Yesterday was an off day from fishing but only because last night I gave a Warmwater Fly Fishing talk to the Central Oregon Fly Fishers. The talk went great and the last of the winter tour. I am pleased to see the big interest in chasing all sorts of species from one side of the US to the other this year. There are so many great fish to take advantage fly fishing for and it appears most people are doing it.
Today Scott Robertson and I made it back on Lake Billy Chinook. We were joined by another Oregon friend, Mike LaSota of Portland. If you’ve followed the blog over the past years, you might recall me fishing with Mike whether it be chasing Chinook salmon or Columbia River walleye. We’ve had a lot of good times.
While the weather was the best yet, providing blue skies and very little wind, the fishing was only fair. Mike managed a small brown trout – our first sighting of one here – I caught two hefty bulls. But those three fish were all we landed. This includes getting blanked at our honey hole!
I’ll never play down a couple nice bull trout but the best part of today was fishing with two longtime friends. We were hoping Mike would join Scott and I again tomorrow but he can’t make it. Instead, we’ll bring along yet another old buddy of mine, Micha Kruger, best known as “Meeks”. Tomorrow will be my last day fishing with Scott and my last day of bull trout fishing this trip.