Category Archives: McKenzie River

Hatch report for McKenzie River and Middle Fork of the Willamette

Posted on May 8, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

AHH. My favorite time of the year to trout fish is here in the Willamette Valley. Warmer, longer days, a little clearer skies, and of course the mighty McKenzie Green Caddis. If you have never experience this hatch, or it … 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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May McKenzie River Report: river shaping up nicely

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

This week on the McKenzie was wet, cold, and pretty good all things considered. High water and “squally weather”  made for very light pressure on the river. This weekend and coming week we are headed into “Prime Time” as a … Continue reading →

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Tony’s Temple Tube Fly Tying Video

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

In this video Tony Torrence demonstrates how to tie his version of a Temple Dog style fly on a tube. By inserting a small HMH Tube into a medium Eumer plastic tube the tier has a built in junction tube … Continue reading →

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Upper McKenzie River fishing report: Trout are hungry

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Rick Allen just sent in these photos from a trip above Blue River with Matt O’Neal. Big black stoneflies were particularly hot with small caddis around as well. Matt and Rick got into several gorgeous wild trout.

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McKenzie Green Caddis Pop on the Lower River

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Fishing was good on the lower McKenzie River near Eugene yesterday. The river was running a bit high but very fishable. Early in the day fish ate the Tungsten Trout retriever Holo Prince combo dropped off of a Thingamabobber. As … Continue reading →

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Big fishing day in the Register-Guard on 4/20

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Save your local newspaper from Tuesday, as the Register-Guard featured three blog regulars. RG columnist Bob Welch profiled Wooden Drift boat and Town Run Steelhead obsessed Greg Hatten. “He is part artist, part mad scientist, and part lighthearted ambassador to … Continue reading →

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Streaker McKenzie Green Caddis

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

In this video Barrett shows us one of his favorite adult Green McKenzie Caddis patterns. The Streaker McKenzie Green Caddis fishes well dead drift or skated across the surface with added movement to emulate the active adult caddis. The spun … Continue reading →

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Chewee Skin Green McKenzie Soft Hackle

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Swinging wets during the Green McKenzie Caddis emergence can be deadly. We like to combine a larger “emerger” wet below a high floating dry, or use the wet above a Dark Cahill in a tandem wet fly rig. In this … Continue reading →

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CDC McKenzie Green Caddis Pattern V2

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Every year we look forward to the Green McKenzie Caddis emergence on the McKenzie and Middle Fork of the Willamette Rivers. The bugs usually start showing themselves during the later half of April and remain an important fly pattern for … Continue reading →

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Lower McKenzie River Report for mid-April

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

I woke up Sunday morning with the intention of having a lazy day at home watching The Masters. But about ten minutes in I couldn’t handle it, I had to get onto the river. After a quick call to a … Continue reading →

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Reminder: McKenzie River Watershed Council discusses hatchery program

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Tonight, McKenzie River Native Trout advocates should plan on attending the McKenzie River Watershed Council meeting at the Campbell Senior Center 155 High St. in Eugene. Dinner at 5:00, meeting at 5:30pm. MRWC is hosting a panel discussion on the … Continue reading →

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Insane Caddis Hatch on the Lower McKenzie

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Today’s warmth brought out the bugs on the McKenzie. Specifically the Grannom Caddis emergence. The numbers of bugs between Belinger and Hayden Bridge in the 12-2pm time frame was simply shocking. Watching your fly or indicator on the surface amidst … Continue reading →

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