Fishing report Southern Oregon

Fishing and Hunting Report

Great info if you are from Southern Oregon. Read before you go fishing for tips and suggestions.

Medford Mail Tribune - ROGUE — Fall chinook salmon fishing continues to be somewhat erratic throughout the river, while summer steelhead fly-fishing conditions remain good in the upper Rogue and the middle Rogue remains a mix of chinook and steelhead fishing with neither ...

Thanks to the Mail Tribune for this information

JimDale

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Pigs go fishing

These pigs don't fly, but they do go fishing

This has little to do with fly fishing but made me laugh. It just shows you they are clever animals after all.

Seattle Times - TALAFO'OU, Tonga — Travelers who think they have seen it all should head to the island kingdom of Tonga for one of the Pacific's strangest tourist attractions: "fishing pigs." Hogs on the archipelago's main island, Tongatapu, have conquered their ...

Thank Nick Squire for this article.

Jim Dale

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Splicing a loop

Splicing a loop

Now this is something that you are going to have to practise, but well put across with picture, check out the full article which has more details........

It seems to make most folks pretty nervous to cut and splice a fly line or to put neat little loops at the ends of one. Most folks end up using braided loops or just use a line the way it comes rather than changing it. The point of this article is to show you how easy it is to make a loop in the end of a fly line. All it take is patience and practice. I will admit that the first few I did were tough. Like everything will patience and practice I am pretty good at it now. The instructions show how to do a loop. To splice lines together use the same techniques but skip the loop. Just pull the two cores together until the covers meet and you are done.

First we need to get the cover off the core. This can be done in a few different ways depending on the line construction. Sometimes you dip it in acetone and off it comes.

Check out the full article here

Thanks to Jack Cook for this fantastic information.

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The fish are already wet

On the Fly: Already wet

Fishing in the rain can produce some good results and shouldn't put you off unless you are a fair weather angler. I like Chris Lemons comments "The fish are already wet. They don't care,". Made me laugh.......

Aspen Times - If rain (or snow) is falling outside your window today, don't dismay. Deteriorating weather doesn't necessarily put a big chill on the fishing. That's the word, at least, from area flyshops as the Roaring Fork Valley braces for snow or rain in the ...

Thanks to Janet Urquhart for this article

Jim Dale

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Flying Ants - How to make one!

Fly ant

Here's some interesting info on how to make a Flying ant fly. Why not have a go if you have the time.

Fly Ant What makes one ant pattern better than another? If you think about it, most of the ants that actually get knocked into the stream are flying ants, that is, they have wings. If that is true, why use an ant pattern that did not include wings? Adding wings with palmered hackle will give your ant pattern an appealing look to fish and the angler alike. Hatches of fly ants are very important to anglers who want to get out and try this pattern with good success. Flying ants can be observed from April though September. When other patterns are not working tie on an ant and give it a try. Flying ant patterns are fished either dry or wet. Matching the profile, size and color is important. Once you get it close to the real thing, you won’t have to wait long to get fish to bite. Fish them in rivers and lakes. Look for dead or overhanging tress-that’s where ants are likely to congregate. Tie these flies in sizes 12-16.

Step 1 Start this fly by placing the hook into the vice securely and attaching the thread to the hook shank. Pinch dub the thread with the rabbit dubbing and build a small round ball at the rear of the fly.

Step 2 Clip two fine hackle tips and match them up so that the curvatures are facing towards each other. Tie these two hackle tips in front of the abdomen you just created and them stand them up and divide the wings. Select a fine grade dry fly hackle and tie it onto the hook shank in front of the wings. Palmer this hackle forward creating a nice bushy thorax for the fly.

Step 3 Pinch dub the thread once more with the black rabbit dubbing and build another small ball of dubbing for the head of the fly. Whip finish the thread and cement the head thoroughly.

For further info go here

Thanks for the information Jason Akl.

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Salmon fishing heaven

Salmon-fishing heaven - Detroit Free Press

Well done Gus, it seems your initiation to fly fishing on this continent has proved better than your wildest dreams. See you again soon.

Salmon-fishing heaven Detroit Free Press, United States - 31 minutes ago ... So when he came from the Netherlands with his Canadian wife to visit the in-laws, he was eager to try fly-fishing for Great Lakes salmon. ...

Thanks to Eric Sharp for reporting on Gus' success.

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