Willamette Valley Fishing and Home Waters Fly Shop fishing report for June 9, 2022:

Middle Fork Willamette River:

• Middle Fork Willamette from Oakridge to Black Canyon:

  • Water clarity is good but the run-off is keeping the flows high. You won’t find us complaining about water. Oregon needs it!

  • 1840 cfs at Salt Creek and 4800 cfs at the NF of the Middle Fork. Both of these flows are remaining steady. Water is clear and we expect the fishing to be excellent.

• Middle Fork Willamette from Dexter Dam to Coast Fork Confluence:

  • Flows are back to normal at Dexter. Seems like the Army Corps is still unable to make up its mind. Fluctuations nearer the dam are frustrating and they do have an effect down stream.

  • Dexter now sits at 2840 cfs, which is essentially a summer flow. We’ll see how long that last before the engineers start playing with their valves again.

  • Jasper has flows at 4220 cfs. This is normal and the swingable runs are back in form.

  • Middle Fork from McKenzie Confluence up to Marshall Island

    • Armitage is at 6390 cfs, which is above normal and a little bump from last week. Through the confluence is fishing well. Over the weekend, expect a lot of sleds to be running up, and if the weather holds, there should a major float tube hatch in the Armitage vicinity.

McKenzie River:

Reservoirs we Fish:

• For those interested parties, here are the current levels of our local reservoirs:

  • Hills Creek: 87% full

  • Lookout Point: 91% full

  • Dorena: 103% full

  • Cottage Grove: 99% full

  • Fall Creek: 9101 full

  • Fern Ridge: 101% full