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First light hook-up! A light spey rod and a fresh steelhead, what a way to start the day. Patty Barnes 09/22/99. |
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Patty Barnes, co-owner of The Fly Fishing Shop in Welches doin' it. 09/22/99 |
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Flightless male nocturnal stone flies. Its a larger than average hatch this year on the lower Deschutes. 09/22/99 |
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| Leah Wilson with her first steelhead ever. She played it flawlessly and turned it loose right at the beach without getting her hands wet. Girls are so clever. 09/14/99 |
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| Rob Valentine with his second fish of the morning. Catching steelhead?....no problem. 09/13/99 |
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Jim Jones landed his first steelhead on a fly and said he likes my office decor, 9/9/99. |
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Meawhile son John Jones relaxes in the shade after landing a 10 pounder 9/8/99. |
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George Hale with a nice Deschutes native, one of nine fish landed in 3 days. 9/1-9/3. |
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Bob Lucas turns loose a 9 lb. Deschutes wild steelhead 08/28/99, his second in a half hour. |
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Vern Ryles proves you can catch wild Deschutes steelhead in the bright sunlight with a floating line, 08/26/99. |
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Mark Delong with a 7
lb. native that took in the bright sunlight of early afternoon; proving that having the
fly in the water can pay big dividends. 08/17/99 |
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Leon Isperoff with his
first Deschutes Steelhead, a 7 lb. chromer wild fish that came to the beech twenty minutes
into the first run of the trip. 08/17/99 |
