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Category Archives: Fishing Reports
Sleep in? Crisp fall weather is upon us and activity peaks mid-day
The past few days our weather has shifted, and cooler nights are upon us. Water conditions are still excellent but water temperatures are heading downward. The one to three degrees of upward movement on the thermometer are making a big … Continue reading
Oregon anglers makes a trip to Montana
Eugene angler Pat Banks made a trip to Montana recently he gave us the following report. Go East Old Man, Go East Our trip east was to be combination fishing for me, quilt shop stops for my wife and a return to … Continue reading
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Chrome salmon on the Umpqua
Note to self: get set up with a shooting head system. I tried fishing my fly rod with a extra fast sinking tip, heavily weighted clouser and a couple pieces of split shot but after nearly bouncing the fly off … Continue reading
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October Caddis hatch across Oregon — get on the water now
The October Caddis, Limnephilidae Dicosmoecoes, adults hatch in late fall, anywhere from late September to November in the Pacific Northwest. These large, orange caddis flies are approximately three centimeters long and provide too large a meal for big trout to … Continue reading
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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Evening fishing on the Middle Fork of the Willamette excellent
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
Water Less Fished: North Fork of the Middle Fork Willamette and Big Game Hunting on the Middle Fork
After putting in over 18 hours of work on Saturday, my desire to fish was minimal but with Matt out of town getting hitched I needed to step up and get out there. Keith and I fished the North Fork … Continue reading
Mckenzie Sweet Spot Redux: Nice Trout Hooked, Landed
Yesterday Matt Stansberry, Nick Callero of the National Wildlife Federation and I headed up to one of my favorite areas of the mid-Mckenzie River. I had fished there last weekend hooking large numbers of trout but no large trout and … Continue reading
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Small Hatch, Good Bite on the Mid-Mckenzie
Sunday evening I opted to take it easy and fish the Mckenzie on foot rather than by boat. The fishing was good pretty good, I caught north of twenty fish in about three hours. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the big … Continue reading
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Bass like it hot
Seventy two degrees seems hot but bass on the mainstem of the Umpqua and the John Day River are right at home. The John Day is a haul for most of us, but is a great multi-day family fish and … Continue reading
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Mega Day for Mega Prince
On Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Caddis Fly employee/guide, Lou Verdugo and Kirk Newburgh fished Hayden Bridge to Armitage under a “mega rain day”, with success. We used Mega Prince nymphs, Karnopp’s Riffle Diver, Hairear’s soft hackles and March Brown wet’s … Continue reading
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Float tube doubles as bear shield on Esmond Lake hike
Last weekend the high water and even higher gas prices drove the blog crew to think outside of the box. Record snowpack and soaring temperatures blew up the Willamette and McKenzie Rivers. The Central Oregon lakes were supposedly fishing well, … Continue reading
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Rivers continue to rise on the west side
Both the Mckenzie and Willamette Rivers continue to rise to ridiculous levels. Unseasonably hot weather combined with record snow pack and already full reservoirs have meant unfishable rivers. If you were planning on fishing the Mckenzie or Willamette early this week it … Continue reading
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Town Run worth a look
The section of the Willamette River between Island Park in Springfield and Division ave in North Eugene dubbed the “Town Run” is showing some promise for both Steelhead and trout. Very underated for it’s trout fishing the Willamette in town does … Continue reading
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“Smolts Gone Wild”
High water and an abundance of Steelhead Smolts has caused some incredibly hot smolt on smolt action on the Mckenzie River from the Leaburg Dam down. Fish a dropper rig with a Royal Coachman Wet and a Possie Bugger and … Continue reading
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