Category Archives: Summer Steelhead

Lowly Glowly pounding steelhead on the Middle Fork Willamette

Posted on October 17, 2008 by Caddisfly

Caddis fly customer and fly-rod steelhead convert Austin Arrowood has been putting the hurt on steelhead in the Willamette River near Dexter Reservoir on the Lowly Glowly. “The Lowly Glowly is a definite getter. With a few slight changes in … Continue reading →

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Cooler weather spurs activity on the Mckenzie River

Posted on August 20, 2008 by Caddisfly

Had a great day on the Mckenzie River today. Trout were all over large dries and old faithful the PB, Possie Bugger. Parachute Madam X or Morish Extended body October Caddis as the top fly and a size 10 Possie … Continue reading →

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Rogue River looking better for Summer Steelhead

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Caddisfly

The past few years have seen pretty dismal runs of “half pounder” steelhead on the lower Rogue River. Early indications for this year, are that both the adult steelhead and the one salt juveniles (half pounders) numbers are up. Much of … Continue reading →

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Hiker saves drowning steelhead angler on the Deschutes River

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Yesterday I fished the Deschutes River for summer steelhead on a jet boat trip with guide Bob Toman, a trip he donated to the Northwest Steelheaders auction at the banquet earlier this year. We camped at the Deschutes-Columbia convergence the … Continue reading →

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Wild summer steelhead surprise: Catch of a lifetime on the Row River

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Caddis Fly customer Tim Finlayson had a hell of a day on the Row River last week. After a slow day fishing the North Fork of the Middle Fork Willamette River, Finlayson headed back to Cottage Grove and fished in … Continue reading →

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Eugene Summer Steelhead going off

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Summer steelhead are in the Eugene town runs in both the Willamette and McKenzie River systems. Good numbers of fish are spread from Dexter dam down through town on the Willy, and anglers are finding fish from Leaburg dam downstream … Continue reading →

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Steelhead Redemption

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Caddisfly

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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Summer steelhead still swimming free in the Siletz

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Caddisfly

Matt and I decided to skip the higher water on the Mckenzie on Sunday and head up to the Siletz river where the flows are more managable. The Siletz heads in some of the highest mountains in the Coast Range and … Continue reading →

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Willamette Falls passage blows up!

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Caddisfly

Steelhead had been passing Willamette Falls at a steady clip the last few weeks but the past few days have seen warmer temps on the lower Willamette that triggered the stampede.  The last three days of April saw 622 sea-run bows blow … Continue reading →

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