Do you know any fly hatches in Oregon?

[eaglecreekcustom 0]

I am getting started fly fishing in Oregon and wondering if you know any hatches? If you do, what is the date. Thank you

[Jaydub 0]

Can you be more specific? There are lots of hatches that vary by time of year and location. 

Hear are some hatch charts that may be helpful: Westfly hatch charts

[chugbug27 0]

Dave Hughes has some good hatch-related instructional style books focussed on the west coast. Pocket guide to Western Hatches is good, but there are others. His home waters are in Oregon. There's also a neat book by Ted Leeson (an Oregon transplant) called Habit of Rivers that takes you through a year of fly fishing the different waters, hatches, and runs in Oregon -- not so much detailed instructional as experiential, if that makes sense. Both really good writers in different ways.

[eaglecreekcustom 0]

3 hours ago, Jaydub said:

Can you be more specific? There are lots of hatches that vary by time of year and location. 

Hear are some hatch charts that may be helpful: Westfly hatch charts

I am looking for any thing and everything

[Jaydub 0]

As Chug mentioned , entire books have been written on the subject.

I live and fish in Oregon. Species and timing can be quite different even between adjacent drainages.

Here are some general highlights, not a complete list by any means.

Mayflies:

September – May: Blue Wing Olive (BWO)

Late February – early May: March Browns

May – August: Pale Morning Dun (PMD)

June: Green Drakes

September: Mahogany Dun

Stillwater all season: Callibaetis

Caddisflies:

Many species hatch from spring to fall. Most are size 12 – 18 and olive, tan or brown.

May – October: Green Sedge, Spotted Sedge, Saddle Case Caddis

September – October: October Caddis

Stoneflies:

March – April: Skwalla

May – Early June: Salmonfly and Golden Stone

July: Yellow Sally

Midges: All year

Ants, Beetles, Grasshoppers: July - September