Category Archives: Lower Willamette

McKenzie and Willamette Rivers Rise with Snow Melt

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

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 →

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Favorite Flies for Spring on the McKenzie and Willamette Part 2: Wets and Dries

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

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 →

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Favorite Flies for Spring on the McKenzie and Willamette Part One: Nymphs and Wets

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

It’s spring break and the McKenzie River near Eugene is coming into shape nicely. The Willamette is still running a bit high and dirty but could come around later this week. March Browns are hatching daily around 1:38pm. Here are … Continue reading →

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Hidden Bead March Brown Wet Fly Tying Video

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

High water usually coincides with the March Brown emergence on the Mckenzie and Willamette Rivers near Eugene. One of our favorite methods to catch trout during the emergence is to swing one or two wet flies on a floating line … Continue reading →

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UV Ice Dub ElK Hair Caddis Fly Tying Video

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

One of the classics, the Elk Hair Caddis is a must for any Western Anglers fly box. Barrett demonstrates a couple of new twists using mono for the rib and Hareline Ice Dub for the body. This is a quick … Continue reading →

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Ten Flies You Need in your Box this Fall

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Some great fishing remains available this fall. Locally we have numerous trout and steelhead opportunities. The Deschutes, Umpqua, John Day and many other rivers in Oregon have some excellent fishing through November. What bugs should you have to attack the … Continue reading →

Posted in Fishing Reports, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, North Umpqua River Fishing Reports, Oregon Fly Fishing Tips, Summer Steelhead | 2 Comments

Guided Trip Special Starts October 15th.

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

The Caddis Fly is offering a late season guided trip special. Starting October 15th Half Day Steelhead and Trout trips move from $350 to $250 for two anglers in a boat for a 4-5 hours lower Mckenzie or Willamette River … Continue reading →

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Crushing Take and Solid Summer Steelheading on the Town Run

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Caddisfly

I’m not totally jaded . . . .  On a flyfishing trip for summer steelhead while I’m not completely stoked with one solid grab and a hook-up, I’m not exactly bumming either. Fortunately, I haven’t had to content myself or … Continue reading →

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Plenty of Water in the Willamette Valley

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Remember this March and April when the March Browns and Blue Winged Olives were hatching and the lower McKenzie was low and clear. The Middle Fork of the Willamette flowing out of Hills Creek Dam was running at around 400 … Continue reading →

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Weather and water moving through the Willamette Valley.

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Despite local weather conditions being nasty to say the least, trout fishing has been holding up nicely both on the upper and lower Mckenzie. In addition the Middle Fork of the Willamette near Oakridge has been seeing some decent green … Continue reading →

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Steelhead Continue to move into the Willamette Valley

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Steelhead fishing in the valley continues to get better.  Each day it is a little easier to get up at 4:30 am. Although, I can’t figure out why I continue to get up this early, most of the fish I … Continue reading →

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CDC Pale Morning Dun Hair Wing Tying Video

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Pale Morning Dun mayflies become an important insect to the angler interested in “matching the hatch” over the next few months. PMD’s as they are generally known can emerge at any time of the day. On the lower McKenzie anglers … Continue reading →

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Tying the UV Chewee Skin Mini Stone

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

This spring we have been playing with UV materials in our fly patterns quite a bit. The UV Cahill fished very nicely this spring and a scaled back “creamier one” is bound to kill during the PMD hatch coming on … Continue reading →

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Eugene area Summer Steelhead Report

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Early summer steelhead fishing has been a hit or miss game in our local rivers. Water levels are a bit up, but the clarity in the Willamette and McKenzie is fine. We have been floating a couple times a week … Continue reading →

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Tony’s Purple Tube Leech: Steelhead fly tying video

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

In this video Tony Torrence ties a killer tube leech that gets down, swims, and pisses off awaiting anadromous fish. Tony uses HMH and Eumer tubing to create the fly. In addition he adds a Eumer Monster Cone to aid … Continue reading →

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