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Category Archives: McKenzie River
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
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
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
McKenzie River restoration continues at Green Island
Sunday morning a crew of Trout Unlimited Chapter 678 volunteers teamed up with McKenzie River trust to work on the Green Island Project. We planted 250 trees — cottonwoods, big leaf maple and alder — along an historic side channel … Continue reading
Fall fly fishing on the Upper McKenzie River better than fishing famous rivers in the Rockies
There is nothing in the world of fly fishing like drifting the Upper McKenzie River’s highest sections. The traditional beautiful water clichés don’t apply to the Upper McKenzie River. Gin, crystal, jewel — these images imply sterility, when these waters … Continue reading
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Mckenzie and Willamette Rivers water levels higher than normal
In preparation for fall rains the Army corps of engineers has been releasing plenty water from our local impoundments. Water released from Hills Creek Reservoir and Dexter Reservoir has both the Middle Fork and main-stem of the Willamette higher than historical averages. While … Continue reading
Pleasant Fall weather continues, trout fishing holding up on the Mckenzie River and Middle Fork of the Willamette
Hatches of October Caddis, Blue Winged Olives, Mahogany Duns and “brownish orange” caddisflies size # 14-16 are present on our local rivers. We’ve had some warmer days and nights recently and trout have responded nicely. As the season winds down Mckenzie … Continue reading
McKenzie River Two-Fly tournament participants have a blast, fund salmon habitat improvement
On Friday, October 3rd, the first annual McKenzie River Two-Fly tournament officially kicked off at the welcome reception at the Oregon Electric Station with guides, participants, and Trout Unlimited members enjoying appetizers, beer and wine. This inaugural event raised $2500 … Continue reading
Sleep in? Crisp fall weather is upon us and activity peaks mid-day
The past few days our weather has shifted, and cooler nights are upon us. Water conditions are still excellent but water temperatures are heading downward. The one to three degrees of upward movement on the thermometer are making a big … Continue reading
Upper Mckenzie River fall fishing outstanding
Perfect water, warm overcast and tons of bugs. Sometimes you have those days when things are on fire all day long. I had one of those days with an excellent angler in the front of the boat. What ensued was ridiculous … Continue reading
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Mckenzie River continues to fish very well
The past couple of days on the Mckenzie have been very good. Despite the water level moving up a bit, fish have been looking up to the dry very nicely. The fish have been keyed to some classic fall bugs. The … Continue reading
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Letter of support for the proposed bait ban on the McKenzie River
Anglers will have a final opportunity to comment on the proposed 2009-2012 angling regulations at the next meeting of the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday, Sept. 19, 2008 in Forest Grove. At that meeting, the Commission will formally … Continue reading
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