Rockfish, have teeth and a chomping ability that can wreak havoc with our flies. The Use of … Continue reading →

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Puget Sound and Saltwater Cutthroat Fly Tying Video – Pink Shimmer Fringe Surf Candy

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

This is the first video in Jay Nicholas’s series on Saltwater Fly Tying. The Cutthroat Shimmer Fringe Surf Candy is inspired by the Bob Popovics’ Surf Candy fly style. Whereas Bob created his original Surf Candy to enhance the durability … Continue reading →

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Cedar Lodge New Zealand – Summer Season Underway

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Christmas break brought wet weather day after day on the South Island. Most of the rivers we frequently fish from Cedar Lodge were out of shape until the second week of January. Instead of fishing and camping we stayed around … Continue reading →

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Jim Lichatowich on OPB

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Great interview with salmon biologist Jim Lichatowich on OPB: By relying more and more on hatcheries we’re creating a charade of sorts where the river that can’t support a salmon becomes a stage prop where fishermen and fish play out … Continue reading →

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Steelhead patterns page updated

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

We’ve updated our best steelhead fly patterns. These links take you to a page with a YouTube fly tying videos demonstrating how to tie the fly, a high resolution image of the finished steelhead fly, and a fly pattern recipe. … Continue reading →

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ODFW seeks comment on plan for six coastal salmon and trout species

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Some of you may recognize the plan outlined below, in an article we ran five years ago. Well, it’s coming to fruition, and now is your chance to comment. Via ODFW: The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host … Continue reading →

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Founding Flies

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Mike Valla’s Founding Flies book “will no doubt be considered a definitive history for the flies of the 20th century. He’s dug out stories never before heard, interviewed tiers or people who new them and photographed the places where all-time … Continue reading →

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Lamprey hatcheries coming to the Northwest?

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Via ODFW: The Pacific Lamprey is an old, old fish—one that dates back 500 million years, and while biologists will be the first to tell you what they don’t know about the prehistoric fish, what they do know is fascinating. … Continue reading →

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McKenzie River Fly Patterns page updated

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

We’ve updated the McKenzie-Willamette River Fly Pattern page with tons of great new trout patterns by Tony Torrence and Jay. There are some old standbys with new twists, some repeats by new tyers with different perspectives on the craft and … Continue reading →

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Recycle your Christmas Trees

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

From TU Oregon Council Chair Tom Wolf: The Tualatin chapter of TU is in the third year of collecting discarded Christmas trees to be placed in the Necanicum River as woody debris in salmon rearing areas. The Bill Monroe article … Continue reading →

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Oregon Fly Fishing Blog: Best of 2013

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Another great year in the books. As ORFFB approaches the six-year mark, it’s nice to look back at some highlights from the last year’s posts. Cedar Lodge, New Zealand Chris and Shauna recently took ownership of a fly fishing lodge … Continue reading →

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New Redington Rods Get a Work Out Down Under

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

It’s Christmas break at Cedar Lodge and we don’t have guests for another week or so. It’s time for us to get some projects done around the lodge and do a little fishing. I brought down some new gear to … Continue reading →

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Hottest New Fly Tying Tool: Marc Petitjean Stacker

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

This new Petitjean product is one of the most exciting innovations in Fly tying tools we have ever seen, no kidding. Marc Petitjean is a creative blend of fly tyer, innovator, and engineer. His tools really work and work. Not … Continue reading →

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Saltwater Fly Tying: Tips for using Clear Cure Goo

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Very frankly, I was not an instant fan of the Clear Cure Goo Product line.  I tried it a little when tying Salmon and Steelhead flies, sometimes applying Goo on top of a fly head already treated with a conventional … Continue reading →

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Caddis Fly Christmas Party Tonight

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

We will miss this years party but not the weather. Patsy, Cash, Shauna and Chris wish everyone a very merry holiday season. Please join us for our annual Christmas party at the shop on December 19th from 4-830ish. A discount … Continue reading →

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