Author Archives: Caddisfly

Anglers Art Show this Friday

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Caddisfly

Charles Little and D. Brent Burkett will show and sell paintings this coming Friday and Saturday. Pieces to include oil Paintings of river scenes of Oregon, Alaska, and New Zealand, landscape paintings of the Willamette Valley and the Oregon Coast, Plein Air paintings … Continue reading →

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Mckenzie River Report: Smoking Hot

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Caddisfly

Smoking might be a little understated–it’s more like a four alarm fire out there and the only way to douse it is to get on the river and fish. I fished the Mid-Mckenzie Monday evening from 6:15-7:45 and caught over … Continue reading →

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Lower Umpqua bass with size!

Posted on August 30, 2008 by Caddisfly

Caddis Fly guide David Gantman had some guests down on the Umpqua this friday and they stuck some very nice smallmouth. Effective patterns for smallmouth include Sculpzilla # 8, Tungsten Thin Mint # 8, Cascade Bugger # 8, and Skinny … Continue reading →

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Evening fishing on the Middle Fork of the Willamette excellent

Posted on August 30, 2008 by Caddisfly

Fall afternoons and evenings are a great time to explore the Middle Fork of the Willamette below Hills Creek dam. Currently wading opportunities are excellent and fishing has been good from about 3pm on. We are in a great weather … Continue reading →

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Smallmouth fishing on the mainstem of the Umqua on fire.

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Caddisfly

The smallmouth bass in the Umpqua appear to be bulking up for the winter. The fishing today was very good with literally schools of fish following the fly on countless occasions. Although we did not catch any huge fish  we did put … Continue reading →

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Mckenzie River water temps drop to fall like temperatures, is it fall already?

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Caddisfly

The immense snow pack and late coming summer in the Willamette Valley have begun to pay dividends for fishing on the Mckenzie River.  The low water dog days of summer will not be a factor at all this year. Water temperatures have … Continue reading →

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Sea-run Cutthroat are in Oregon Coastal Streams!

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Caddisfly

Sea-run cutthroats are entering the Siuslaw, Alsea, Siletz, Nestucca and other coastal streams in Oregon. These fish are very susceptible to the fly patterns such as the Spruce, Borden’s special and other streamers. Casting near structure, bushes with a stripping … Continue reading →

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Save the Date!

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Caddisfly

March 13 &; March 14, 2009 has been set for  the next Northwest Fly Tyer and Fly Fishing Expo at the Linn County Fairground and Expo Center in Albany, Oregon.   Get to watch and talk to the best fly tyers at … Continue reading →

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Cooler weather spurs activity on the Mckenzie River

Posted on August 20, 2008 by Caddisfly

Had a great day on the Mckenzie River today. Trout were all over large dries and old faithful the PB, Possie Bugger. Parachute Madam X or Morish Extended body October Caddis as the top fly and a size 10 Possie … Continue reading →

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Escape to East Lake

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Caddisfly

Ken Crangle and Lou Verdugo  launched at East Lake Saturday (8/16/08) and started to fish about 75 yards out from the dock.    During the day they enjoyed a couple  interesting “events”:  sulfur fumes from vents coming from the bottom of the lake, one large … Continue reading →

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Rogue River looking better for Summer Steelhead

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Caddisfly

The past few years have seen pretty dismal runs of “half pounder” steelhead on the lower Rogue River. Early indications for this year, are that both the adult steelhead and the one salt juveniles (half pounders) numbers are up. Much of … Continue reading →

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East Lake Fly Fishing Report

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Caddisfly

Reports from East Lake Resort have fly anglers doing well.   Wind drifting with Callibaetis nymphs is providing anglers success.   Fox, Thorax, and Cripple Callibaetis, along with slime lines should prove to be effective. LV

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Summer Sale on at The Caddis Fly

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Caddisfly

We are just weeks away from launching our eccomerce store caddisflyshop.com. When the store is live our entire stock will available online. In the meantime seasonal and discontinued items in stock at the shop are being discounted 30%. Items on sale … Continue reading →

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To Protect Redsides and Bull Trout, Bait Ban Proposed on the Mckenzie

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Caddisfly

The Register Guard recently reported that the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is proposing to ban bait on a popular stretch of the Mckenzie river between Blue River and Goodpasture Bridge.  As reported by the RG, the proposal initially … Continue reading →

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Oregon Cascades high lakes fishing report

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Caddisfly

Crane Prairie Reservoir has been very slow. Davis Lake bass fishing is decent early and late in the day. Hosmer Lake has been pretty good fishing in the channel connecting the upper and lower lakes with small nymphs like Flashback Pheasant tails … Continue reading →

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