Eric Neufeld (http://www.facebook.com/ragingriversales) sent me this great photo of a cutthroat he recently caught with one of my bamboo fly rods….Eric owns two of them. This beautiful cutthroat was caught on a 7′ 0″ 4 wt Spring Creek Series Rod I built for Eric a few years ago. Photo credit goes to Heather Hodson.
A Great Cutthroat Trout
Sometimes, the pictures just come out right, although I did a little cropping on this photo. Here is a beautiful Deschutes River Redside I picked up a few days ago. Enjoy!
Deschutes River Rainbow
I’m heading down to Northern California in a few days for a “guys fishing trip” on Hat Creek, the Pit River, and several area lakes. I’ve been getting together with the same group of great guys down there for about 30 years. I’ll post a few photos when I get back. I’m getting my fly boxes ready this week. Got my stoneflies, callibaetis, damsel flies, caddis, midges, green drakes and buggers. I realized this morning that I should have a few Tricos in my box so I tied these up this morning…size 22. Now I’m ready!
#22 Tricos
I’ve been hearing a lot of reports for the past two weeks of salmon flies on the Middle Deschutes River here in Central Oregon so I was finally able to get out today for a few hours. I took my 7′ 6″ 5 wt Freestone Series bamboo fly rod. Fish were quite hungry for both nymphs and dry flies, and I picked up several…the rainbows were between 10″ and 15″ and the browns were between 12″ and 18″. The river is relatively small where I fished so the 7′ 6″ medium fast action rod was perfect. Here are a few photos of my afternoon.
Middle Deschutes River Salmon Fly.
#8 Orange Bodied Stimulator.
Nice Middle Deschutes River Brown that took a #8 Black Girdlebug.
A beautiful Middle Deschutes River Brown that took a #8 Orange Bodied Stimulator.
Mary Ann and I will be heading down to Northern California for The Fly Fishing Show at the Alameda County Fairgrounds next weekend. I’ll have a booth at the show and Mary Ann will be teaching a couple of classes. This is a great show with a lot to see. If you’re in the bay area, I encourage you to check out the show…and stop by my booth and wiggle a few of my bamboo rods.
The Fly Fishing Show