Category Archives: Fishing Porn

Oregon: The Best Year Round Fly Fishing in the United States

I’ll admit it. I’m an Oregon partisan but I believe that Oregon offers the best year round fishing of any state in the United States. Vacation isn’t even an option because as the plane lifts off and I see what … Continue reading

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Raising the Ghost — Steelhead rising to dry flies in British Columbia

Team FlyBoys has captured some awesome footage of wild steelhead in Northern British Columbia eating dead drifted green drakes. The guys in the shop have been watching this all week. It’s amazing to see these super-hot, chrome fish acting like … Continue reading

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Lower Umpqua bass with size!

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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Sea-run Cutthroat are in Oregon Coastal Streams!

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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Williamson River Report: Slab rainbows storm Chiloquin

The time to slam some Klamath-run rainbows on the Williamson River is now. Caddis Fly employee Ty Holloway and guide Barrett Christiensen and I visited the Williamson River Monday. We put the boat in at the public ramp in the … Continue reading

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Eugene Oregon fly fishing for carp

Carp on the fly photo from Caddis Fly customer Byrd Nelson: Here’s the best picture I have of a carp from Golden Gardens on fly rod. This lil guy went close to 15 lbs. Madam X fooled this one. By … Continue reading

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Wild summer steelhead surprise: Catch of a lifetime on the Row River

Caddis Fly customer Tim Finlayson had a hell of a day on the Row River last week. After a slow day fishing the North Fork of the Middle Fork Willamette River, Finlayson headed back to Cottage Grove and fished in … Continue reading

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Fly fishing for tarpon in the Florida Keys

As many of you already know I am sick, sick with a disease that can only be cured with a 12 wt. rod and a couple dozen 60lb shock leadered toad flies. This affliction takes me to some of the … Continue reading

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Steelhead streaming through "town run" on the Willamette

Fresh chrome bright summer steelhead continue to move upstream on the Willamette and Mckenzie Rivers. Both rivers have dropped considerably and have excellent clarity. Fishing conditions are ideal. Overall numbers of fish are up over last year, it looks like … Continue reading

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Oregon Deschutes Salmonfly video

The team at Spirit River Studios posted an awesome YouTube movie from the Deschutes River salmonfly hatch. Check it out below: Spirit River also has a great coastal winter steelhead video on their site.

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Last of the fish porn from the Canada trip: Big Brookies

Here’s the last of the fish porn from my Canada trip. We caught these brookies on a little hike-in lake in NW Ontario. It’s in a roadless area, so you have to fly in or park your boat at the … Continue reading

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Fly fishing video: Pike on the fly

Here’s a short video montage of the fly fishing for Pike madness at Lake Esnagi. There is talk about puttting a pike trip together for ’09 out of the shop, so if you are interested in getting on board, let … Continue reading

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First entrant in Big McKenzie Willamette Rainbow contest sets bar at 17″

Neal Galligan sets the bar at 17-inches in the Caddis Fly’s Mckenzie/ Middle Fork Willamette Big Resident Rainbow Competition! Neal’s son Chris,who was visiting from Phoenix Arizona, caught this Rainbow using Neal’s own version of a Maga Prince fly 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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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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