Author Archives: Caddisfly

Steens Mountain

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Caddisfly

Fish Lake located “just off the highway” (14 miles) on Steens Mountain provided some fun fishing on day three of our four day trip (see previous post for the rest of the days). The lake had some planted trout which … Continue reading →

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The Steens

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Caddisfly

Last week a few of the Technical Men’s Conference (old dawgs who have fished together for decades) headed off to The Steens. Marc, who grew up in Burns, was our tour guide. The rest of us only had read about … Continue reading →

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Reminder: Echo Rod/Airflo Demo Day!

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Caddisfly

Join us this Saturday, July 16, from 11:00am to 2:00pm at Alton Baker Park ponds for Echo/Airflo Demo Day. Dan Marshall our Echo/Airflo rep, will be at Alton Baker park with the entire Echo Rod line up AND Airflo lines. … Continue reading →

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Trout Unlimited Meeting Tonight

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Caddisfly

Trout Unlimited 678 invites you to a presentation tonight, Wednesday July 13th at 7:00 pm, Veterans Club, 1626 Willamette Street. Brandy Langum, USFS Biologist on Bull Trout Restoration in the Upper Willamette Watershed. Brandy will discuss USFS efforts to restore … Continue reading →

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Echo/Airflo Demo Day: Buy a Rod or Bring Your Rod!

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Caddisfly

Join us this Saturday, July 16, from 11:00am to 2:00pm at Alton Baker Park ponds for Echo/Airflo Demo Day. Dan Marshall our Echo/Airflo rep, will be at Alton Baker park with the entire Echo Rod line up AND Airflo lines. … Continue reading →

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Trout Unlimited Whilamut Planting and Restoration Scheduled for Saturday

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Caddisfly

July 9th, 9:am-Noon: members of the McKenzie-Upper Willamette Trout Unlimited, Chapter 678 will continue with their mission of preserving cold flowing water, removing invasive weeds and restoring native habitat. We will be eliminating annual and perennial weeds and mulching native … Continue reading →

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Hardy Fly Rods at the Caddis Fly; Saturday June 11

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Caddisfly

Please join Garry Sandstrom, our Hardy Rods Sales Rep, on Saturday June 11 at the shop to demo the latest Hardy Rods. Garry will be bringing the latest new rods from Hardy, the Sintrix family: both Zentih and Proaxis models … Continue reading →

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Reminder: Trout Unlimited Meeting Tonight

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Caddisfly

Mckenziee-Upper Willamette Trout Unlimited will be hosting its standing meeting at 7:00 at the Vet’s Club in Eugene.  Guide Brian Marz will be presenting on spring fishing in 2011.  With high water conditions, the fishing has been atypical but there … Continue reading →

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Burkheimer Fly Rods at the Caddis Fly, May 26th…

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Caddisfly

Whitney Gould, Burkheimer Pro Staff   . . . . . . Unfortunately, Whitney will not be leading our Burkheimer Demo Day. Sorry Nate, we love ya but we would sure like to see Whitney here at the Shop someday … Continue reading →

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The Mckenzie River ‘On the Rise’ Episode Premiers Monday

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Caddisfly

Last summer Chris, Jason, myself and the crew at Barrett productions filmed an episode for Trout Unlimited’s excellent fly-fishing and conservation show, ‘On the Rise’ profiling the Mckenzie River, its redside trout and the ongoing dispute how to manage the … Continue reading →

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Simms Gear and Tube Fly Day with Eric Neufeld: Saturday May 21st

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Caddisfly

This Saturday, May 21, Eric Neufeld, our sales rep for Simms, Idylwilde Flies and Ross Reels will be in the shop from 11:00am to 3:00. Eric will be demonstrating his expertise on “Tube Flys and How to Rig Them”. He … Continue reading →

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First Time Fisher and Open and Notorious Icthyphobe Catches Nice Redside!

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Caddisfly

Wherein I Touch a Fish and Do Not Even Die I’m scared of fish; terrified, in fact.  I know that this is a source of skeptical amusement for lots of people (particularly those reading this blog) and also that dating … Continue reading →

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Reminder: Trout Unlimited Meeting Tonight

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Caddisfly

Tonight, at 7:00 pm the Mckenzie-Upper Willamette chapter of Trout Unlimited will hold our monthly meeting at the Vet’s Club. We will not be having a speaker but rather will continue our round table discussion begun last month on the … Continue reading →

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This smolt looks really … weird

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Caddisfly

Earlier this week trout tagger extrordinaire Scott Kinney and I hit the lower Mckenzie trout population study area between Hendricks and Bellinger. It was the first time that I’ve fished the lower river since the high water levels of spring … Continue reading →

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Oregon House Attacks Fish …. Again.

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Caddisfly

Update: Your advocacy efforts are having their desired effect. HB 2873 was scheduled for a floor vote on Friday. That vote has been delayed until Monday. Let’s keep up the pressure and defeat this bill. Please send an e-mail to … Continue reading →

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