Category Archives: McKenzie River

Cold water, slow fishing — seems about right for the annual Trout Unlimited Chapter 678 spring outing on the Lower McKenzie. We braved hail and high water to bring you this video. We hope you like it.

It’s no secret we faced adverse conditions on the Mckenzie River Sunday April 20–cold temeratures, snow, rain, hail, wind, and frigid water.  The river temperature at Vida topped out at 45 and started the day at 41.  We floated from … Continue reading →

Mother nature dished it all out Sunday on the McKenzie River for Caddis Fly employee/guide Lou Verdugo and Jason Mariner. Hail, snow, wind, rain, and and some sun, greeted them during the day from Dearhorn to Bellinger. March Browns were … Continue reading →

The past couple of days on the Mckenzie have been bone chilling. 45 degree water temps and 40-48 degree air temps that have felt like 35, have slowed fishing down compared to the prior week.  On Sunday the river rose to … Continue reading →

Back on the sticks and I fished the Mckenzie on Sunday from Harvest Landing down to Armitage Park. Similar to what everyone else observed it was pretty much raining caddis. They were bouncing off my face, hanging out on my … Continue reading →

Incredible numbers of small caddis are hatching on the Mckenzie river near Eugene. The bugs are so numerous that Canadian Geese are scooping them off the surface, lowering their heads and not coming back up until they have eaten hundreds of … Continue reading →

Warmer temperatures are headed our way. The Mckenzie is in good shape and anglers should experience excellent fishing this weekend. We look for continued hatches of March Browns also expect blizzard caddis hatches. Patterns to imitate this varied hatch include; Irresistable … Continue reading →

This Saturday at around 2pm it started. The three hours before were void of bug life and we caught few fish. By 2:15 there were waves of March Browns rolling down the river. Then a bit of wind, a break … Continue reading →

It looks like the next few days on the Mckenzie will be a bit cooler. I would expect the March Brown hatch to remain strong. You may also see a few Blue Winged Olives, and a few caddis on the … Continue reading →

Warm afternoons, and warmer water temperatures have made for some good fishing on the Mckenzie River near Eugene. March Browns continue to emerge around in the 1-3pm time frame. A new hatch has develped recently. Small Caddis ranging from sizes … Continue reading →

Caddis fly guided fly fishing trips on the Mckenzie River near Eugene yielded some nice fish the past couple of days. It was great to see the March Brown Hatch back to full strength. The river is still a bit … Continue reading →

Wet, blowing and bone chilling weather on the Mckenzie today. We toughed it out much of the day, and caught fish on swung wet flies and nymphs. Overall fishing was a bit tough. The past few days the March Browns … Continue reading →

This past Friday we led a large group of young fly anglers on an outing down the Mckenzie River. When we put all eight boats in the water a Deerhorn boat ramp the water level read 6300 cubic feet per second … Continue reading →

Waters around the Eugene area as well as many coastal streams are dropping fast. Upcoming weather forecasts suggest we are for a good spring trend, not enough precip to blow things up again. This week should bring stronger March Brown … Continue reading →