The Lower Mckenzie River continues to provide good fishing. From an angling perspective the fall is a very special time not only in the valley but all over Oregon. I have often told folks the fall is the toughest time in the year to go fishing.
Like a good news, bad news joke. The good news; the fishing in the fall is red hot! The bad news; too many places to choose and you can only be at one! This week I chose the Lower Mckenzie.
The skies were clear when we launched but turned to overcast as the day ended. The overcast skies also brought out a fine hatch of small yellow mayflies. We used a Lou brew yellow compara dun, yellow sparkle dun and parachute adams.
Nymphing earlier in the day with the possie bugger and mega prince provided some real excitement when a steelhead decided to latch on to the possie bugger. We spent the majority of the day working some riffles casting to rising trout. Another great day of fall fishing.
LV
Those are some beautiful fish, great pictures to. I am hoping to get up there to fish next year.
From Leaburg to Hayden Bridge, what are trout biting?