Author Archives: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Sage Circa 5 Weight or Sage ONE 5 Weight?

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

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

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

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

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

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

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

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

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

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

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

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

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

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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TIE NYMPHS WITH SKIP MORRIS–A HANDS-ON WORKSHOP Friday, January 18

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Get a jump on Spring Fly Tying with this Workshop offered by Skip Morris and The Caddis Fly. Skip Morris, author of FLY TYING MADE CLEAR AND SIMPLE, THE ART OF TYING THE NYMPH, TROUT FLIES FOR RIVERS, and WESTERN … Continue reading →

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Spey Sink Tips Review Part 1 – Introduction to Rio and Airflo

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Sink tips for Spey fishing Part I: Introduction Well now, here it is – January already, with fall salmon season winding down, and Winter steelhead trickling into our coastal rivers here in Oregon. Many of us are dusting off our Spey … Continue reading →

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Tight Quarters Big Fish Video Monster Brown Trout Fishing in New Zealand

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Customer Henry Slater sent us the link to this video.

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Chinook Salmon Fly Patterns page updated

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Most Chinook salmon flies are ugly, stemming from a Northern California tradition of goggle-eyed, skinny-chicken looking Comets with too long tails. But tie one on anyway, and heave a Type-II shooting head out in an ungraceful loop and let the … Continue reading →

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2012 review in photos: Epic fish from around the globe

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Merry Christmas everybody. January Winter Steelhead New Zealand Mega-Trout Springtime on the McKenzie River Baja Yellowtail Mayfield Lake, WA Tiger Muskie Willamette Summer Steelhead Upper McKenzie Bull Trout Jay Nicholas Monster Ling Pacific Albacore on the fly Ohio fly rod … Continue reading →

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Saltwater fly patterns page updated

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Another year, another bunch of bonefish, tarpon and other salty critters fooled by the flies in our Saltwater Fly Tying video library. These patterns are practically guaranteed to get you into your backing. Check ’em out, and send us your … Continue reading →

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Cougar drawdown to support out-migrating juvenile salmon

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

From KLCC: Fishery biologists have found that young Chinook salmon generally swim in the top 20 to 30 feet of the water column. That can pose a problem if the primary method of getting past a dam is deeper. The … Continue reading →

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Winter Steelheading—Pick one River and Learn it

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

–A simple yet effective piece of advice Rick and I have a combined 55 years of fly fishing experience between us (most of this being Rick’s because he’s old). Three seasons ago when we both decided to start targeting winter … Continue reading →

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