Category Archives: Summer Steelhead

Crushing Take and Solid Summer Steelheading on the Town Run

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Caddisfly

I’m not totally jaded . . . .  On a flyfishing trip for summer steelhead while I’m not completely stoked with one solid grab and a hook-up, I’m not exactly bumming either. Fortunately, I haven’t had to content myself or … Continue reading →

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New Fly Tying Contest: Summer Steelhead Skater patterns

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

The next subject in the Caddis Fly’s Hareline Dubbin Fly Tying Contest series is the steelhead dry fly or skater patterns. Photo by Rick Gersbach Send your bugs to the Caddis Fly Shop by August 31st to be eligible. Drop … Continue reading →

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Lagartun Mini Flat Braid Summer Steelhead Fly Series: Fluorescent Red and Fluorescent Chartreuse

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

The final two patterns in Jay’s Lagartun Mini Flat Braid Series. Summer Steelhead fishing is looking great locally with over 22,000 fish over Willamette Falls. The Deschutes had a record year last and is again looking good this year. Decent … Continue reading →

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Lagartun Mini Flat Braid Summer Steelhead Fly Series: Fluorescent Blue

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

In this video Jay Nicholas ties another one of his favorite Steelhead patterns in the Summer Steelhead Lagartun Mini Flat Braid Series. Steelhead and Salmon love blue! Lagartun Mini Flat Braid Fluorescent Blue is a material that almost glows in … Continue reading →

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Lagartun Mini Flat Braid Summer Steelhead Fly Series: Fluorescent Orange

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

The first of four different steelhead flies tied by Jay Nicholas from his Steelhead Mini Flat Braid Series. Fluorescent Orange Lagartun Mini Flat Braid over-body and a silver Lagartun Mini Flat Braid under-body give this pattern a subtle glow in the … Continue reading →

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Jay’s Summer Steelhead Chenille Series Red and Black and Orange and Black

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

The final two of eight Summer Steelhead Chenille Series flies from Jay Nicholas. Jay discusses hook size, proportions and flash. The next series of low water patterns is on the way!–CD Summer Steelhead Chenille Series Hook: TMC 700 2-6 Thread: … Continue reading →

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Jay’s Summer Steelhead Chenille Series Claret and Black and Blue and Black

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Two more in Jay’s Summer Steelhead Chenille Series Steelhead fly patterns. During the tying session Jay discusses stomach contents of Steelhead. His career as a biologist and angler has led to a tremendous amount of research, field observation and access … Continue reading →

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More of Jay’s Steelhead Chenille Series Fly Tying Videos

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Two more proven Steelhead patterns from Jay Nicholas’s Summer Steelhead Chenille Series. Purple has to be considered along with black as a top producing steelhead color. Fly number two is a “Juicy Bug” knock off that Jay has had success … Continue reading →

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The making of a steelheader: Bob Welch on the Town Run

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Greg Hatten shot this great video earlier this week of Register-Guard columnist Bob Welch fighting his first steelhead on the Town Run. Check out the four-foot jump this thing takes. Apparently Bob is hooked.

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Jay’s Summer Steelhead Chenille Series

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

It’s looking like another excellent summer Steelhead year in the Pacific Northwest. Rumor, suggestion, theory, preliminary numbers, has the Deschutes even better in 2010 than the record of 2009. The North Umpqua is fishing reasonably well right now. The Willamette, … Continue reading →

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Fishing for town-run steelhead in fluctuating water

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Last night Karl and I fished the town run from Island Park to Alton Baker on a rising river. The U.S. Army Corps has been raising and dropping the water levels to do some spillway repairs upriver, and the levels … Continue reading →

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Summer Steelhead Boss Series Fly Tying Videos with Jay Nicholas

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Jay Nicholas and I sat down and filmed around 40 seperate fly tying videos earlier this summer. The following set includes 9 flies, all variations of Jay’s Summer Steelhead Boss. The Boss Fly has been around for a long, long … Continue reading →

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Jay Nicholas dishes summer steelhead secret secrets for the Blogosphere.

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

It can seem confusing, at times, to understand the terminology associated with summer steelhead fishing technique. Knowing Jay Nicholas as a simple, straightforward, commonsense guy, I asked him to write a short piece about the various steelhead presentation styles we … Continue reading →

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Summer Steelhead Flies Coming to a Theater near you!

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Despite the wet beyond most of our rememberenantial capabilities, which are admittedly waning as the seasons pass by, the summer steelhead are piling up, as I write, and as you read these sage words. Yes. As of June 11, there … Continue reading →

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Summer Steelhead on the Oregon Coast

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

It’s been a wild spring for this chinook bum, quite literally. The only two chinook I’ve seen were both McKenzie River natives, and they put on quite a show. But mostly I’ve had a spring full of unicorn hunts, swinging … Continue reading →

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