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Red Gold available today!!!

The new documentary by Travis Rummel and Ben Knight is now in stock. Angler’s Book Supply is shipping copies to fly shops — The Caddis Fly will have copies after 5pm today. At the headwaters of the Kvichak and the … Continue reading →

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Fly Fishing Event updates: Sell outs, giveaways, and photos

Thanks to everybody who bought tickets to the Eugene showing of Drift next week. The event is sold out! And if checking out the film on the big screen, hearing from Brian O’Keefe, and watching new shorts from some of … Continue reading →

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Chinook Salmon Clouser pattern: Fly Tying Video

Barrett’s Chinook Clouser is a killer pattern for chrome salmon entering Oregon rivers. This version uses a synthetic extra select craft fur instead of the traditional bucktail. Clouser materials available at www.CaddisFlyShop.com: Gamakatsu SC-15 Ultra Select Craft Fur Dumbbell eyes … Continue reading →

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Drift Showing in Eugene on Monday — Meet Brian O’Keefe at the theater

Trout Unlimited Chapter 678 and Confluence Films are happy to present the new fly fishing film Drift, narrated by The Drake editor Tom Bie. One of the featured anglers in the film, Oregon’s own Brian O’Keefe, will be on hand … Continue reading →

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Bellinger Bamboo Fly Rods, made in Oregon

Chet Croco, owner of Bellinger Fly rods in Albany, OR has a passion for taking gnarled burl wood and lengths of bamboo and turning those materials into works of art. And he wants you to learn to do it too. … Continue reading →

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Fly fishing for salmon: Q&A with Jay Nicholas

Jay Nicholas knows how to catch Chinook salmon on the fly. He spent the last 30 years studying and supporting wild salmon as a fisheries biologist with ODFW and has been fly fishing since 1954. He was a longtime gear … Continue reading →

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December to remember: Huge events at the Caddis Fly Angling Shop

This is going to be a December to remember at The Caddis Fly Angling Shop. Let’s start with the most important announcement: Steelhead brewery beer on tap at the shop the entire month of December. Also, we’ve launched our online … Continue reading →

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Fly fishing for salmon? Try Barrett’s Orange Comet

If you’re serious about fly fishing for salmon in Oregon, check out this pattern from Barrett: An all-orange comet. Barrett ties them on a small glo-bug hook. The short shank and wide gap hooks provide good hooking power, without giving … Continue reading →

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Wooden Boat social networking site rocks

Earlier this fall, Randy Dersham (owner of Eagle Rock Lodge and McKenzie River Drift boats) launched a social networking site for wooden boat enthusiasts called WoodenBoatPeople.com. The site has forums, blog posts, photos and advice for building wood boats and … Continue reading →

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Oregon Fly Fishing Blog podcasts

The Oregon Fly Fishing Blog has a new podcast feature. You can find all of our fly fishing podcasts on this Switchpod page which will automatically update each time we upload a new episode. Here are the podcast episodes so … Continue reading →

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How to tie the Blue Wing Olive BWO Thorax Dun

In this new fly tying video, Barrett shows you how to tie the Blue Wing Olive (BWO) Thorax Dun, a simple pattern that will fish well all year and should be in your winter trout hunting arsenal. Blue Wing Olive … Continue reading →

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McKenzie River restoration continues at Green Island

Sunday morning a crew of Trout Unlimited Chapter 678 volunteers teamed up with McKenzie River trust to work on the Green Island Project. We planted 250 trees — cottonwoods, big leaf maple and alder — along an historic side channel … Continue reading →

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Fly tying videos are back! Parachute Adams

After a few weeks hiatus due to technical difficulties, we’re back in business with the fly tying videos. You could fish an Adams Parachute 12 months a year in Oregon — passing for tiny BWOs in the winter to giant … Continue reading →

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Deschutes steelhead on the fly — late season

After a couple of days fishing the John Day River with Steelhead Guide Ethan Nickel, we headed over to the Deschutes River for one of his last floats of the year. On the way we met up with fishing guide … Continue reading →

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Steelhead fishing on the John Day: Beginner’s Luck

This weekend, my brother Nate, Ethan Nickel and I fished the lower John Day river, above Tumwater Falls for late running summer steelhead. None of us had experience fishing the John Day, but the promise of big, wild steelhead made … Continue reading →

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