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Fished the Crooked River today with my friend Terry. What an epic day for Whitefish. They were in the holes spawning and some trout holding below them. Between the two of us, we must have caught close to triple digits, as at times it was a fish every cast. About every 6th or 8th whitefish, we'd hook a nice rainbow. We caught a few rainbows to about 14-15". The whitefish ranged from 12" to very near 20" and they fought very well. Hot fly was anything resembling a whitefish egg. A small yellowish/orangish glo-bug, or similar. The usual assortment of flies (scuds, zebra midges, PT's) were only marginally successful. Fun day. We quit by 2:30 to make the mad dash back to Sunriver in time for the Civil War kick-off. While I have caught whitefish many times while trout fishing, never have I had a day like today.
Today was quite a contrast to Thanksgiving on the Fall, where there was a very sparce BWO hatch and very particular trout. Had a few refusals and one take with one fish to hand, but importantly, back in time for turkey!
Back to CA tomorrow.
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