Mary Ann and I got out again on the Metolius River yesterday for a couple of hours of afternoon fishing. There was a great hatch of BWOs but fish weren’t coming up for the adults. But, we did pick up a few rainbows on #18 BWO soft hackles. Also saw quite a few winter stones climbing around on the snowy backs. Here are a few photos from the day.
This little guy was checking out my bamboo rod.
A great close-up photo of the BWOs that were hatching. It looks like I should be tying these flies with brown thread for the correct head color.
A #14 winter stonefly crawling around on the snowbank.
Some fellow anglers on the river, but I suspect these guys were looking for salad rather than meat. Four eating lunch…One watching out for them.