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Father’s Day Gift Guide 2024

Posted on June 11, 2024 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Father’s day is right around the corner and we are happy to help you find a great gift for your dad this Father’s day. We know shopping for Fathers Day can be difficult, especially if your father is a flyfisherman … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Fishing Gear Review, Uncategorized | Tagged 2024, day, fathers day, fathers day 2024, fathers day gift, fathers day shopping, gift, gift guide, gift ideas, guide, ideas, shopping | Leave a comment

Winter Perdigon Fly Pattern

Posted on May 20, 2024 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

In this video, Greg ties a winter perdigon fly pattern that is small and heavy to get down to the fish that typically hold in the deeper pools during the cold winter months. Inspired by Amy Hazel’s Super Woman fly … Continue reading →

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“Skwopper” Skwala/Hopper: Dry Fly Tutorial

Posted on May 15, 2024 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

In this video, Simon ties a versatile dry fly which makes a great searching pattern in the Spring and Fall. Skwalas are spring stoneflies that, if you time it right, trout can go nuts for. The further East you go … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Tying, Uncategorized | Tagged Dry Fly, fly tying, grasshopper, hatch, hopper, hopper dropper, Instructional, McKenzie River, Middle fork Willamette River, ohwyee, skwala, Terrestrial, Tying, yakima | Leave a comment

Hendricks Bridge Boat Ramp Closure

Posted on May 12, 2024 by Caddisfly

Hendricks Bridge Boat Ramp closure starting 05-13-24 From Lane County Parks I’m reaching out to inform you about an urgent matter regarding debris cleanup at Hendricks Bridge. As you may know, it served as the staging area for debris collection … Continue reading →

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Mothership Salmon Fly: Dry Fly Tutorial

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

In this video, Simon ties a great extended body Salmonfly dry fly. Every spring some of the West’s largest aquatic insects make their emergence. The salmonfly often marks the beginning of trout season, and means summer is on the way. … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Oregon Fishing Report, Eastern Oregon, Fly Tying, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Proven Spring Fly Patterns, Southern Oregon, Uncategorized | Tagged deschutes, Dry Fly, fishing, Fly, fly fishing, Instructional, lower, lower deschutes, McKenzie River, salmon, salmonfly, Tying, umpqua, upper | Leave a comment

Emergers and Why You Should Fish Them

Posted on April 22, 2024 by Caddisfly

The term “Emerger” is often heard when discussing fly fishing techniques, but is not always explained in depth. To the novice angler this term can cause more confusion and hindrance than help. The term emerger can refer to a variety … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged aquatic insect, emergers, emerging, emerging insect, fishing, fly fishing, hatch, match, Match The Hatch, Mayfly, soft hackle, tactics, the, understanding | Leave a comment

Korkers River Ops Review

Posted on April 19, 2024 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Korkers is a well known boot manufacturer which originated in our backyard here in the Northwest. They have made quite the name for themselves locally as a fantastic boot manufacturer. Their story started helping create footwear for loggers sending logs … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Fishing Gear Review, Uncategorized | Tagged best, boots, korkers, korkers boots, lace up, ops, River, river ops, Wading, Wading Boot, wading boots | Leave a comment

Jigged March Brown Nymph Fly Tying Tutorial

Posted on April 16, 2024 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

In this video, Simon ties a fantastic Jigged March Brown nymph. March Browns are the first insect of the year which hatches in abduncance that is larger than Blue Winged Olives. For that reason, they are an important food source … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brown, fishing, Fly, fly fishing, fly tying, jigged, March, March Brown, Middle fork Willamette River, Nymph, Tying | Leave a comment

Mallard March Brown Soft Hackle

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

In this video, Simon ties a great March Brown Soft Hackle. Swinging soft hackles is a long forgotten art in the trout world. With the rise of euro nymphing, dry droppers, drop shotting, etc. swinging classic wets is sometimes seen … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brown, brownmarch brown, Fly, fly tying, March, March Brown, soft, soft hackle, Tutorial, wet | Leave a comment

Thomas & Thomas Avantt II Review

Posted on April 4, 2024 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

This past fall I had a chance to test the new Thomas & Thomas Avantt II before it was released. It is their high end fast action rod; which is a functional showcase of their beautiful craftsmanship. The rod is … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Fishing Gear Review, Uncategorized | Tagged 2, 5 weight, and, avantt, avantt ii, Dry Fly, fishing, Fly, fly rod, Gear, McKenzie River, Middle fork Willamette River, Review, rod, thomas, thomas & thomas, trout, trout rod | Leave a comment

Jigged Perdi Egg: Fly Tying Tutorial

Posted on March 28, 2024 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

In this video, Simon ties a great egg pattern for the winter and spring. This “Perdi-Egg” merges two proven patterns into one. The Perdigon is a european style attractor nymph that is known around the world. Whether you like it … Continue reading →

Posted in Classes and Instruction, Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Uncategorized | Tagged Egg, fishing, Fly, fly fishing, fly tying, fulling mill, Instructional, jig force short, Jigged Nymph, McKenzie River, Middle fork Willamette River | Leave a comment

March Brown Fly Tying Tutorials

Posted on March 16, 2024 by Caddisfly

With the March Brown hatch underway, we’ve collected a variety of past tying videos for some spring-time inspiration. We are seeing plenty of bugs on the lower river. Swinging wets is super effective for this hatch specifically. Plenty of fish … Continue reading →

Posted in Fishing Reports, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Oregon fly fishing links, Oregon Fly Fishing Tips, Proven Spring Fly Patterns, Uncategorized | Tagged brown, collection, Dry Fly, fishing report, fly fishing, fly tying, Instructional, McKenzie River, Middle fork Willamette River, spring patterns, Tutorial, Tying, video | Leave a comment

Jigged Red Pheasant Tail: Nymph Tying Tutorial

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Caddisfly

In this video, Simon ties a new take on a classic pattern that has withstood the test of time. You can find some variation of a pheasant tail nymph in most shops across the world. It is a great attractor … Continue reading →

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Early March Fishing Report

Posted on March 9, 2024 by Caddisfly

After a winter of high water, cold weather, and ice, it is nice to have some more mild weather and to see our river’s clarity and levels in a more stable state. Fishing lately on our local rivers the McKenzie … Continue reading →

Posted in Fishing Reports, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Uncategorized | Tagged Baetis, Blue winged olive, BWO, fishing, fishing report, grannom caddis, March, March Brown, Mckenzie, McKenzie River, Middle fork Willamette River, Mothersday caddis, report, salmonfly | Leave a comment

Corvallis Trout Unlimited Bluebacks Present: Fly Fishing Film Tour

Posted on March 2, 2024 by Caddisfly

The Corvalis Trout Unlimited Chapter the “Bluebacks” are Hosting a Fly Fishing Film tour event coming up later this month. Details on the event are attached below. When- March 16 6:30 PM What- Films & Silent Auction for Fishing Gear … Continue reading →

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