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River Restoration Volunteer Days with The Redsides Chapter of Trout Unlimited and McKenzie River Trust

Posted on October 28, 2026 by Caddisfly

Join The Redsides Chapter of Trout Unlimited and McKenzie River Trust for a weekend of McKenzie River restoration work! The work will be harvesting willows at Green Island, and then supporting replanting efforts at the South Fork McKenzie River restoration project. This planting project … Continue reading →

Posted in McKenzie River, Oregon Conservation News, Oregon fly fishing links | Tagged Mckenzie, planting, red, redsides, riparian, side, trout, trust, unlimited, volunteer, willow | Leave a comment

Fall Half-Pounders on the Rogue

Posted on October 6, 2026 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

The shop dog, Jasper, and I took a long weekend down South fishing the famed Rogue River half pounder run. While I have rafted the Wild and Scenic section several times in the Summer, I have never actually fished for … Continue reading →

Posted in Fishing Reports, Oregon Fly Fishing Tips, Uncategorized | Tagged anadromous, half, half pounder, juvenile, juvenile steelhead, pounder, report, River, rogue, rogue river, Steelhead, trout | 3 Comments

Shorty Hopper: Fantastic Subtle Hopper Pattern

Posted on September 3, 2026 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Grasshoppers become a staple in a trout’s diet in the late summer. Trout will often move several feet to pick up a hopper off the surface. This has given rise to the term “Hopper Season” referring to this late summer … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, Proven Fall Trout Patterns, Proven Summer Trout Patterns, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Trout Patterns By Season, Uncategorized, Warmwater Fly Tying Videos | Tagged cricket, dropper, dry, Dry Fly, Fly, foa, foam, grasshopper, hopper, hopper dropper, hopper season, season, Terrestrial, terrestrial season, trout, Tutorial, Tying | Leave a comment

Simon’s Summer Searching Caddis

Posted on August 21, 2026 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Anglers all over the world have fond memories of banner summer days with endless caddis dry fly eats. Caddis dries cast an appealing silhouette that trout can’t resist when they are keyed in on surface feeding in the warmer months. … Continue reading →

Posted in Entomology, Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, Fly Tying Tutorials, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Proven Fall Trout Patterns, Proven Summer Trout Patterns, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Uncategorized | Tagged attractor, Caddis, CDC, cdc dub, dry, Dry Fly, dub, Fly, fulling mill, trout, Tutorial, Tying | Leave a comment

Jigged Low Tide Pheasant Tail: A Great Nymph for the Dog Days of Summer

Posted on July 31, 2026 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

The dog days of summer can be a difficult time to fish. Despite the favorable weather for us, trout start to get a bit unhappy during the peak of summer. Their feeding can be sporadic, isolated to the cooler, shadier … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, Fly Tying Tutorials, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Oregon Fly Fishing Tips, Proven Summer Trout Patterns, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Trout Patterns By Season, Uncategorized | Tagged attractor, CDC, days, dropper, dry, dry dropper, Fly, fly fishing, fly tying, Instructional, McKenzie River, Middle fork Willamette River, Nymph, pheasant, pheasant tail, summer, taik, trout, variant | Leave a comment

Late May East Lake Stillwater Report

Posted on May 30, 2026 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Last week I had the opportunity to fish East lake with one of our friends and stillwater guides of the shop, Adison Rook. I have screwed around on many of our famed Stillwater venues over the years and done okay. … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Oregon Fishing Report, Eastern Oregon, Fishing Reports, Oregon High Lakes, Oregon Weekend Fishing Forecast, Stillwater Fishing, Uncategorized | Tagged blackwater, brown, Callibaetis, Central, chironomid, east, east lake, high, high lake, lake, newberry, Oregon, still, trout, venue, volcano | Leave a comment

Iwana Reels Introduction & Initial Thoughts

Posted on February 17, 2026 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Click and pawl reels have a special spot in many angler’s hearts. Traditionalists, purists, and those who appreciate a simpler design that requires more finesse are drawn to these reels. Nowadays, consumers can purchase heavy duty sealed disk drags that … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Fishing Gear Review, Uncategorized | Tagged and, Classic, click, fishing report, Gear, Gear review, Iwana, Minami, Reel, Retro, Review, trout | 2 Comments

Midnight Mousing: The Late Night Delicacy That We are Unable to Indulge In Locally

Posted on January 7, 2026 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Reminiscing on summer months I was recounting my annual trip to the Midwest’s Driftless Area spring creeks. This past summer I tried something new: mousing for large brown trout. This is an exhilarating method of fishing that, unfortunately in Oregon, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brown trout, drift, driftless, fishing, fly fishing, fly tying, glow, glow in the dark, glow strip, indicator, indicator marker, mouse, mousing, night, scientific anglers, trout | Leave a comment

September Trout Fishing Report

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

We are nearing the end of the dreaded summer period where things are a bit too hot for a trout’s liking. Hot air and water temperatures reduce waters efficacy at holding oxygen, this in turn produces both stressed and lethargic … Continue reading →

Posted in Fishing Reports, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Oregon Fly Fishing Tips, Oregon Weekend Fishing Forecast, Uncategorized | Tagged dry dropper, Dry Fly, fishing, fishing report, Fly, fly fishing, McKenzie River, Middle fork Willamette River, report, season, september, summer, trout | Leave a comment

The Westslope Cutthroat Trout of Central Washington

Posted on January 8, 2025 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Generally when anglers imagine fishing for large Westslope Cutthroat it is on a winding freestone stream in Idaho or Montana, or maybe it is in the upper Columbia in BC or a river in Alberta. Generally, Oregon and Washington aren’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Fishing Travel, Uncategorized | Tagged Cascades, Central, Clearwater, Cutt, cutthroat, Cutty, Eastern, native, pnw, Subspecies, trout, Washington, westslope, yakima | 3 Comments

Simon’s Jigged Tailwater Leech

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

This fly Simon originally developed for a trip to the mighty McCloud river in Northern California. The section he was interested in is a tailwater, and Simon needed a small fly that would be enticing enough for a large fish … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Oregon High Lakes, Stillwater Fishing, Uncategorized | Tagged creek, fishing, Fly, fly fishing, fly tying, Instructional, jigged, leech, McKenzie River, rainbow, spring, tailwater, trout, Tying | Leave a comment

Eastern Oregon Gold: Oregon’s Isolated Population of Native Westslope Cutthroat Trout

Posted on August 16, 2024 by Caddisfly

If someone told you that Oregon had three native species of cutthroat trout you may be surprised. Many people are only familiar with Oregon’s Coastal Cutthroat trout. These fish can be subdivided into two populations: resident fish that never leave … Continue reading →

Posted in Eastern Oregon, Fishing Porn, Fly Fishing Glossary, Oregon Fly Fishing Tips, Uncategorized | Tagged basin, cutthroat, day, drainage, Dry Fly, fly fishing, native, Oregon, River, slope, throat, trout, west, west slope, westslope | 1 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 9′ 5wt before it was released. It is their high end fast action rod; which is a functional showcase of their beautiful craftsmanship. The … 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 | 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

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