John Day River Fly Fishing

Smallmouth Bass fly Fishing At Its Finest
	Beginning in the Blue Mountains and flowing north to the Columbia, the John Day is the second longest free-flowing stream in the U.S, and is protected as a "Wild and Scenic" river under the Oregon Scenic Waterways Act. In 1971, Seventy-five Smallmouth Bass were introduced to the river. Since then, they have flourished! The John Day River is arguably the best Smallmouth Bass water in the country. The season is at its peak from late May to early August; it’s quite common for anglers to hook 75+ fish per rod per day. Fish average from 8"-12", with larger fish in the 18"-20" range.
This is the perfect river to introduce new fly casters to the sport, as the fish are typically aggressive and plentiful. The majority of the fishing is done from the boat with poppers and surface bugs

Our John Day bass trips are 3 to 5 day rafting and camping excursions or single day trips. For our day float trips we use the Twinkingham to Priest Hole portion of the river. For our multi-day camping trips we use many different floats from, Twickingham to Clarno all the way to Cottonwood segment. Camps are set-up each day by our baggage crew as we progress down the river.
When you arrive in camp, sit back and relax, have a cocktail, or fish the camp water. Your tent for the night will be set-up and your baggage will be waiting for you. All meals are skillfully prepared streamside by our staff. We take a lot of pride in our meals, a sample dinner menu might range from Lamb brochettes with black olives and mint vinaigrette, Moroccan-spiced chicken with rosemary oil, to
good old dutch-oven lasagna. We provide hammocks, a unique luxury in the field, for afternoon siestas. We also provide all of camping gear with the exception of your sleeping bag and pillow. We carry all drinking water, however, we don not provide alcohol, you are welcome to bring your own if you desire. Please pack liquids in plastic containers only. Except good wines!!

SAMPLE DAY:
6:00 am- coffee is ready
6:30 am- breakfast (i.e. : pancakes and bacon to omelets to.....)
7:00 am to 12:00 PM- Cast flies to aggressive Smallmouth
12:00 PM- lunch streamside prepared by the guides (i.e. : sandwiches with potato salad, chips, fruit, and cookies)
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM- eat lunch, take a siesta, fish from shore, hike around......
5:00 PM- arrive at camp, hour devours, cocktails, relax or fish
6:30 PM- dinner is a wonderful river cuisine picked by our chef
7:30 PM- dessert with coffee or tea
It gets dark around 9:45 PM

Each day we will cover about 10 miles of river. One guide per two clients is our standard ratio. $300.00 per adult a day for all multi-day trips
$150.00 per child a day for all multi-day trips
$350.00 per boat for a day trip

CONTACTS:
Marty Sheppard: littlecreekjd@earthlink.net
Phone: (503)-622-1870
Little Creek Outfitters

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