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Well... after getting lots of good advice from Phil about places other than the Metolius to fish, I ended up on the Metolius. An old friend of mine who moved up to OR a few years ago took me over to the Metolius, a river I had not had a lot of success on in the past. It was... wonderful. Not only is this river just a beautiful place, but the fish were being kind and in the first spot we fished I stuck two beautiful rainbows. I finished the day with 8 rainbows to hand with the largest going an honest 20", caught on a big ole' Green Drake dry fly. I threw streamers a little and while throwing a "Nutcracker" had a big, mean shape appear on the flie's tail and take a look. Got my pulse going, but not my drag... no take from the big Bull. Also had a couple whitefish, which are native and I don't mind at all. Finished the day looking up the river at a bridge and seeing a BIG trout... I go down to the river, make the cast, the fish eats and I break it off on the hook-set... I suspect I had a knot in the line... OK, I actually KNOW I had a knot, but I was just in too big a hurry to re-tie... ha ha... that's a lesson I have to re-learn every few years. Great day on the water with a good friend I have not seen in years on a really beautiful river. Hard to argue with that.
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