{"id":1177,"date":"2016-03-31T23:33:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T23:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2016-11-26T17:54:47","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T17:54:47","slug":"bamboo-rod-fishing-with-tony-bellaver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?p=1177","title":{"rendered":"Bamboo Rod Fishing with Tony Bellaver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friend and rod builder extraordinaire, Tony Bellaver of \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alpenglowflyrods.com\">Alpenglow Fly Rods<\/a>\u00a0in the San Francisco area was visiting central Oregon this week, and we were able to get out on the Metolius River yesterday for some fly fishing.\u00a0 I took my 8&#8242;\u00a0 0&#8243;\u00a0 5 wt slow action Spring Creek Series rod that is especially good for small dry flies and delicate presentations.\u00a0\u00a0Tony took\u00a0out a 7&#8242;\u00a0 6&#8243;\u00a0 medium fast action quad&#8230;a\u00a0very nice casting\u00a0rod for the Metolius River.\u00a0 The weather was gorgeous and there were plenty of\u00a0caddis and\u00a0mayflies\u00a0out, but the trout weren&#8217;t very cooperative.\u00a0 In fact, I only saw one fish rise all day.\u00a0 But, it was great to see Tony and get the chance to hit the river with him.\u00a0 Here are a couple of photos of our day.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1179\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?attachment_id=1179\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1179\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1179\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1179\" src=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/P3300011-580x326.jpg\" alt=\"Tony and I on the Metolius River.\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/P3300011-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/P3300011-580x326-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony and I on the Metolius River.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1180\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?attachment_id=1180\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1180\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1180\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1180\" src=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/P3300005-580x326.jpg\" alt=\"Tony working a dry fly with his quad fly rod.\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/P3300005-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/P3300005-580x326-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony working a dry fly with his quad fly rod.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend and rod builder extraordinaire, Tony Bellaver of \u00a0Alpenglow Fly Rods\u00a0in the San Francisco area was visiting central Oregon this week, and we were able to get out on the Metolius River yesterday for some fly fishing.\u00a0 I took &hellip; 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