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We left Friday around noon, camped out at Trout Creek. Put in early Saturday. Took out today around 3 at Sandy Beach. Rained hard Friday night, fairly pleasant the rest of the days with today being the nicest by far.
This was primarily a rafting trip, I just brought some fishing stuff along for the afternoons after camp was all set up and the rafting was done for the day to dink around on.
I managed my first fish ever on a fly rod (whoo hoo), a northern pikeminnow. Then I managed two more pikeminnow, all on a large nymph. Then the last night of the trip I managed two trout on large dry flies. I also caught about a dozen trout on spinners (I know, what a sin on the Deschutes; 92380469 fly fisherman and 1 spinner fisherman). The largest of which was probably 16" or so, average size of 10-12" with a few below and a few above. Photos of trout will have to wait until I get some photos back from others. My fiance managed 3 trout in 10 minutes (and a sucker) one morning on spinners to just show me how good she was. Everyone who fished managed some fish, though we didn't try that hard.
Talked with lots of fly fisherman (hundreds on the river this weekend into today); most said the same thing. River is cold, river is high, fishing isn't that great yet. Saw all of one fish caught while we floated past, and we floated past literally hundreds of fisherman.
Rapids were fun. Ran Whitehorse and Oak Springs without scouting (oops, river was fast and we made way better time than expected). Scouted Boxcar and had my worst run yet right into the hole but popped out just fine. No one flipped or even came close, the worst thing about the trip was the TICKS.
I also took plenty of bug photos for the hatch guys.
First of all, here's the cataraft loaded up -
![5757529110_5f17b01317_b.jpg 5757529110_5f17b01317_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16072-8dcacaee0715a8fa37b86b27cbe62077.jpg?hash=jcrK7gcVqP)
Here's everyone else - three cats and a raft -
![5757531864_86a6203450_b.jpg 5757531864_86a6203450_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16073-ce7b17b4aba857d96c705303c35044df.jpg?hash=znsXtKuoV9)
Camp the first (and second) evenings
![5756956211_df0b2dc543_b.jpg 5756956211_df0b2dc543_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16074-2fa0043b9d49c32cf222e0774eb61953.jpg?hash=L6AEO51Jwy)
![5757509732_f42b1c0040_b.jpg 5757509732_f42b1c0040_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16075-98aea6adcb71167244d96d59d5de5307.jpg?hash=mK6mrctxFn)
My $50 in flies from the Welch's fly shop. Fish caught on the lower left nymph and lower right dry.
![5757511322_d60d6bef56_b.jpg 5757511322_d60d6bef56_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16076-5ebea573ddcbcdda23aef81ae5484fee.jpg?hash=Xr6lc93Lzd)
I need to work on my flyfisherman pose.
![5757526356_50d63ff5b4_b.jpg 5757526356_50d63ff5b4_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16077-9786689731f79f8939a5305f3dc194bb.jpg?hash=l4ZolzH3n4)
My fiance's mom getting into the action. She landed a pikeminnow and lost another
![5757513448_de482a5340_b.jpg 5757513448_de482a5340_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16078-f6f3a81d4bf93a483feb17fb9b271da4.jpg?hash=9vOoHUv5Ok)
And some bugs.
![5756959567_3fb7e827e5_b.jpg 5756959567_3fb7e827e5_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16079-76a1b975a4bb6344ad635c27d393610d.jpg?hash=dqG5daS7Y0)
![5756968733_8d05188e7a_b.jpg 5756968733_8d05188e7a_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16080-5c5dded96e126215db998d173d6d93a4.jpg?hash=XF3e2W4SYh)
![5756961489_d081c563f6_b.jpg 5756961489_d081c563f6_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16081-20940fff331c8057544b4262c42df51d.jpg?hash=IJQP_zMcgF)
![5757508782_9409ddfb06_b.jpg 5757508782_9409ddfb06_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16082-07c26b07ca1629b06f160e68f75a41a7.jpg?hash=B8JrB8oWKb)
![5756969495_7c59ac365a_b.jpg 5756969495_7c59ac365a_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16083-4701e56604215180cdcc133c56ecffe7.jpg?hash=RwHlZgQhUY)
This was primarily a rafting trip, I just brought some fishing stuff along for the afternoons after camp was all set up and the rafting was done for the day to dink around on.
I managed my first fish ever on a fly rod (whoo hoo), a northern pikeminnow. Then I managed two more pikeminnow, all on a large nymph. Then the last night of the trip I managed two trout on large dry flies. I also caught about a dozen trout on spinners (I know, what a sin on the Deschutes; 92380469 fly fisherman and 1 spinner fisherman). The largest of which was probably 16" or so, average size of 10-12" with a few below and a few above. Photos of trout will have to wait until I get some photos back from others. My fiance managed 3 trout in 10 minutes (and a sucker) one morning on spinners to just show me how good she was. Everyone who fished managed some fish, though we didn't try that hard.
Talked with lots of fly fisherman (hundreds on the river this weekend into today); most said the same thing. River is cold, river is high, fishing isn't that great yet. Saw all of one fish caught while we floated past, and we floated past literally hundreds of fisherman.
Rapids were fun. Ran Whitehorse and Oak Springs without scouting (oops, river was fast and we made way better time than expected). Scouted Boxcar and had my worst run yet right into the hole but popped out just fine. No one flipped or even came close, the worst thing about the trip was the TICKS.
I also took plenty of bug photos for the hatch guys.
First of all, here's the cataraft loaded up -
![5757529110_5f17b01317_b.jpg 5757529110_5f17b01317_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16072-8dcacaee0715a8fa37b86b27cbe62077.jpg?hash=jcrK7gcVqP)
Here's everyone else - three cats and a raft -
![5757531864_86a6203450_b.jpg 5757531864_86a6203450_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16073-ce7b17b4aba857d96c705303c35044df.jpg?hash=znsXtKuoV9)
Camp the first (and second) evenings
![5756956211_df0b2dc543_b.jpg 5756956211_df0b2dc543_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16074-2fa0043b9d49c32cf222e0774eb61953.jpg?hash=L6AEO51Jwy)
![5757509732_f42b1c0040_b.jpg 5757509732_f42b1c0040_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16075-98aea6adcb71167244d96d59d5de5307.jpg?hash=mK6mrctxFn)
My $50 in flies from the Welch's fly shop. Fish caught on the lower left nymph and lower right dry.
![5757511322_d60d6bef56_b.jpg 5757511322_d60d6bef56_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16076-5ebea573ddcbcdda23aef81ae5484fee.jpg?hash=Xr6lc93Lzd)
I need to work on my flyfisherman pose.
![5757526356_50d63ff5b4_b.jpg 5757526356_50d63ff5b4_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16077-9786689731f79f8939a5305f3dc194bb.jpg?hash=l4ZolzH3n4)
My fiance's mom getting into the action. She landed a pikeminnow and lost another
![5757513448_de482a5340_b.jpg 5757513448_de482a5340_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16078-f6f3a81d4bf93a483feb17fb9b271da4.jpg?hash=9vOoHUv5Ok)
And some bugs.
![5756959567_3fb7e827e5_b.jpg 5756959567_3fb7e827e5_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16079-76a1b975a4bb6344ad635c27d393610d.jpg?hash=dqG5daS7Y0)
![5756968733_8d05188e7a_b.jpg 5756968733_8d05188e7a_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16080-5c5dded96e126215db998d173d6d93a4.jpg?hash=XF3e2W4SYh)
![5756961489_d081c563f6_b.jpg 5756961489_d081c563f6_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16081-20940fff331c8057544b4262c42df51d.jpg?hash=IJQP_zMcgF)
![5757508782_9409ddfb06_b.jpg 5757508782_9409ddfb06_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16082-07c26b07ca1629b06f160e68f75a41a7.jpg?hash=B8JrB8oWKb)
![5756969495_7c59ac365a_b.jpg 5756969495_7c59ac365a_b.jpg](https://www.oregonfishingforum.com/data/attachments/16/16083-4701e56604215180cdcc133c56ecffe7.jpg?hash=RwHlZgQhUY)