Author Archives: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

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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Caddis Fly Christmas Party Tonight

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Please join us December 20th from 4:30-8:30ish for our annual Christmas Party. Food, beverage, cheer and last minute gift specials will be served up at the shop. Please stop by and let us say thanks to you for your patronage … Continue reading →

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Hares Ear Nymph (UV Ice Wing) Fly Tying Video

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

The tried and true Hare’s Ear Nymph gets a bit of an upgrade with UV Ice Wing and Clear Cure Goo in this video. Tracy Peterson of Hareline Dubbin demonstrates how to tie a buggy version of the Hares Ear. … Continue reading →

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Bigfoot Found on New Caddis Fly T-Shirt

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Squatch wades without studs. He quietly glides through the rivers and forests with a Ninkasi brew, a hybrid 7wt and an old school creel. Inspired by our McKenzie River Bigfoot experiences the new Caddis Fly Shop T-Shirt available now just … Continue reading →

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Fly fishing for Texas tarpon on foot

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

My good friend and fishing guide Captain Ken Jones decided he had enough of the city life and wanted to return to his roots in Texas. He had been gone for the better part of a decade and despite the … Continue reading →

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Caddis Fly Christmas Party December 20th

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Please join us December 20th from 4:30-8:30ish for our annual Christmas Party. Food, beverage, cheer and last minute gift specials will be served up at the shop. Please stop by and let us say thanks to you for your patronage … Continue reading →

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New Frank Moore documentary: Mending the Line

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

This new documentary is in pre-production, Frank Moore: Mending the Line Tough as nails, gentle as a poet, and determined as a badger, 90 year-old Frank Moore loves to fish. A World War II veteran, in 1944 he landed along … Continue reading →

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Steelhead fly tying video library updated

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Time to start looking back at the accomplishments (or wasted time depending on your perspective) of the past year. We have posted over SEVENTY steelhead fly patterns to our video library. We’ve added twenty patterns since last year — traditional … Continue reading →

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