This past weekend i was invited to go out on a boat in a very popular central oregon stillwater trout fishery.This Was my first real trip on a real big stillwater lake and i had a blast.We Fished chironomids under a strike indicator/bobber and that proved to be the most successful method,a few fish were also caught fishing attractor patterns and sinking lines. We all got into a good amount of fish and it was considered a good weekend as far as the fishing goes on this body of water this year.The fish in cp have to be the hardest fighting trout ive ever had on my line without a doubt, each fish proved that by bending our rods to the cork and i was also taken into my backing more then ever! all in all i learned alot more about stillwater fly fishing from two of the best and i look forward to more lake fishing in the future. Not just the fishing but the trip in general ranks in at one of the best ive ever been on easily.I ended up hitting what i consider the crane prairie grand slam (rainbow trout,brook trout and kokanee) and both friends caught alot of fish,including one whopper 8+lber randy caught!!
We all had some laughs and enjoyed each others company and had a great time. Here are some pictures
Here are some pictures of me,including my 24 inch 5.5lb cranebow,a kokanee pushing 20 inches and a chunky brookie
Here is randy with his 25 1/4 inch 8lb rainbow,a few smaller rainbows and some brookies
I have some very exciting news to share. , My friend Sam and i are in the process of making our first short fly fishing film with a new camera Sam recently bought..it has a polarized lens,a tripod and the whole deal.He has done a small amount of filming on our most recent outing and will be taking more over a span of 4+ trips to make this film. I have to admit i am very nervous to see my sloppy casts and hooksets on film but its going to be a blast. Sam is the primary camera man and i will be doing fishing most of the time(mainly because i suck at filming) i have no current release date for when it will be posted on YouTube but i will post it as soon as it becomes available.
anyways,back to fishing. o moday we headed up into the hills after some trout, it was dry flies and pretty native cutties all day long,sadly we had to hustle because we got a late start but we still caught alot of fish and some nice sized ones too. it was a bit sunny for my liking and the trout were extra spooky but they also seemed quite aggressive. here are some pictures from monday,this will give you all an idea of the area being filmed.
Me and my friend sam hit a small stream recently and it proved to be the most successful trip so far this year. We covered alot of water mainly tossing dries into fastwater pockets and plunge pools in boulder gardens.
it seemed through different stretches the fishing would turn on and off ,the sun was constantly peeking out and going away and it sprinkled lightly every now and then but still the fish were looking up and had an appetite for my peacock elk hair caddis.A total of over 70 fish between me and sam were brought to hand by the end of the trip ranging from little 4 inch fish to some pretty 10-11 inch fish with fat bellies from gorging themselves on bugs. It was an excellent day out and the season should be reaching its peak next month on this stream. NOTE: THE BELOW VIDEO IS BEST WATCHED ON YOUTUBE IN THE HIGHEST QUALITY POSSIBLE
it seems this year has bee an off year so far, some places it is a high water year,and others its a low water year. It has been tough to say the least. the fishing has actually been good,but fish have been in weird spots and we have had to hike greater distances than usual to reach better fishing.As you can see from previous reports some gorgeous wild trout have come to hand, for me it has been pretty much all fishing bead head nymphs with strike indicators until recently,the water is nice and cool,the weather has warmed up and the trout are starting to look up at the many bugs that have been hatching.Today i managed to catch a few on dries and even watched a few rise to naturals, it was cool to see.. yes,its warm weather and dry fly season,so pack up with some water and sandwiches, tie on your favorite dry fly and start casting!
Here is a video my friend sam shot of me hooking into a fat cutthroat on one of our recent trips,this was the first time we have got a hookup,fight,land and release on video. it came out pretty good!
were hoping t get more footage like this in the future.
Decided to hit the water again to go after some trout,This time it was a little different.Instead of hitting a section we knew about we went to a completely new area and checked it it. although there were not alot of spots to fish in this new to us section the few we did find were awesome and had some nice fish.One spot we arrived at my friend set his camera up to get some footage of me getting into a fish and what do you know,on the very first cast i got into a a fat cuttie that went airborn like a tarpon a few times and bent my 4wt in half! honestly up until that point i was still half asleep from the lack of sleep from the night before ,but that fish really got me going
a very healthy cutthroat trout taken on a possie bugger nymph
After that the bugs were out in force and my friend started picking fish off with golden stone dry flies one after the other and for some odd reason, one fish found a dry fly stripped under the surface appealing
After heavily fishing that section the action died off so we moved a ways up in the system and stopped at a small tributary before moving upstream in the mainstem,sam caught a few in there.we found a few more nice trout before the weather turned the bite off,then we called it a day Here are a few other pics from the trip
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