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Category Archives: Eastern Oregon
New Scientific Anglers Clear Tip Magnitude Lines: First Impressions, Review, & Taper Guide
If you haven’t already seen, Scientific Anglers released an exciting new collection of clear fly lines geared towards trout fishing. They have released 6 different models covering 2 tapers. Clear tipped lines come with their benefits and drawbacks. Clear tipped … Continue reading
Posted in Central Oregon Fishing Report, Eastern Oregon, Fishing Reports, Fly Fishing Gear Review, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Oregon Fly Fishing Tips, Uncategorized
Tagged 10 foot, 49 foot, anglers, clear tip, creek, Delicate, dry, Dry Fly, floating, Fly, fly fishing, Fly line, infinity, line, magnitude, McKenzie River, Middle fork Willamette River, presentation, scientific, spring, tip
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Fall River Update
Snowmelt is a term that has whitewater kayakers excited, but many anglers dread hearing. Luckily, if you head up our two nearest highways heading East, both have spring fed systems that are open all year. The Metilous is larger and … Continue reading
Posted in Central Oregon Fishing Report, Eastern Oregon, Fishing Porn, Fishing Reports, Uncategorized
Tagged fall, fall river, fishing, fishingn, or, redband, report, River, spring, spring creek
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Film Showing: The Last 100 Miles: The Fight for the lower Deschutes
Join us for the Lane County premiere of a new documentary about the majesty and challenges of the lower Deschutes River, The Last 100 Miles: The Fight for the lower Deschutes. Richard E. Wildish Community Theater, 630 Main Street, Springfield, … Continue reading
Eastern Oregon Gold: Oregon’s Isolated Population of Native Westslope Cutthroat Trout
If someone told you that Oregon had three native species of cutthroat trout you may be surprised. Many people are only familiar with Oregon’s Coastal Cutthroat trout. These fish can be subdivided into two populations: resident fish that never leave … Continue reading
Posted in Eastern Oregon, Fishing Porn, Fly Fishing Glossary, Oregon Fly Fishing Tips, Uncategorized
Tagged basin, cutthroat, day, drainage, Dry Fly, fly fishing, native, Oregon, River, slope, throat, trout, west, west slope, westslope
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Fly of the Week: Charlie Craven’s Fat Angie
This fly was developed initially by the famed fly tier Charlie Craven and is now tied commercially by Umpqua. Whether you are on a small spring creek, high alpine lake, small freestone stream, or near the brushy banks of a … Continue reading
Posted in Eastern Oregon, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Oregon Fly Fishing Tips, Oregon High Lakes, Stillwater Fishing, Uncategorized
Tagged alpine lake, angie, ant, attractor, beetle, big, charlie, charlie craven, craven, creek, cricket, drifltess, Dry Fly, fat, fat angie, fishing, Fly, high lake, hopper, McKenzie River, Middle fork Willamette River, spring, spring creek, Terrestrial
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Wenaha Warnings
(Photos by author. Lou Wentz’s latest book is Tributaries: Fly-fishing Sojourns to the Less Traveled Streams) A month or two before we decided to move to Oregon, I came across a destination article in one of the national fly-fishing magazines featuring the … Continue reading
Oregon DEQ Aquatic Life Rule making and the Deschutes
By Liz Perkin Native Fish SocietyThe Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has recently released their proposed changes to the Fish and Aquatic Life Uses of Oregon’s waterbodies. Some systems will be getting more stringent protections as a result of these … Continue reading
May 2022 Deschutes Report
The Salmonfly hatch on the Deschutes this year has been one of ups and downs. We have really only had a handful of days when things have lined up with warm days, and decent fishing conditions. I just wrapped up … Continue reading
Oregon Fishing Opportunities abound, no rain in sight Jan 2022
Winter steelhead streams are in great shape. The McKenzie and Middle Fork of the Willamette are at perfect levels. Eastern Oregon waters like the Deschutes and Metolius are prime for winter trout angling. It’s way too early to be have … Continue reading
Resisting the call of the Deschutes – Chris Santella
Our friend and favorite author Chris Santella had this opinion piece published in he Oregonian and Oregonlive.com recently. Every March, I begin looking forward to late summer afternoons at the mouth of the Deschutes River. The kaleidoscope of kite sails … Continue reading
Postcards from Oregon’s Steelhead Rivers Fall 2020
Each fall, Greg and his best friend Rob chase steelhead for two weeks around Oregon swinging flies. Here they are checking in after a week of fishing…. So far 7 for 9 caught…..Vamos!!!