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2013 McKenzie River Two-Fly Tournament dates set

Mark your calendars for the sixth annual McKenzie River Two-Fly Tournament October 5th 2013, brought to you by the Caddis Fly Angling Shop and your local native-fish supporting guides. Since it’s inception, the tournament has raised $25,000 for habitat restoration … Continue reading

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North Umpqua River Fishing and Accommadation Report

The North Umpqua River is one of the premier places to swing flies in Oregon for Winter and Summer Steelhead. With countless named and unnamed pools sometimes it’s hard to choose where to fish. For myself, Lou, and brother Ty … Continue reading

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Sink Tips for Spey Fishing Part 3: Airflo Review

Sink tips for Spey fishing Part 3: Airflo Products Here’s a quick review of Airflo Polyleaders and the range of Airflo sink tips that are most popular and effective with Two-Hand Spey and Switch anglers fishing for anadromous and lake-run … Continue reading

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Painting my way back to the Pacific Northwest

I started painting again after the photo editor at my favorite magazine, the FlyFish Journal reached out to ask if they could use one of my drawings in an upcoming issue. Of course, I said yes. And hopefully they can … Continue reading

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“Fundamental Nymph Fishing” Free Clinic with Skip Morris this Saturday 10am

Fundamental Nymph Fishing Clinic to be held at the shop 10am this Saturday the 19th of January. An instructional presentation on how to fish artificial nymphs in rivers and creeks–the standard, versatile, deadly indicator method. Explains the techniques, the rigs … Continue reading

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Echo PRIME One-Piece Fly Rods: Interview with Tim Rajeff

Among the fine new fly rods introduced in 2012, our friend Tim Rajeff has created an intriguing new Echo rod, the ECHO PRIME. The Echo Prime is a one-piece rod designed for use in a saltwater. I fished Prime 8 … Continue reading

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Long Tom River Fisheries Meeting this month

The Long Tom Watershed Council is hosting a public meeting 6pm, Jan 29th at the Monroe high school to discuss the state of fisheries on the river. The Long Tom is home to a host of native fish species, including … Continue reading

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Fly Tying Events Reminder

We still have room in Skip Morris’s Tying Nymphs Class this coming Friday see details below. Skip Morris, author of FLY TYING MADE CLEAR AND SIMPLE, THE ART OF TYING THE NYMPH, TROUT FLIES FOR RIVERS, and WESTERN RIVER HATCHES, … Continue reading

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Sage Circa 5 Weight or Sage ONE 5 Weight?

The five weight fly rod is widely considered the trout fishers most all around choice. Anglers use five weights for dry fly fishing, nymph fishing, hopper dropper rigs, and even streamer style methods. There are many fine fly rods being … Continue reading

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Barred Rabbit Strip Tube Fly Tying Video

Bruce Berry of Pro Tube Sport Fisher and Beaulah Fly Rods demonstrates how to tie a simple Barred Rabbit Strip to fly for Steelhead. This pattern works for both Winter and Summer Steelhead. Swing it down and across on your … Continue reading

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Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council at TU meeting tonight

Come out to the Vet’s Club tonight for the January Trout Unlimited 678 chapter meeting. We’ll handle the usual business this month and enjoy a presentation from Elise Ferrarese, Restoration Specialist from the Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council. It will … Continue reading

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Spey Sink Tips Part 2: Rio Products options

Sink tips for Spey fishing Part 2: Review of Rio Products Here’s a quick review of Rio’s sink tips that are especially useful to Spey and Switch anglers fishing salmon, steelhead, and lake or sea run trout. Rio MOW Tips: … Continue reading

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Adrian Cortes Fly Tying Demo, January 26th

The Caddis Fly Angling Shop is proud to announce Adrian Cortes will be conducting a fly tying demo at the shop on January 26, 2013. If you spend any time on Spey Pages you might know him as fshnazn. Adrian … Continue reading

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The New Year Brings Fresh Chrome: Oregon Winter Steelhead Report

The New Year greeted us with great river conditions as the high and brown water that blighted most of December dropped and cleared into the ideal range on many of the rivers draining the coast range. Some of the guys … Continue reading

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McKenzie River Trout Fly Patterns page updated

We’ve recently updated the fly tying page for McKenzie River Trout patterns. While we’re sure these will work on lots of other watersheds, this page really reflects the rhythms of our local fishery. Going through the library and updating new … Continue reading

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