{"id":2028,"date":"2018-10-19T00:59:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T00:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?p=2028"},"modified":"2018-10-19T00:59:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T00:59:54","slug":"fall-fishing-on-the-metolius-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?p=2028","title":{"rendered":"Fall Fishing on the Metolius River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been getting out on the beautiful Metolius River over the past couple of weeks before the closure at the end of October.\u00a0 The Kokanee have come up from Lake Billy Chinook to spawn in the river and are very numerous in the shallower areas of the river.\u00a0 While the Kokanee will occasionally take nymphs, we don&#8217;t target these fish and let them do their &#8220;spawning thing&#8221;.\u00a0 Here is a quick video of the Kokanee doing their thing:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QwOKE32nYs4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With all the fishy activity in the river, the rainbows also get active. \u00a0Earlier this week, I got out on the upper portion of the river with my good friend and local Sisters resident, John, for a few hours of afternoon fishing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2030\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?attachment_id=2030\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2030\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2030\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2030\" src=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PA140020-580x326.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PA140020-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PA140020-580x326-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PA140020-580x326-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave and John on the Metolius River<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The river is pretty small in these upper stretches, and the fish tend to be a little smaller than in the lower sections of the river.\u00a0 But, I took out my 7&#8242;\u00a0 0&#8243;\u00a0 4 wt bamboo rod, which worked great to high-stick some nymphs through the shallow riffles.\u00a0 The resident native rainbows were very happy to take my #10 October Caddis Pupa and my #20 Rainbow Warrior.\u00a0 Here is a nice little fish from our day.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2031\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?attachment_id=2031\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2031\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2031\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2031\" src=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PA140019-580x326.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PA140019-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PA140019-580x326-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PA140019-580x326-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rianbow from the Metolius River<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been getting out on the beautiful Metolius River over the past couple of weeks before the closure at the end of October.\u00a0 The Kokanee have come up from Lake Billy Chinook to spawn in the river and are very &hellip; 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