Category Archives: McKenzie River

McKenzie River dropping into shape, but March Browns still slow

Not much in the way of surface action today, but the McKenzie is clear and dropping. Lots of nice fish under the thingamabobber, golden stonefly nymphs, megaprinces are turning out fish.

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March Brown hatch about to go off on the Lower McKenzie

Lots of big fish and big bugs on the Lower McKenzie River today from Hayden Bridge to Armitage. Clear skies and stiff cold winds kept the major March Brown hatches from coming off, but it should be happening in the … Continue reading

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McKenzie River bait ban coalition underway

First of all, thank you to the first 100 people to sign the McKenzie River Bait Ban petition. Click Here to sign the petition. It was offline a bit this afternoon when we hit the 100-respondent mark. The free software … Continue reading

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McKenzie River Bait Ban Proposal and Petition

UPDATE: OK…. one more time. The issue with the survey/petition is once again resolved. Would you support a bait ban regulation on the McKenzie River to protect wild trout? Oregon Fly Fishing Blog, The Caddis Fly and TU Chapter 678 … Continue reading

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March fishing conditions looking good

The McKenzie River near Eugene is at a normal level for this time of year and anglers should expect hatches to improve with warmer air temps expected this week. March Browns, Blue Winged Olives and Skwala Stone flies will be … Continue reading

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March Browns: Fly patterns and fishing tips for the McKenzie and Willamette

Right now you need to get ready for some of the best trout fishing of the year, literally a few miles from downtown Eugene, on the lower Mckenzie River. Fly fishing really kicks into high gear starting this month with … Continue reading

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Lower McKenzie River fishing great for rainbows

The lower McKenzie River is fishing great for rainbow trout this winter, from Bellinger to Armitage. Get out there and send us your pics!

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Lower Mckenzie continues to fish well with nymphs

Summer levels on the McKenzie and Willamette rivers are giving anglers an early shot at some really nice native rainbows generic cialis 10mg this February. Lou and Nate were on the McKenzie yesterday and despite bright windy conditions they had … Continue reading

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McKenzie Trout Warming up!

An afternoon float produced several colorful Rainbows for Tony Torrence and Nate Stansberry despite fishing an hour behind several Caddis Fly Shop “ringers”. Hot flies were the usual suspects… Mega Prince and Pheasant Tail nymphs in sizes 10-12. Thanks for … Continue reading

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February 11, Lower Mckenzie near Eugene

Summer river levels and some decent weather has the lower McKenzie fishing pretty well for early February. Today we floated from Belinger Ramp to Hayden Bridge Ramp. We’ve had quite a few inquiries about the hazards below Belinger and as … Continue reading

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Blue Winged Olives (BWO’S):Small & Mighty

During the dreary winter weather months and early spring these bugs, small and mighty, begin a hatch cycle that can last until November. They hatch out undaunted by inclement weather and continue to emerge from late morning to early evening.  … Continue reading

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Lower McKenzie fishes for trout through the winter

Low water levels can lead to excellent trout fishing on the Lower McKenzie River through the winter months. Greg Hatten, Rick Allen and Nate Stansberry hooked into several nice redsides and cutthroat trout on a lower river float this weekend. … Continue reading

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Q&A: Wooden McKenzie Drift Boats with Randy Dersham

This week we visited Randy Dersham at Tatman wooden drift boats up the McKenzie River. Randy also owns Eagle Rock Lodge and runs WoodenBoatPeople.com. He’s got a lot of oars in the water. Randy is going to be at the … Continue reading

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Protecting the McKenzie River from death by 1,000 cuts

Joe Moll, Executive Director of McKenzie River Trust is working hard to prevent us from loving our homewaters to death. Find out more about the threats to the McKenzie River watershed and what our local land trust is doing about … Continue reading

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McKenzie, Willamette and North Umpqua fishing reports

Fall like weather has prolonged trout fishing, and made fall and winter steelhead available to the fly angler all of November and amazingly into December. Today you will find water levels on the Mckenzie, The Middle Fork of the Willamette, main-stem … Continue reading

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