Author Archives: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Demand Wild Salmon From Your Sushi Bar, Please!

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

This juvenile chum salmon shows just one of the devastating problems created by salmon farms. Photo courtesy of salmonaresacred.org I’m willing to bet that the majority of our readers love sushi and sashimi. Am I right? What on earth is … Continue reading →

Posted in Oregon Conservation News, Oregon Salmon fly fishing | 3 Comments

Hook Size to Bead Size

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

With so many beads, cones, and eyes on the market today it can be a challenge to determine what bead, x-eye cone, barbell etc.. goes with which hook size. In addition there are many eyes designed to take an adhesive … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Fishing Gear Review, Fly Tying | 3 Comments

Lower McKenzie Continues to Produce Excellent Fishing

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Perfect weather and decent hatches were the order of business on the McKenzie today. The weather stabilized, at least for a day, and the fish were ready to feed. Green Caddis were not out in big numbers but when the … Continue reading →

Posted in Fishing Reports, McKenzie River | 3 Comments

Pike fly patterns: Fly tying videos before the Canada trip

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

My brother Nate and I have been fly fishing for Northern Pike for about half our lives, over three decades collectively. These are the patterns I use to chase them. The first pike fly pattern, The Carpet Muncher, is Nate’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Fishing Travel, Fly Tying | 4 Comments

Lend a hand for Wild Fish on the Pere Marquette

Posted on May 23, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Our pal Matt Dunn from Fish Beer and Third Coast Fly is looking for some help protecting the Pere Marquette, a Great Lakes trib with amazing fish potential. The PM is home to non-native, but wild reproducing steelhead, salmon and … Continue reading →

Posted in Oregon fly fishing links | 3 Comments

The Front Line of Rio Trout Fly Lines

Posted on May 22, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Years ago there were only a few choices of floating fly lines. The Peach 444 or Mint Green 444SL from Cortland and the Air Cel from Scientific Anglers. Today there are numerous companies making a huge variety of floating trout … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Fishing Gear Review | Leave a comment

Fly fishing NYC: Hot bite in the big city

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

I spent the last week in NYC on business, but managed to get out for a couple days fishing with some good friends. The first day we chased stripers with Capt. Ken Jones, out of Gateway Marina in Brooklyn. We … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Fishing Travel | 6 Comments

Summer Steelhead on the Oregon Coast

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

It’s been a wild spring for this chinook bum, quite literally. The only two chinook I’ve seen were both McKenzie River natives, and they put on quite a show. But mostly I’ve had a spring full of unicorn hunts, swinging … Continue reading →

Posted in Fishing Reports, Summer Steelhead | 2 Comments

Weather and water moving through the Willamette Valley.

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Despite local weather conditions being nasty to say the least, trout fishing has been holding up nicely both on the upper and lower Mckenzie. In addition the Middle Fork of the Willamette near Oakridge has been seeing some decent green … Continue reading →

Posted in Fishing Reports, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing | 2 Comments

Need a new Lake Fly Line?

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

George Cook of Sage, Rio, Redington stopped by the shop the other day. I wanted to get his take on the Rio Outbound fly line for lake use. Check out this short video discussion of the Rio Outbound and it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Fishing Gear Review, Oregon High Lakes | Leave a comment

Feels like summer!

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

With less than two weeks until the ocean salmon season it sure feels like summer! The rock fish are running wild and the big lings are still around… I will keep it short and too the point and leave you … Continue reading →

Posted in Fishing Porn, Fishing Reports, Oregon Saltwater Fishing, Uncategorized | 6 Comments

Salmon Fly Hatch Developing on the Deschutes

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Reports from Maupin have the annual Salmon Fly Hatch on the Deschutes beginning to move it’s way up river. Fishing both adult Salmon and Golden Stone patterns worked this weekend near Maupin. If you are headed to the Deschutes make … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Oregon Fishing Report, Eastern Oregon, Fishing Reports | 3 Comments

Tying the Chromie Chironomid

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

In this short video Barrett demonstrates how to tie a simple but effective Chironomid pattern. The white bead head and slender body are the keys to the effectiveness of this pattern. Fish it under an indicator at various lengths depending … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Tying, Oregon High Lakes | 1 Comment

Steelhead Continue to move into the Willamette Valley

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Steelhead fishing in the valley continues to get better.  Each day it is a little easier to get up at 4:30 am. Although, I can’t figure out why I continue to get up this early, most of the fish I … Continue reading →

Posted in Fishing Reports, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Summer Steelhead | 1 Comment

Summer Steelhead Fish Porn

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

2010 is looking like a great year for Summer Steelhead, check out the numbers over Willamette Falls the past few reported days. Jason and Clay made it out to Dexter for a nice morning.–CD

Posted in Fishing Porn, Fishing Reports, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing | 2 Comments