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Fishing or math? You decide
■ The University offers classes
on fly fishing, but the treat is
getting out to the local rivers
By Tony Chiotti
for the Emerald
When you’re standing waist
deep in the Willamette River, 10
miles deep in the Willamette Na
tional Forest, holding on for dear
life as a native rainbow trout tears
downstream into the blinding, red
sunset, the last thing on your mind
is that paper due on Monday. Your
only concern is whether this beast
is going to submit before you run
out of line.
A fly rod offers the perfect ex
cuse to get off campus and explore
western Oregon, an area that is
home to some of the finest fly fish
ing to be found — anywhere.
Whenever you catch yourself bitch
ing about the rain, just picture all
that water trickling off the western
slope of the Cascades and forming
a watershed rich enough to keep
you occupied for the rest of your
life.
With winter steelhead and
salmon runs through the coastal
streams and insect activity that
runs throughout the rest of the year,
this is one of the few places in the
world that can boast true, year
round fly fishing.
The West’s abundance of public
land offers unparalleled access to
the water. Just outside of Eugene,
the Willamette splits into a number
of forks and tributaries, each offer
ing its own unique challenges and
rewards to the adventurous angler.
A Lane Transit District bus runs
straight from downtown to the leg
endary McKenzie River. Heck,
there are rainbow trout and eight
pound steelhead to be pulled out of
the Willamette near Autzen Stadi
um or from the gravel bars that al
low you to wade right out from the
banks near Valley River Center.
For those who don’t know even
how to start catching the abundant
fish, the University offers introduc
tory fly fishing classes in the fall,
spring and summer terms. Chris
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Tony Chiotti for the Emerald
Chris Culver casts his luck on the river. Culver teaches a fly fishing class at the University.
Culver, who teaches the classes,
also offers fly tying workshops in
the EMU Craft Center each winter.
Culver doesn’t stay in the class
room long. After a brief run through
the basics and some coaching on
the signature, lilting cast, it’s off to
the streamside, where the majority
of the class is held.
“People worry too much about
casting,” Culver said. “They’re
worried about trying to cast 30 or
40 feet and trying to look good, but
they’d do better if they spent some
time learning about the insects —
understanding the life-cycles of the
mayflies and caddisflies.”
Aquatic insects provide trout
with feeding opportunities
throughout their life-cycle. You
must figure out what the trout are
feeding on at that particular mo
ment and match it with a fly of the
similar size, silhouette and color.
Duplicating the behavior of the
insects is also important. For exam
ple, an adult caddisfly skeets along
the surface of the water as it pre
pares to lay its eggs, while a
grasshopper struggles in the surface
film of the water. The fly fisherman
becomes a puppeteer, jerking, flip
ping and finessing the line to create
the illusion of life at the end of an
ultra-fine leader.
“I would say the main thing is
being a good observer,” said Rick
Hafele, an aquatic etymologist and
author of the streamside bible,
‘‘The Complete Book of Western
Hatches.” “Look around and see
what’s in the trees and what’s flying
around. Go out and pick up rocks
and turn them over and look at
what the dominant species are. You
don’t even need to know what their
names.are. You can just look at
them and tell which ones are domi
nant and then pick a pattern that
looks like that.”
Having the right flies for the
stream you are fishing requires that
you anticipate the insect activity,
and come prepared with those fly
patterns. The best bet for doing so
is to inquire at a local fly shop as to
what hatches are underway in the
area you plan to fish.
Allan Cline, owner of Home Wa
ters fly shop, said that keeping your
equipment minimal is the most im
portant thing when starting out.
“The last thing you want to do is
buy a vest because then you’ll
want to fill up every pocket with
stuff you don’t need,” he said.
“You also want to avoid spending
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