Eugene, Oregon fly fishing guide Chris Daughters demonstrates how to tie the classic spring fly for the McKenzie River, the Green McKenzie Caddis. Check out OregonFlyFishingBlog.com for high res photos of the finished fly, fishing tips and pattern recipes. Read more...

You may not have seen an uglier imitation of a natural bug in your life, and hopefully you never will. In fact, the world’s leading entomologist would’ve had a hard time determining what I was trying to duplicate with this fly. It was by far the sloppiest attempt at the traditional elk hair caddis pattern to date. Purely an exercise in beginning fly tying, and one of the Read more...