The warmth has brought some changes to the river the last couple of days. A lot of caddis but fewer mayflies at the moment. I'd expect this weekend with the clouds and cooler weather coming the 1st PMD's of the season to really start popping. I heard from 2 friends today that were on the … Continue reading Metolius River fishing report 4/26/18

Still seeing a fair number of October Caddis on the river, mixed with Silver Stripe and Snow Sedges, Brachycentrus and Hydropsyche's. That means plenty of caddis pupa patterns for your nymphing pleasure! Afternoon BWO hatches have been strong. What hasn't been that good is the spring hatch of cinygmula's. I'd always be prepared for both … Continue reading Metolius River fishing report 4/20/18

It is Spring Break for kids and big kids all across our great state of Oregon. For those of you planning to do some fishing over the next week or two, we have good news for you. Metolius is fishing well, with BWO and the first spring hatches of the beautiful yellow mayflies called cinygmula's … Continue reading Spring Break Fishing Report 3/24/18

It's my 3rd day back from vacation, and 2 days ago I felt more qualified to tell you the report for Lakes and Rivers in Tasmania than here at home, but I have been catching up fast, talking to my guides and my good fishing friends and have some good things to report. Had some … Continue reading March 5th Fishing Update

We need snow and we need rain, but for the moment our winter has been pretty dry and mild. We keep looking at 4, 7, 10 and even 15 to 30 days forecasts and we hope like hell the snow piles up in our mountains soon so our lakes fill beautifully next summer and our … Continue reading Fishing Report for 1/10/18

We continue to have nice weather in the Sisters/Central Oregon area making getting here, getting around and fishing a lot, lot better than this time last year. The roads are clear, there is little to no snow on most of the rivers and fishing is fair to good on the big 4. So here's the … Continue reading (Almost) New Year’s fishing report

Today that dang high pressure system that created the inversion for the last 2 weeks finally blew out of here. We had some winds this morning, and all the fog was gone and a much warmer air mass is sitting over us here. So happy to be out of the freezing fog. Right now it … Continue reading Christmas Vacation Fishing Update 12/15/17

I just got home from a week in DC which included some good fishing on the Rose River in VA. Lot's of good fish (stocked rainbows mostly) on midges. It made me really want to get out and fish at home again, and as I look at the weather forecast for the next 5 or … Continue reading December 7 Winter Fishing Report and Outlook

anglers, don't forget the seasonal closure took effect on 10-31-17 so as of yesterday the river is closed a short distance from the Headwaters down through Camp Sherman to the Allingham Bridge. This is closed to protect spawning fish and has been a big help in creating the wild trout fishery the river has become … Continue reading Metolius fishing report 11/2/17