Went back to Wick yesterday, the Deschutes arm again, and was surprised to find I had the place practically to myself; the fishing conditions were perfect, no wind at all--it was like a pond out there, with temps just a little on the cool side. I ended up with a 17" Brown ( let him go ) and two 15" and 19" rainbows ( Those I kept. )
I also hooked into something huge, ( I assume ) that broke off after a thirty minute fight; never got a look at him, but I'm a assuming he was a Brown, since he kept diving for the bottom, again and again. The whole time I had him on, I had the sinking feeling that I'd bitten off more than I could chew with this fish. I could barely get him to move, even when he wasn't fighting me.
As I understand it, that's not an uncommon experience on Wickiup