Central Oregon

[jbird]

Its been a while since I posted a report. I have a fresh one that had some great moments so here it is.

My church put together a flyfishing retreat in my previous hometown (Bend) It was scheduled for 2 days, but a couple guys and I stayed for 7.

We fished the Crooked river the first couple days and it was as good as Ive ever seen it. I learned to flyfish on this river over 20 years ago. It was really good back then....its even better now! The numbers and size of fish was very impressive.
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After a couple hundred crooked river trout (Im not kidding!) it was off to stillwater. My buddies were bound and determined to catch a big brown, so the next day was wickiup resevoir. They disected the shoreline with buggers and minnow flies while I leisurely bobbed around a shoal in my tube fishing chironomids. Well, the chironos were the tip of the day. They got zilch and I got 7 fish, including the largest fish of the trip, this 25" rainbow.
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On the way home, we fished diamond lake. I dont think I know an adjective to effectively describe how good it was. I wish I wouldve taken more pics there, this is the only one and it wasnt one of the bigger fish.
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Here are a few scenery shots.

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Its been a little while since Ive gotten excited about fishing. This definitly got the fire burning in the belly again!

[Ed Wahl]

Nice trip Jay.

But what, no stuck in snow stories?

Did you at least fall out of the boat?

Boat?

Maybe got a little thirsty?

An itch you couldn't reach?

Hangnail?

You'r gettin old on me buddy.

I used to think, "man, if I could screw up that much in 10 years as you do in one I'd consider myself a real fisherman."

Now here you are catching big trout, and lots of them, while staying perfectly dry.

What's the world coming to?

Ed

[jbird]

LOL!
Ed, that trip youre refering to gave a whole new meaning to Murphys law. If I have another one like that, I'll quit for sure!

[Darian]

WOW!!! That Diamond Lake Trout looks like a rainbow colored football. :nod: Are they all that fat :question:

[Phil Synhorst]

Excellent Jay!!!! I know you were looking forward to that trip, I'm happy for you that it turned out better than good.\\:D/

Nice pics too.8)

[Hairstacker]

Jay, what a week! Talk about epic . . . big trout, lots of trout, and great scenery. Surely it doesn't get much better, good for you! =D>

[jbird]

WOW!!! That Diamond Lake Trout looks like a rainbow colored football. :nod: Are they all that fat :question:

Darian, Yeah, they are! I was calling them little tuna. They were very difficult to handle, you just couldnt get your hand around them. After a while, I just started popping the fly out with forceps and not touching the fish. They were like greased pigs :-)

Thanks for the comments guys! It was so nice to get out and have a great trip. It has been a while.

[Jasonh]

Way to go Jay! Those are some fat healthy trout there. Thanks for sharing.

Jason Hartwick