The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

Yesterday Matt Stansberry, Nick Callero of the National Wildlife Federation and I headed up to one of my favorite areas of the mid-Mckenzie River.  I had fished there last weekend hooking large numbers of trout but no large trout and needed to change that. Matt and Nick got there first and caught a bunch of trout between them on the hopper dropper combination.  I started fishing a Stimulator with a Possie Bugger on point. The same trout that wouldn’t stay off the line a couple days ago wouldn’t eat– I did hook a decent native on the Stimulator:

Leaving the holy water Matt and I worked down to rest the big fish zone, wait for things to get a little cooler and try our luck elsewhere. Catching only one planter, I tied on a #12 Parachute Adams and headed back to the big trout zone. On my third our fourth cast I saw a red sided slab flash in the vicinity of my submerged fly and set the hook. This “Mckenzie Redside” Rainbow fought like a brute and taped in at seveteen and was chunky and healthy–KM