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Yesterday on the Middle Deschutes River

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Mary Ann and I made it out to the Middle Deschutes River yesterday for a couple of hours to try our luck.  The water levels have been quite high but they are starting to drop…yesterday was high, but fishable.  Water clarity was good, but boy, the water temperature was very cold.  We both tried EuroNymphing techniques to tempt the fish.  Not much was hatching but we managed to pick up a few smaller browns on nymphs.

The two anglers!

A feisty brown that I picked up drifting a nymph.

A beautifully colored brown that Mary Ann got on a #16 red snowcone.

Fly Fishing the Fall River in Central Oregon.

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Wow, it’s been a long time since my last blog post.  It seems that spending time on some home repairs from a water heater leak, getting taxes ready, and high water everywhere have just kept us off the water.  But, Mary Ann and I got out a few days ago to fish the Fall River here in Central Oregon.  The Fall River is one of our local spring creeks that isn’t impacted much by snow runoff.  I took out my 8′  0″  5 wt Spring Creek Series bamboo fly rod out for the day.   I managed to pick up a few cooperative rainbows on nymphs in the morning and dries in in the afternoon when a decent BWO hatch happened.  Here are a few photos of our day.

The Fall River in Central Oregon.

Fighting a nice rainbow that took a #16 prince nymph.

A nice, colorful rainbow to the net. This guy was about 14″.

Christmas Ideas for Anglers from RiverKeeper Flies

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My good friend, John Kreft, has a wonderful WEB page and blog dedicated to fly tying.  He’s an awesome fly tier and has some great information, both historical and for tying, about flies and fly fishing.  He recently posted a great blog entry about fly fishing items for the upcoming Christmas holidays.  So, check out his latest post, as well as all the good content at:

http://www.johnkreft.com/2016-christmas-list-for-fly-fishers-and-fly-tyers/

John Kreft and RiverKeeper Flies

John Kreft and RiverKeeper Flies

 

Photoshoot on the Metolius River

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I got the chance to spend a day on the Metolius River this week with Meryl Schenker (http://merylschenker.com/), a friend and an incredibly talented professional photographer from the Seattle area.  I had asked Meryl to help me with some new photographs for my WEB site.  We had a great time on the river, shot some great photos, and even caught some feisty rainbows.  I have a goal to re-design my WEB site in the next couple of months, utilizing several of Meryl’s great photos.  So stay tuned, hopefully I’ll be able to get that done.  Here are a few photos from our day.

A quick selfie with Meryl and me.

A quick selfie with Meryl and me.

Pondering where to fish!

Pondering where to fish!

A pretty little rainbow that took a #14 Tan Ant Pattern.

A pretty little rainbow that took a #14 Tan Ant Pattern.

Bug Sampling on the Crooked River

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I’m a firm believer that it’s a good idea to “check out the bugs” in the river nearly every time you fish, especially if you’re doing a lot of nymph fishing.  Mary Ann and I were on the Crooked River last week fishing a spot we fish often and started with a bug sampling.  We have a small net that is about 15″ x 15″ that one of us holds in the water while the other turns over rocks upstream.  We then transfer the bugs in the net to a white bowl that aids in viewing and identifying.  For the particular spot we sampled, there were very nigh numbers of olive/tan scuds in sizes ranging from about #18 to #10, as well as black mayfly nymphs that were about #18 and #16 in size.  We both used euro-nymphing techniques for our fishing for the day.  Using #14 and #16 gold or tan scuds, #18 Psycho Mayfly nymphs, and #16 Black Beauties produced a lot of rainbows in the 6″ to 14″ range.  So, knowing the bugs in the water and matching those bugs certainly helped us.  Here are a few photos of the day.

Bug Sampling from the Crooked River

Bug Sampling from the Crooked River

Scuds and mayfly nymphs.

Scuds and mayfly nymphs.

Our fly choices for the day.

Our fly choices for the day.

A nice 14" rainbow that took a #16 black beauty nymph.

A nice 14″ rainbow that took a #16 black beauty nymph.