Opening day on the 'D' 2012

[jimmy]

Made my way over to the Deschutes friday, went to sleep early, woke up at 4:30 and found myself standing on the bank in the dark waiting for the light to come up.

As soon as I could see what I was doing I was into fish immediately.

Big black stones were the main producers and I ended up releasing 20+ trout and 4 whiteys over the weekend.

there were two fish that were notable and I managed to get a couple photos, there's never a photographer around when you need one....


A very well fed specimen:





and the biggest of the weekend, a touch over 21 inches:



he took the nymph 'brandon' tied for the spring fly swap:



It was a good start to the 2012 season.

 

[eggs]

Man you just got me pumped up for tossing big bugs in a few weeks.... that first one is a freaking football!

 

[steel Head]

im headed out there sat with my father in law and gonna camp hoping to bring a bunch of pics back

 

[steelhead_slayer]

Good report jimmy. Glad to see you getting into some nice fish

 

[brandon4455]

Nice fish jimmy!!! those are some fatties..almost crapped my pants when i saw that nymph in the fishes mouth. glad they worked

 

[nwkiller]

Beauties!!

 

[FlyBum]

Ya, my buddies said it was good down there, too bad I decided not to go with them :wall: Glad to hear about footballs all around! Well, the weekend is only 4 more days away see ya down there. :clap:

 

[lilsalmon]

Very nice...I can't wait.

 

[Sinkline]

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[bigsteel]

nice job jimmy,those are some gorgeous fish for sure

 

[jabs67]

Very nice!!!! Great report!!