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09/13/09

fly fishing oregon:

the last three days.

 

not much to report from the last three days.  harold and i drove out to the deschutes to do some scouting of stretches on the river that neither of us had fished before.  we stopped by a couple of fly shops along the way to pick up last minute supplies and check out the shops.  the first was the fly fishing shop in welches and, next, the deschutes angler in maupin.  both shops were nice and helpful and i’d recommend stopping by at one or both of them next time you’re in the area.  thanks especially to the two guys at the deschutes angler for keeping the shop open a little late to cut my vision ace shooting head.

 

by the time we reached the river and found a campsite, it was nearly dark.  we camped the night and learned the hard lesson that when choosing a campsite make sure there are no trash dumpsters around… pretty shtanky.  the next day we swung flies through several runs below sherars falls.  the steelhead were in but we did not get any pulls (so far par for the course for my brief steelheading career).  the oregon department of fish and wildlife officer that we spoke to said the fishing had been slow that day but i think it probably also had a lot to do with poor swinging techniques (at least for me).  but we did scout some new sections and will go back and float it next time.  good spey casting practice and that many casts closer to the next pull.

 

the next day we ran a bunch of errands in the morning then jetted out to seaside to let harold's boys try to catch some dungeness crabs.  they used snares and squid for bait.  the boys caught a bunch of small crabs but no keepers.  the one keeper casey had on fell off while he was pulling it up.  so the dungeness crabs will have to wait until next trip boyz.

 

this morning i got on a plane heading for home and that is where i am writing this blog.  thanks to all the crew who made it all possible.  chris a., bert, nelson, gary, and mike in no cal.  jadd and joel (of kaufmanns), don, gary, and pete (of riverside angler) harold, hayley (sorry about the lamp), grant, and of course benny and casey in oregon.  it was super fun, educational, skill improving, and i managed to stick a fish or two in the process.  that my peeps is what fly fishing is all about.

 

the desert and harold "swinging" a run on the deschutes.

 

sherars falls and the native americans fishing it the traditional way.

 

benny... the king of crab.

 

crabby.

 

more pics from the day with chris a. (08/27/09) through his lens:

small streams and the casting ponds.

 

the golden gate angling and casting club.

 

clay and the spey.  thanks for the pics chris... good times.

 

clay.


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