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Trout-tacular!
Took some visitors from out of town fishing to the Crooked (as I mentioned in a report in the Crooked forum) and to the Fall. It occurred to me that I might have been the meanest host. I took them to the Crooked first, which resulted in a fun, all day, dry fly bonanza. Good count and good sizes on the fish. But then the next day I take then out to the Fall. The gin clear, can see everything, meaning they (the fish) can see everything too, river of defeat.
Scouted for fish and found a few pods. Told them to fish the pods until you either spook the fish and the pod scatters or you catch a fish which will spook the pod and scatter the fish. I did offer up more help here and there like fly selection and size, presentation possibilities (like the ever present down river presentation) and such. After everyone managed to land a fish I gathered them and told them "good day on the Fall, now lets get a beer." They looked at me kinda puzzled but with understanding.
I could't join them for their last day in town but suggested places they could go over that beer. After hearing all the options they told me unanimously and without equivocation, the Crooked.
I started to think that this might have been kinda mean. To take someone from an easy hotspot with plenty of eager trout like the Crooked to something with good size trout, which you can see as if their in an aquarium, that will only take a fly in the right size and color and presented in the exact feeding spot of the fish like the Fall. But I also thought that there isn't a better way to show OFF Central Oregon.
Thanks for letting share,
T-T
Scouted for fish and found a few pods. Told them to fish the pods until you either spook the fish and the pod scatters or you catch a fish which will spook the pod and scatter the fish. I did offer up more help here and there like fly selection and size, presentation possibilities (like the ever present down river presentation) and such. After everyone managed to land a fish I gathered them and told them "good day on the Fall, now lets get a beer." They looked at me kinda puzzled but with understanding.
I could't join them for their last day in town but suggested places they could go over that beer. After hearing all the options they told me unanimously and without equivocation, the Crooked.
I started to think that this might have been kinda mean. To take someone from an easy hotspot with plenty of eager trout like the Crooked to something with good size trout, which you can see as if their in an aquarium, that will only take a fly in the right size and color and presented in the exact feeding spot of the fish like the Fall. But I also thought that there isn't a better way to show OFF Central Oregon.
Thanks for letting share,
T-T
