Author Archives: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Simms wader repair how-to video

That water is cold this time of year, better get your waders patched up. If you’ve got a pair of Simms or other Gore-Tex based waders, you need to watch this video to see how to repair leaks. By the … Continue reading →

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Oregon Trout Unlimited launches new state council blog

This week, the Oregon Council of Trout Unlimited launched a new blog. It’s a communications tool and publishing outlet for the state’s five (well five and-a-half) TU chapters. There’s a great post from TU State Council Chair Tom Wolf on … Continue reading →

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Great steelhead story from Caddis Fly Customer

Earlier this month, we got an email from Pete, one of the Caddis Fly’s customers, about an awesome fish story. Check out the email, pasted below with a photo. Hey guys, my name is Pete C. and I’m a regular … Continue reading →

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Fly Tying Video: Matthews X-Caddis

The Matthews xcaddis will be great on the McKenzie River or Willamette when things start to warm up this spring and the blizzard caddis hatches are coming off. The caddis colors on the McKenzie vary from olive to gray, so … Continue reading →

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Nice hatches on the lower Willamette River last weekend

Lou Verdugo, Caddis Fly Shop employee/guide was joined by Jason and Tara for a successful day on the lower Willamette last weekend (Confluence to Harrisburg). The Willamette provides a place for anglers to improve their skills and get into some … Continue reading →

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Catching Columbia Spring Chinook Salmon (Food porn?)

Last weekend I got out with a couple buds from the Target Global Warming campaign, and we put the hurt on some Columbia River Spring Chinook Salmon with Guide Bob Rees. The mostly hatchery-based springer run is off the hook … Continue reading →

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Steelheaders address global warming in Register-Guard

This week, Gabe O’Campo of Eugene (past president of the Emerald Empire Chapter of the Northwest Steelheaders) wrote a great column in the Register-Guard, calling on Oregon anglers to get behind global warming legislation, and specifically to pressure Gordon Smith … Continue reading →

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Video: Tying the possie bugger

The possie bugger is a hall of fame Oregon fly. I’ve probably caught more fish on this pattern than any other two combined. It’s a good idea to double up the rib on this fly — since it’s going to … Continue reading →

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Klinkhammer Emerger March Brown

This March Brown pattern sits half in half out. It does a great job of imitating the may fly struggling to break the surface meniscus. The Klinkhammer will fool the pickiest of trout with it’s slim, sparse profile. Best results … Continue reading →

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Mckees Rubber Legs Tungsten brown and yellow

More proven spring fly patterns: McKees Rubber Legs Tungsten brown and yellow We have been fishing this fly on the Middle Fork of the Willamette, Mckenzie and Deschutes for a few years now. It is an easy one to tie … Continue reading →

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Winter steelhead season ends, trout full on

Last weekend Eugene TU Chapter VP Todd Mullen and I braved snowy weather to get into the last days of the winter steelhead fishing on a coastal wilderness stream. Almost all of the fish were way up in the system … Continue reading →

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New trick soft hackle, yellow and purple

New Trick Soft Hackle Yellow: Most of our western rivers contain Pale Morning Duns and Little Yellow stones. This fly imitates the emergence of both insects, as well as hundreds of others. Fish this one down and across traditional wet … Continue reading →

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Proven spring fly patterns for Oregon: Mega Prince

This is the first post in a series on proven spring fly patterns for Oregon. Send us your suggestions and patterns in the comments. Mega Prince: A hall of fame trout fly, white goose biots, peacock and rubber legs, this … Continue reading →

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Soulfish: Adventure angling video review

Earlier this year, Mikey Wier and his crew launched Soulfish, a new angling adventure video. You may have seen Mike in the Angling Exploration Group’s Trout Bum Diaries Patagonia video from a few years ago. If you’ve seen that, you … Continue reading →

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Green McKenzie Caddis Wet — Fly tying video

In this video, Chris ties the Green McKenzie Caddis wet fly, a good pupa pattern to fish this spring. This is a great fly to fish in the surface film or swung near the surface. This is a pretty simple … Continue reading →

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