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Local Fishing Report July 13

Posted on July 13, 2024 by Caddisfly

Fishing locally has been great despite our recent heat wave. We’ve made it through this heat wave without any wildfires here in the valley and without our local trout water getting too terribly hot. Water temperature is still a factor … Continue reading →

Posted in Fishing Porn, Fishing Reports, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Oregon fly fishing links, Oregon Fly Fishing Tips, Summer Steelhead, Uncategorized | Tagged Dry Fly, fishing, fishing report, Fly, fly tying, gold stones, Instructional, july, McKenzie River, Middle fork Willamette River, report, sally, terrestrials, Tying, update, yellow | Leave a comment

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

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

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

Craft Fur Spawning Shrimp Surf Perch Fly Tutorial

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

In this instructional video, Simon demonstrates how to tie an effective shrimp fly he uses in the surf off of the Oregon Coast. The fly was originally designed for use targeting surf perch, but could also work for rockfish off … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, Oregon Coastal Fly Fishing | Tagged Flats, Fly, red tail surf perch, Saltwater, Shrimp, Surf, Surf fishing, Surfperch | 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

Driftless Cricket Fly Tying Video Instructional

Posted on September 7, 2023 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

In this video, Simon Stephen demonstrates how to tie a fantastic hi-vis cricket pattern. Tested this summer on the spring creeks of the Midwest’s Driftless area, it was his most productive fly he brought along. Locally, this fly has brought … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies | Tagged ahrex, ahrex hooks, cricket, driftless, driftless area, driftless cricket, dry, Dry Fly, dry fly fishing, ep fibers, evazote, Fly, fly tying, flytying, hoppers, midwest, nanosilk, NZ, semperfli, South Island, spring creek, Terrestrial, terrestrials, Tying | Leave a comment

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 →

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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

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

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