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Category Archives: Fishing Reports
Middle Fork of the Willamette River Fly Fishing Report
The Middle Fork of the Willamette has been running high this Spring and with a considerable snow pack the trend looks to continue. Despite high water when the Middle Fork has been looking it’s typical “green” it has been fishing … Continue reading
Fly Water Travel’s Louisiana redfish program needs some work
FYI: The fish photos in this post were caught with Captain Chris Callaway out of Venice, Louisiana — not with our Fly Water Guide. Read toward the bottom to hear more about his program. The Fly Water Travel’s Louisiana redfish … Continue reading
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McKenzie River Scavenger Hunt: Find Chucky and Win a Prize!
A couple of weeks back, I was guiding a single angler on a section of the lower McKenzie that I hadn’t run since the previous high water event. The day before had been relatively slow: the river had been high … Continue reading
Posted in Fishing Reports, Fly Fishing Contests, McKenzie River
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McKenzie Dropping into Shape in a Hurry, Middle Fork Boat Ramp Update
Barrett and Ethan ran from Taylors Landing to Hayden Bridge yesterday, fishing was decent. March Browns hatched in the afternoon and nymphing was consistent.
Spring Fly Fishing on the McKenzie
In general, there is a lot of great fishing around Eugene in the early Spring. This time of year offers some great opportunities to fish for wild trout on the McKenzie and Willamette, and the tail end of winter steelhead … Continue reading
Posted in Fishing Reports, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River
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McKenzie and Willamette Rivers Rise with Snow Melt
Warmer temperatures have caused some serious run-off on our local waters. Check out the gages shown below. Warm air is definitely what we need to improve fishing but this spike will need to flush out. We like the McKenzie at … Continue reading
Posted in Fishing Reports, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River
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Favorite Flies for Spring on the McKenzie and Willamette Part 2: Wets and Dries
March has been a little brutal as water and weather conditions go. Local rivers have been high, and nymphing deep has been the most consistent method of catching trout on the McKenzie River near Eugene. But all that is going … Continue reading
Posted in Fishing Reports, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River
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No Shortage of Bad Weather
It takes a lot to trigger performance anxiety this far into my angling career. Fishing days are my own since I quit guiding, and I’m going for good times, come hell or high water. Last week, though, I had the … Continue reading
March Madness: Late winter steelhead, bigfoot reports rolling into the shop
We’ve gotten some great winter steelhead reports from Mike Bellmore (pictured), James Frasier and Dave Reese.
Spring on the Coast
Last week really felt like spring on the Oregon coast. Daffodils were out in force, along with fuzzy willow buds and a smattering of blue winged olive mayflies. Kelt steelhead made a strong showing, including back-to-back male kelts. I got … Continue reading
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Big wild McKenzie trout chasing chubby nymphs on Valentines
The trout rod feels light in my hand. Not in a bad way. It feels like putting down a bunch of weight I’d been carrying around since Thanksgiving. Sure, I’m still casting two spark-plug sized nymphs and a thingamabobber, but … Continue reading
Posted in Fishing Reports, McKenzie River
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James’s first winter steelhead
From our pal James: I stopped into the shop on Thurs planning to hit the Alsea early Friday. Lou set me up with some egg patterns and I told him I’d let you guys know how it went. After 5 … Continue reading
Rivers dropping into the FISH ZONE — winter steelhead time
We picked up a couple of winter steelhead yesterday, with temperatures in the morning heating up from 32-40 degrees by afternoon. All of our local rivers are dropping into great shape for winter fishing. Keep an eye on Oregon river … Continue reading
Jumpstart the winter steelhead season on the Olympic Peninsula
Last weekend, I met my friend Julian on the Olympic Peninsula to jumpstart the winter steelhead season. Cold clear weather, dropping rivers, and lots of fish. We fished switch rods with indicator lines for two days, and even caught a … Continue reading
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