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Category Archives: McKenzie River
Carmen-Smith EWEB relicensing update
As many of you know, EWEB’s Carmen-Smith Hydroelectric Project on the Upper McKenzie River is up for relicensing. EWEB is in the process of submitting a new long-term license application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for approval. The … Continue reading
Upper McKenzie River fly fishing: Olallie to McKenzie Bridge
Last weekend we drifted from Olallie to McKenzie Bridge on the Upper McKenzie River. The water was high, running around 1600 cfs and water temperatures were still under 50 degrees by midday. Chris and guide George Recker ran the class … Continue reading
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Upper Mckenzie continues to drop and improve
Sunday evening we got out for a couple of hours down from Paradise Boat ramp on the upper Mckenzie. Fishing was active, both with nymphs and dries. Earlier in the week I had put in at Frissel Bridge even higher … Continue reading
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Afternoon dry fly fishing on the upper Mckenzie River
Water temperatures are nearing 53 degrees by late afternoon on the upper Mckenzie River. We are seeing larger Brown Caddis, Green Drakes, Green Mckenzie Caddis, Golden Stones, Little Yellow Stones and Pale Morning Duns. When fishing above the dam look … Continue reading
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Local fishing heats up
This past week fishing on the lower Mckenzie and Middle Fork of the Willamette improved greatly. The high water this spring has the fish in better shape than I can remember. Hatches have improved and water temperatures have reached 53 … Continue reading
Weather looking up, water coming down
The lower Mckenzie River near Eugene continues to fish well. Water levels are currently dropping. With little precipitation in the 5 day forecast, maybe, just maybe we will see a steady drop, instead of the yoyo ride we have been on … Continue reading
Caught on the lower Mckenzie . . . no bull.
This morning I got up early for a quick fish and floated the Mckenzie from Leaburg Dam to Greenwood for steelhead. I’ve never run that section at these levels and a look at the dam got my attention: Turns out … Continue reading
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Alligator Cutthroat and dropping water
The lower Mckenzie River near Eugene continued to fish well today. From put in to take out, roughly 9am-5pm the river dropped about 800cfs. The graph was heading straight down. NOAA river forecast has the river coming down to around 6000cfs … Continue reading
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“Honey, we need a boat”
Despite continued high flows the Lower Mckenzie River has been fishing very well. I have floated the river the past couple of days and have seen some gorgeous large native rainbows. Green Caddis, Pale Morning Duns and a host of various caddis … Continue reading
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Mckenzie Fishing Solid
Sunday, I ran the lower Mckenzie from Bellinger to Armitage with lawyer extraordinaire Keith Semple. The fishing was solid and steady if unspectacular. Most of the action seemed to come between Hayden and Armitage but that could have been because … Continue reading
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Steelhead Redemption
Last night I fished a short section of the “town run” on the Willamette near Eugene. We knew the water was high but had seen the Willamette Falls fish passage counts and new there had to be a fish around. … Continue reading
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Fishing continues to improve on the Mckenzie
Fishing was so encouraging on the lower Mckenzie River Sunday I had to get out this Monday as well. We found fewer bugs, the weather was a bit cooler, but fishing was very good. The larger fish on the lower … Continue reading
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Temperatures and clarity improve
I took the family out this Sunday for a few hours, floated from Hayden to Armitage on the Lower Mckenzie River near Eugene. We got in the water around noon and fishing was good immediatly. My three year old was … Continue reading
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Water high, dropping and clear
Fished the Mckenzie the past two days. This Wednesday and Thursday we put in a Deerhorn and ran down to Hayden Bridge. Wednesday the water was over 13,000 cubic feet per second at the Hayden Bridge gage. It was like fishing a new … Continue reading
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Scary water levels in the Willamette drainage
I fished yesterday despite some very high water. Since I took the boat out last night things have jumped another 2000cfs making the Middle Fork of the Willamette flat out scary near 7000 cubic feet per second. The Mckenzie is absolutely … Continue reading