Category Archives: Fly Fishing Gear Review

Airflo Rage Compact Spey Fly Line Product Review

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

This is a product review of the Airflo Rage Compact Spey Line. This fly line is the Airflo Solution to help us Spey fishers who want to retain the key elements of our Skagit casting skills acquired over 75% of … Continue reading →

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Preparing Aluminum Sea Eyes for Tying Baitfish Patterns

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Hareline Aluminum Sea Eyes are huge barbell style eyes that offer profile without weight. We have had excellent success using them on large streamers such as Clousers and Deceiver type flies. Big fish like to eat little fish and often … Continue reading →

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Oregon Cascades Trout Part II: Tackle Choices

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Here it comes folks. Blatant commercialism. Deal with it. Fact is, I got a chance to fish some fly rods, fly lines, and a fly reel that are either new in 2011 or at least new to me. People are … Continue reading →

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Cast the new Sage ONE Rod today at The Caddis Fly

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Our Sage, Rio, Redington Sale Representative George Cook has stopped by this week to write orders for the coming season. While we are in the back battling about some ugly Redington Vest please come by and cast the new and … Continue reading →

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Care of Flies fished in Seawater

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Recommendations for care of flies fished in Seawater. This is a very fine Daiichi Salmon Fly hook exposed to Seawater for several days.

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Sea Run Cutthroat … now’s the time!

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Sea Run Cutthroat are in already – and it’s only mid July… Last week was a great opportunity to explore and fish my brains out. Spring Chinook season was winding down, but the ocean was there and, for me, a … Continue reading →

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Another reason to wear polaroids on the water….

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

So yes, I admit that I was NOT wearing my polaroid glasses at this particular moment. But I do wear glasses all the time, at least if I want to see what’s going on, and it was early in the … Continue reading →

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Echo Edge Rod Review

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

I’ve broken two salmon rods this spring season, both of which are still being repaired, so I was relieved last week when Daughters allowed me to test out the new Echo Edge 10-weight. Tim Rajeff, the rod designer at Echo, … Continue reading →

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Fly rod position when fighting big fish

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

There are some aspects of fly rod position that many anglers do not consider when they are playing big fish. I am going to cover just a few of these here, recognizing that there are whole books that can be … Continue reading →

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Product Reviews from a Gearhead …….

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

I love gear. I am a gear head. Once, before my heart surgery, I would actually maintain my fly fishing gear in a neat, clean, organized manner. Not nearly so these days. I routinely ignore fly reels that would have … Continue reading →

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Rio, Airflo, SA Fly Lines: Review & Product Guide

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

As promised, this here blog entry is a humble attempt to sift through some of the mystery involved in our contemporary – and technically dizzying array of fly lines we have at out hand in our local fly shops and Internet … Continue reading →

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Teasers & Trailers of Summer Blogs…

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Yes, the Oregon Fly Fishing Blog will be hosting some intellectual amazing and eye-popping entries this summer; several, lord willing, from Jay Whoozit or so it is rumored.

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Switch “State of the Union” By George Cook

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

George Cook the Northwest Sales Representative for Sage, Rio, Redington, Sarcione and more brings us this great “ramble” on Switch Rods as only he can. Thanks George. Fresh off the famous Sandy River Spey Clave I can tell you that … Continue reading →

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Tapam: A Flyfishing Journey DVD

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

If chrome is your obsession, and if you revel in the one-on-one wrestling matches that big chrome can dish out, this new DVD will realign your standards and give you something new to live for. I saw the teaser in … Continue reading →

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Caddis Fly Crew Visits Rajeff Sports, Distributors of Echo Fly Rods and Airflo Fly Lines

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Most of The Caddis Fly Staff headed up to Vancouver Washington this past Saturday to visit with Tim Rajeff and his crew at Rajeff Sports. The experienced team of Tim Rajeff, Katherine Hart, Jarod Black and Randy Stetzer gave us the … Continue reading →

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