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PSA: The Road to Gold Lake Is Open 2024

Posted on June 14, 2024 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

The gate on Gold Lake road which leads to Gold Lake is now open. For all of you anglers who are looking for a closer stillwater option than going all of the way up the Cascade Lakes highway, Gold Lake … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Oregon Fishing Report, Fishing Reports, Oregon High Lakes, Stillwater Fishing | Tagged brook, brookie, brookies, fishing, fly fishing, Gold, gold lake, highlakes, lake, stilllwater | 1 Comment

6/10 Fishing Report

Posted on June 10, 2024 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Our rivers are at a great level for floating and wading currently! We are seeing a lot of bugs so summer dry fly fishing is on. Searching with a dry dropper setup is a great method to locate fish. Hatches … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Oregon Fishing Report, Fishing Reports, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Oregon Fly Fishing Tips | Tagged Callibaetis, crane, davis, fishing, fishing report, fly fishing, Gold STone, hosmer, lake, lakes, McKenzie River, Middle fork Willamette River, sally, stillwater, yellow, yellow sally | Leave a comment

Late May 2024 Local Fishing Report

Posted on May 26, 2024 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Our local waters are shaping up for great summer dry fly fishing. The water is a little bit high, but is dropping into its summer flows which will persist until fall. There are loads of bugs out including PMDs, Green … Continue reading →

Posted in Fishing Reports, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing | Tagged Dry Fly, fishing, fishing report, fly fishing, Gold STone, green drake, Mckenzie, McKenzie River, Middle fork Willamette River, pmd, Willamette | Leave a comment

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

Microflex Strong Arm Merkin: Permit/Trigger Fly Tutorial

Posted on April 24, 2024 by Caddisfly

In this video Simon ties a killer crab fly for permit, triggers, and all around flats use. It takes inspiration from various crab flies. This particular pattern is tied with heavy tungsten eyes which we chose to show off a … Continue reading →

Posted in Flats Fly Fishing, Fly Tying, Saltwater Fly Fishing | Tagged Bonefish, crab, fishing, Flats, fly tying, permit, Saltwater, saltwater pattern, trigger, trigger fish | 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

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

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

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

Pyramid Lake Popcorn Beetle: Stillwater Pattern

Posted on March 1, 2024 by Caddisfly

In this video, Simon ties a proven pattern for monster Lahontan Cuttroat Trout in Pyramid lake. It is that time of year where anglers all over the world are gearing up with dreams of catching a massive Lahontan Cutthroat Trout … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Fishing Travel, Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, Uncategorized | Tagged beetle, cutthroat, fishing, fly fishing, fly tying, lahontan, nevada, popcorn, popcorn beetle, pyramid lake, Tying | Leave a comment

Oregon Surf Perch On The Fly

Posted on September 27, 2023 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

An underutilized fly angling fishery exists right under all of our noses, in places most of us have already recreated. The Oregon coast has hundreds of miles of shoreline, which provide habitat for several species of surf perch. The most … Continue reading →

Posted in Fishing Reports, Oregon Coastal Fly Fishing, Uncategorized | Tagged beach, beach fly fishing, fishing, Fly, Perch, red, red tail, red tail surf perch, salt, Saltwater, Surf, Surf fishing, Surfperch, tail, water | 2 Comments

Deer Hair PMD Cripple Fly Tying Video Instructional

Posted on September 4, 2023 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

In this video Simon demonstrates how to tie a Pale Morning Dun “cripple” fly pattern. This pattern imitates the PMD as it emerges, attempting to break the water’s surface meniscus. This half in half out or struggling mayfly is like … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies | Tagged blog, coastal cutthroat, coastal cutthroat trout, cripple, cutthroat, deer, deer hair, Dry Fly, dun, emerger, emerger fly, emerging, evening, film, fishing, fli, Fly, hair, hatch, Instructional, lesson, Match The Hatch, may, Mayfly, Mckenzie, McKenzie River, Middle fork Willamette River, morning, nano, nanosilk, Nymph, nymphal, Oregon, pale, pale evening dun, pale morning dun, ped, pmd, pnw, rainbow, Rainbow trout, redband, Redband trout, River, semper, semperfli, shuck, silk, sulphur, summer, trout, Tying, video, walkthrough, Willamette, Willamette River, willamette valley | Leave a comment

Rusty Spinner Fly Tying Video Instructional

Posted on September 1, 2023 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

In this video, Simon ties a “Rusty Spinner” dry fly. This fly pattern is an indispensable pattern in a summer angler’s box. It effectively mimics the spent Spinner stage of Pale Morning/Evening Duns in the West, and Sulphurs in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies | Tagged brown trout, cutthroat, dry, dun, fishing, Fly, hareline, imago, Instructional, Mayfly, pale evening dun, pale morning dun, ped, pmd, rainbow, rusty, spinner, technical, trout, Tutorial, widows web | Leave a comment

Late August Fishing Report

Posted on August 29, 2023 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Despite warmer weather and smokey conditions, trout fishing remains good. Recent wildfires to our East have left the valley filled to the brim with smoke and haze. The haze and smoke mimics cloud cover, and has contributed to good dry … Continue reading →

Posted in Fishing Reports, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Oregon Fly Fishing Tips, Uncategorized | Tagged Caddis, Caddis Fly Shop, coastal cutthroat, coastal cutthroat trout, cutthroat, dry dropper, Dry Fly, dry fly fishing, fishing, fishing report, Fly, fly fishing, Fork, grasshoppers, hopper dropper, hoppers, Mckenzie, McKenzie River, Middle, Middle fork Willamette River, pmd, rainbow, Rainbow trout, redband, Redband trout, report, River, smallmouth, south umpqua, summer, terrestrials, trout, umpqua, Willamette | Leave a comment

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