Author Archives: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Fly Cup Recycle Gets you 15% Off Fly Purchases This Week

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Bring in your old fly cups and stock up for the Summer fly fishing season. When you return one or more of our plastic fly cups you will get 15% off of your fly purchase this week. July 18-24, 2016. … Continue reading →

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Lingcod Clouser with EP Craft Fur Brush Fly Tying Video

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Jay Nicholas demonstrates how to tie a large and durable clouser pattern utilizing EP Craft Fur Brushes. Craft Fur is one of the very best streamer fibers available. Now woven on a wire brush the fiber is even easier to … Continue reading →

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Duo Slamo – Isla de la Juventud

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

This years Caddis Fly Shop hosted Cuba trip was on the Isle of Youth aboard Georgiana Yacht. We again utilized Avalon Fishing and Fly Fishing Caribe for our booking. We originally booked the smaller Perola craft but due to a … Continue reading →

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Introduction and Interview with Doug Brutaco of Aqua Flies

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Aqua Flies. New Kid on the block. Impressive flies. Very nice. Very tasty. I purchased several patterns and am busily trying to adapt my own flies with the new inspiration I’ve found in these beauties. Doug Brutocao. Doug is the … Continue reading →

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Support Recovering America’s Wildlife Act!

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

A bill was introduced last week in Congress to provide $1.3 billion annually for wildlife conservation across the United States. The proposed legislation, called the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. 5650), was authored by Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) and Don … Continue reading →

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North to Adventure: The Next Generation

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

For decades, our family has traveled far into the Canadian wilds to fish for northern pike and walleye at Lake Esnagi. You might remember some blogs posts from years back… Molson and whiskey-soaked weeks chasing forty-inch pike with fly rods. … Continue reading →

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Greg Senyo’s Micro Shanks – a great new option for Micro Intruders and more!

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Many fly tyers have been in the process of down-sizing their Intruders, and have been exploring the world of swinging a variety of streamers and smallish Intruder style flies for trout. Our friend Greg Senyo has teamed with Fish Skull … Continue reading →

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SAGE ONE FLY ROD SALE 30% OFF SPEY, SWITCH and SINGLE HAND MODELS

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

While they last, and we have a bunch, SAGE ONE rods are discounted at least 30% off. The ONE series of rods has been the flagship model for SAGE for over eight years now and it’s time for it’s successor … Continue reading →

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Summer Fishing Conditions on the McKenzie and Willamette Rivers

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Gorgeous summer days look to be in front of us for a while. Water levels are fantastic for wading and boating. Steelhead counts are looking good, welcome to the Willamette Valley! Hatches have slowed for sure on the McKenzie and … Continue reading →

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Oregonian Op-Ed: Renewed optimism for salmon recovery

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

New Op-Ed in the Oregonian this week By Liz Hamilton, Jeff Feldner and Chris Daughters… Biologists have cited removal of the lower Snake River dams as the best tool we’ve got for restoring wild salmon at risk of extinction. Despite … Continue reading →

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McKenzie Special Caddis with Lagartun Micro Flat Braid

Posted on June 25, 2016 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

The first McKenzie Special Caddis I saw was when I met Prince Helfrich while fishing the Metolius River in the early 1960s. The pattern Prince fished had a muskrat grey body, brown hackle, and squirrel tail wing. You will see … Continue reading →

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Stocked, Locked, Ready to Rock…Hosmer Lake Report

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Americans are notorious for not using their hard earned paid time off. That fact is rather sad and is indicative of a culture that at times has its priorities out of whack. When I logged into my employee account, I … Continue reading →

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NZ ’16

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Summer is officially here, so cheers, to wet wading, weekend excursions, and some of the most fun fishing of the year. Let me tell you about where I spent my ‘first’ summer of 2016 down South. My best friend and … Continue reading →

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Green Butt Silver Hilton Fly Tying Video

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Tony demonstrates how to tie a very productive “northwest favorite” steelhead pattern. The Green Butt Silver Hilton works great on the McKenzie, Willamette, Deschutes and so many more! Green Butt Silver Hilton Fly Tying Video Hook: TMC 7999, sizes 1-8 … Continue reading →

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Middle Fork of the Willamette Fishing Well Top To Bottom – June 2016

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Water levels have dropped on the Middle Fork of the Willamette recently and fishing has remained very good. Wading anglers can now access much of the water between Hills Creek Reservoir and Lookout Point Reservoir with relative ease. For those … Continue reading →

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