Despite the high water we headed for the upper McKenzie this past Saturday. We started a bit late 10am -ish hoping a few rafts or other boats would be down ahead discovering new logs and trees amidst the always steep gradient of the upper McKenzie.
The water was high but fishable and gorgeous as always. It’s the large firs, blooming Dogwoods, leaning cedar and alders that create my favorite trouting venue. Finding slow water was more difficult than usual but when we did the fishing was much better than expected. The Hopper Dropper set up with a large Golden Stone Fly imitation and a Possie Bugger dropped below did the job most of the day. There were Green Drakes and Brown Caddis hatching sporatically throughout the day.
Olallie to Paradise?
Rad.