Busted at the Mouth

A group of three of us drove to the mouth of the Deschutes 2 weeks ago for a Springer trip. It was a total bust that ended in us fishing the sloughs along the Big C. for bluegill and baby bucket mouths..... and we didn't even get any of those. Wow.

We are in boise this weekend. We were with the family at a local park the other night and I fished the fly rod for about an hour. Caught several bluegill..... on my 6 wt. Where's the 3 wt. when you need it?

Next week I am heading up a church activite with a bunch of the men to the South Santiam, which, last I checked, has seen just over 400 summer runs back at the fish traps at Foster. Low numbers. Last year by the end of May they were at about 700. We will likely be right about there by next week. That is not very many fish, but enough to assume that at least one person will hook up out of a 5 or 6. Maybe we'll get lucky. Stay tuned. Tight Lines!

Springer Srike-out

What were we thinking anyway? I am sure there were at least a couple of fish moving through the mouth of the Deschutes while we were there, but with blow-out conditions we were stretching our luck a little thin.We plunked at the bridge for the morning and later in the afternoon we tried our luck (more like tempted fate) with a little wading. No happening! The water was high and fast so we didnt venture out too far. I have yet to nail a springer but my time is comming. It is shaping up to be a pretty sorry season. Tight Lines!