Author Archives: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Had a great time, nearly drowned both days

We’re going back to the Strait. I’ve been tying some Nelson silver salmon flies in various colors for bucktailing in the prop wash. One week of debauchery in the no-man’s land between the U.S. and Canada. Here are a bunch … Continue reading →

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Rick and Sam’s River Crawl

We (Sam and Rick) set out to highlight the bounty of bank/wade fly fishing opportunities within a day’s drive of the Eugene area (and get on the blog without a boat :). The task was to catch and release fish … Continue reading →

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More from Sneaky: Out to Sea on the Oregon Coast

Pull a little harder will ye! The coast is a plethora of action right now. Sea Runs are in and Fall Chinook to follow. Calm inland seas brings anglers to the very reliable inshore fishery.

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Sneaky Pete Checks in from the Coast

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Autumn Dreams on the Big Windy

Last weekend was to be my first scouting trip for fall chinook, only two weeks after saying farewell to North Coast springers. I relished the chance for three long, quiet days of unicorn hunting. No fish required. A study in … Continue reading →

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Oregon Cascades Trout Part II: Tackle Choices

Here it comes folks. Blatant commercialism. Deal with it. Fact is, I got a chance to fish some fly rods, fly lines, and a fly reel that are either new in 2011 or at least new to me. People are … Continue reading →

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Historical Perspectives on Oregon Fishing

Oregon Fishing Perspectives. Someone said, sometime, that an understanding of the challenges we face, the decisions we make each day, could surely benefit from understanding the perspective of people who have preceded us. Or something philosophical like that.

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Oregon Cascades Trout Part I: A Most Excellent Adventure Begins

I am NOT a stalker. Really. This seems an appropriate opening assertion for this article, given the fact that I just recently opened the Caddis Fly Blog to find that my most trusted and share everything friends RR and MS … Continue reading →

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Trout perspectives

As a Midwest native, I came to trout fishing late in life. And had an idea that the craggier the water, the better the fishing opportunities. Broken, boulder-strewn, rapid filled stretches were easy to read — it limited where fish … Continue reading →

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Cast the new Sage ONE Rod today at The Caddis Fly

Our Sage, Rio, Redington Sale Representative George Cook has stopped by this week to write orders for the coming season. While we are in the back battling about some ugly Redington Vest please come by and cast the new and … Continue reading →

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What every environmentally concerned citizen should know about hatchery trout

The McKenzie Fly Fishers, Trout Unlimited Chapter 678, and The Caddis Fly invite you to a free lecture by renowned author and environmentalist Anders Halvorsen, author of An Entirely Synthetic Fish: How Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World. … Continue reading →

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Our Dear Friend Passes on to New Waters

We had many great fishing adventures with Rick McCreery over the years, all of them memorable. Rick touched many people through his work and fishing career and we will miss him tremendously.

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Care of Flies fished in Seawater

Recommendations for care of flies fished in Seawater. This is a very fine Daiichi Salmon Fly hook exposed to Seawater for several days.

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Rob puts on his troutin’ hat

Mark Twain was right — the clothes make the man. We floated through a jungle of Japanese Knotweed, ate a jack spring chinook cooked over a driftwood fire, and saw some football sized sea-run cutthroat. Good summer day on the … Continue reading →

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Pacific City Dory Adventures…….

The ocean was calling. Salmon on the fly are a passion for me. Salmon on the fly, here in Oregon, are hard work. Like sitting in the Casino day after day, pulling the lever, waiting for the big payout. You … Continue reading →

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