{"id":857,"date":"2015-01-15T20:05:28","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T20:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?p=857"},"modified":"2015-01-15T20:05:28","modified_gmt":"2015-01-15T20:05:28","slug":"first-fish-of-2015-on-the-crooked-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/?p=857","title":{"rendered":"First Fish Of 2015 On The Crooked River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Ann and I hit the Crooked River yesterday for some January trout action.\u00a0 It was a chilly 32 degrees but the sun shining brightly&#8230;you gotta love winter trout fishing in central Oregon!\u00a0 The water level in the river was abnormally high due to some recent dumping from the reservoir but we were hoping the fish would still cooperate.\u00a0 I chose an 8&#8242;\u00a0 3&#8243;\u00a0 5 wt bamboo rod for my day on the river.\u00a0 There were no bugs out of any kind so it was time for nymphs with a EuroNymphing setup.\u00a0 While my standard go-to zebra midges and bwo nymphs were of no interest to the rainbows in the river, I managed to pick up a few decent fish on a #12 Tellico Nymph.\u00a0 The Tellico Nymph is a great imitation for a small golden stonefly nymph.\u00a0 Here is my first fish of 2015, a nice feisty 12&#8243; rainbow!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_858\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Crooked-River-January-2015-580x435.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-858\" class=\"size-full wp-image-858\" src=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Crooked-River-January-2015-580x435.jpg\" alt=\"A Crooked River Rainbow in January\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Crooked-River-January-2015-580x435.jpg 580w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Crooked-River-January-2015-580x435-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Crooked River Rainbow in January &#8211; My First Fish of 2015!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_859\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Crooked-River-January-2015-580x4351.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-859\" class=\"size-full wp-image-859\" src=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Crooked-River-January-2015-580x4351.jpg\" alt=\"The beautiful Crooked River\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Crooked-River-January-2015-580x4351.jpg 580w, https:\/\/bamboopursuits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Crooked-River-January-2015-580x4351-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The beautiful Crooked River<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Ann and I hit the Crooked River yesterday for some January trout action.\u00a0 It was a chilly 32 degrees but the sun shining brightly&#8230;you gotta love winter trout fishing in central Oregon!\u00a0 The water level in the river was &hellip; 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