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Top 5 Summer Terrestrial Fly Patterns

Posted on July 12, 2024 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Summer is in full swing and that means trout have terrestrials on the mind. This term refers to land based insects such as: ants, crickets, grasshoppers, beetles, cicadas, bees, etc. On small streams with lots of streamside brush and vegetation, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fishing Reports, Fly Fishing Glossary, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Oregon Fly Fishing Tips, Uncategorized | Tagged ant, beetle, cricket, dropper, Dry Fly, dryfly, fishing, Fly, fly fishing, grasshopper, hopper, hopper dropper, hopper season, Instructional, McKenzie River, Middle fork Willamette River, season, summer, Terrestrial | Leave a comment

Simon’s Secret Sally: Yellow Sally Dry Fly Tutorial

Posted on July 8, 2024 by Caddisfly

Yellow Sallies are often an overlooked summer staple in Western Trout’s Diets. What they lack in size they make up for in abundance. Often Yellow Sallies make a more subtle option in pressured waters when people gravitate to throwing Gold … Continue reading →

Posted in Eastern Oregon, Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Oregon Coastal Fly Fishing, Uncategorized | Tagged bitterroot, fishing, Fly, fly fishing, fly tying, Instructional, McKenzie River, parachute, sally, stonefly, Tying, yellow, yellow sally | Leave a comment

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

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

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

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

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

Mottled Goddard Caddis Fly Tying Instructional Video

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

The Goddard Caddis is a classic adult caddis pattern. This fly pattern is high floating and versatile in terms of the variety of caddis species it can imitate. In this video, Simon demonstrates how to tie the Goddard Caddis with … Continue reading →

Posted in Classes and Instruction, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies | Tagged ahrex, ahrex hooks, Caddis, caddis fly, caddis pattern, classic flies, Dry Fly, dry fly fishing, Fly, fly fishing, fly tying, goddard, goddard caddis, hooks, packing deer hair, recipe, sedge, spinning deer hair | Leave a comment

July Fishing Report

Posted on July 26, 2023 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Dry fly fishing has been great on our local rivers: the Mckenzie and Willamette. The fish will be most active in the mornings when the water is the coolest. There will be a lot of bug activity in the evening, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fishing Porn, Fishing Reports, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Uncategorized | Tagged Caddis Fly Shop, Caddisflyshop.com, Dry Fly, eugene, fishing report, fly fishing, Instructional, McKenzie River, Middle fork Willamette River, Oregon, Rainbow trout, Willamette River, willamette valley | Leave a comment

Snook Brush Tuxedo Fly with New Materials From Hareline

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

In this video professional fly tyer and blogger Jay Nicholas ties a simple snook fly called the Snook Brush Tuxedo Fly. Incorporating materials from Hareline including the new Bling Rabbit Strips, Helix Flash, and Just Add H2O’s Flash Blend Baitfish … Continue reading →

Posted in Fishing Porn, Fly Fishing Glossary, Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies | Tagged fly fishing, fly tying, jay nicholas | Leave a comment

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