Category Archives: Lower Willamette

March Brown Hare’s Ear Wet

Posted on February 17, 2025 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

In this video, Simon ties a fantastic March Brown wet fly. It utilizes one of the new hooks in a new line of hooks from our friends over at Ahrex. The Legacy line of hooks is a throwback to a … Continue reading →

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Support New Instream Water Rights in the South Willamette Basin

Posted on January 12, 2025 by Caddisfly

Comments Due by 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16th From WaterWatch of Oregon: Last spring the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) announced it had applied for over 260 new instream water rights in the Willamette River system to protect instream flows for … Continue reading →

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Simon’s Jigged Tailwater Leech

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

This fly Simon originally developed for a trip to the mighty McCloud river in Northern California. The section he was interested in is a tailwater, and Simon needed a small fly that would be enticing enough for a large fish … Continue reading →

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Fall Guide Special Starts November 1st 2024

Posted on October 28, 2024 by Caddisfly

We are offering a shortened half day trip on our local waters for trout and steelhead November 1 -November 30th 2024. The cost of the trip is $425. The trip includes guided fishing from a boat and equipment for one … Continue reading →

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Native Fish Society – McKenzie River Cleanup

Posted on October 21, 2024 by Caddisfly

Join the Native Fish Society’s McKenzie Chapter for a river cleanup at Armitage Park on October 27th at 10am. We’ll provide hot beverages, donuts, garbage bags, and gloves as we work together to clean the McKenzie River. Afterward, gather with us … Continue reading →

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Simon’s Jigged October Caddis Super Pupa: Jigged Fall Nymph Tying Tutorial

Posted on October 7, 2024 by Caddisfly

Watch Now This is one of Simon’s most productive fall flies. Fall anglers need to have October Caddis on the mind; if you don’t, let this serve as a reminder. They can be clumsy fliers, and ovipositing females can make … Continue reading →

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Late September Fishing Report

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Caddisfly

After a summer of fires and hot temps, its safe to say most of us are ready for fall. Cooler temps are inbound and the trout are just as excited as us. Fishing lately has been good with intermittent hatches … Continue reading →

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The future of native Willamette River fish is in Limbo

Posted on August 28, 2024 by Caddisfly

Story by Meira Gebel Axios The fate of threatened native fish in Oregon’s Upper Willamette River Basin remains in limbo after a federal agency missed a key deadline to file a report to Congress on whether eight hydroelectric dams are still necessary. … Continue reading →

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Late August Fishing Report 2024

Posted on August 23, 2024 by Caddisfly

August of 2024 has been one of the coolest I can remember. The Willamette Valley has largely escaped the smoke and water temperatures have been holding steady at cooler than last summer temps. August is never a month with significant … Continue reading →

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Local Fishing Report July 13

Posted on July 13, 2024 by Caddisfly

Fishing locally has been great despite our recent heat wave. We’ve made it through this heat wave without any wildfires here in the valley and without our local trout water getting too terribly hot. Water temperature is still a factor … Continue reading →

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Top 5 Summer Terrestrial Fly Patterns

Posted on July 12, 2024 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Summer is in full swing and that means trout have terrestrials on the mind. This term refers to land based insects such as: ants, crickets, grasshoppers, beetles, cicadas, bees, etc. On small streams with lots of streamside brush and vegetation, … Continue reading →

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6/10 Fishing Report

Posted on June 10, 2024 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Our rivers are at a great level for floating and wading currently! We are seeing a lot of bugs so summer dry fly fishing is on. Searching with a dry dropper setup is a great method to locate fish. Hatches … Continue reading →

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Belly Bumper Golden Stone: Nymph Tying Tutorial

Posted on June 8, 2024 by Caddisfly

In this video, Simon ties a killer inverted golden stone nymph. This features a new hook from Tiemco that just came out: the 201R. The hook is reminiscent of a 200R, but has a slightly shorter shank, and a wider … Continue reading →

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Late May 2024 Local Fishing Report

Posted on May 26, 2024 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Our local waters are shaping up for great summer dry fly fishing. The water is a little bit high, but is dropping into its summer flows which will persist until fall. There are loads of bugs out including PMDs, Green … Continue reading →

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Summer Steelhead in the Willamette Basin

Posted on May 23, 2024 by Caddisfly

It’s been a few years since we have seen a hatchery summer steelhead run with any consequential numbers. 2024 looks to buck the trend with 7,000 and counting fin clipped, ready for the BBQ, summer fish. If the counts on … Continue reading →

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