From the Archives (Oregon ’08)
Yeah, one (well, two) more from the archives. Can’t help myself (I have some actual educational posts coming up after this, I promise). I am also hoping to get some repeats of these shots within the next month. These are from last September—sight-fishing, small flies, and a slightly over-excited husband.
The morning had dawned brilliant, warm and clear, but smoke from nearby forest fires gave everything a muted, reddish tone. Must have made the fish adventuresome, because they were cruising the near-shore shallows of this particular lake. No real wind until nearly noon, and midges, Callibaetis, and damsels were all hatching at once. Made fly choice a bit tricky at times, but Kel picked up some truly nice fish (I played cameraboy for most of the morning, though Kel took pity on me eventually and let me fish).
That ‘bow on the left is quite a nice fish, indeed, but you should have seen “the one that got away.” Let’s just say that central Oregon has more than its fair share of treasures…
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Beauty! Let’s follow the clues. Central Oregon. Treasure. Callibaetis. How about Diamond Lake?
Bert—Diamond is a great guess, especially considering the size of the two fish, but this lake is definitely smaller and further north. Didn’t mean to mislead with the “treasure” clue (sharp thinking on your part, though). Just meant more that the lakes of central Oregon are like gems scattered in the lava (or something like that).
I have a real fondness for smaller, sight-fishing lakes (or bigger, sight-fishing lakes, or mid-sized, sight…you get the picture). Central Oregon is proving to be a real “treasure trove” of those opportunities. Grew up doing that type of fishing every summer—for weeks at a stretch—and it is now just hard-coded into my fishing operating system, I think.