Fast Eddie. Armitage Is a great place for you to be right now! Plenty of room to cast with quite a bit of wading opportunities right now. trout are rising, they are agressive, and are feeding heavily! Plenty of room for casting practice. I have 2 other places in mind, that i will PM you about. (would like to keep them on the DOWN LOW since these spots get little pressure (most of it coming from me). I know some really good fly water.
If you are looking to chase trout (that are biting) Stay below Hendricks bridge on the mckenzie river. Up deer horn you might find some holdover planter trout, with an occcasional native lurkin around. You might get lucky and come across a lurking summer run steelhead. But my advise... avoid it if your looking to catch fish. It's been dead up there. Stay low (unless going for steelhead).
Fish between the hours of 11:00am - 4:00pm if possible. That will be your best chance at hooking up. Trout have been rising from about 10am to dusk. Mid day is best (focus your fishing time during the heat of the day)
I am not a fly guy, i cast spinners/spoons but target water that fly guys do.
I will go out of my way and mention some fly's that you could/should use on the mckenzie river this time of year.
These insects are what is hatching on the mckenzie/middle fork willy....
Blue winged Olives, Lesser Green Drakes, Small orange caddis, October caddis, And a few short winged stone flys are still out there.
The trout are starting to stage up on their spawning beds. Fish the slower water in the 2-6 foot range. (depth has been changing every week) Look for slower pools/pockets/tailouts. Watch for rising fish and you will know where to be if fishing armitage!
PS... If you want to know about where the other spots i have in mind... feel free to send me a pm but keep it on the Down LOW because these spots can't handle a sht ton of pressure.
