What started out as a slow afternoon with high water turned out to be a dry fly bonanza yesterday as Caddis Fly Shop guide Lou Verdugo put Frenchy Laroux and I on a shallow riffle with scads of rising cutthroat trout. We drifted from the McKenzie/Willamette confluence to Harrisburg in the afternnoon, but didn’t see much action until 4-5pm. Most trout were in the 8-10 inch range, but we caught a few that were larger. The hot fly of the day was a March Brown sparkle dun, size 14.
Just about the end of the hatch “Mongo” decided to come out and play — the big dogs of the lower Willamette River — fat trout slurping mayflies in slack water. But they don’t get that big being dumb and I put them down with a couple sloppy casts.
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1 Mike // May 11, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Are there any spots in this stretch that are accessible by foot?
2 Caddisfly // May 12, 2008 at 4:44 am
Mike,Beacon Drive off of river road has some access.
3 Garry Pinto // May 12, 2008 at 6:32 am
I’m with Chaz on this one. Not the best example. GP.
4 Matt Stansberry // May 12, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Hey Chaz, I’m glad you’re worried about the fish. It’s still mostly in the water in that shot though. It’s hard to tell because it’s so clear.
-Matt
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