Charlie Greenwood came back a week after his osprey encounter (see previous entry) to try his luck for steelhead. Charlie's 4-year unskunked streak for steelhead remained intact when, late in the morning, we connected with a chrome 8 lb-er. Charlie steadily fought the fish through several leaps and runs eventually bringing it to the net. Here's a shot of Charlie's 2008 trophy dinner guest:
The next day after Charlie's trip, I launched for a 4-day float on the Deschutes with the High Desert Drifters. We had great fishing the first day and fair to good fishing throughout the next three days. Caddis and small mayflies were the ticket to fooling the feeding fish. Lot's of other boats on the river made the fishing somewhat demanding. A blown cast or unstealthy approach was often enough to put down a pod of rising trout. If you could make the cast, however, the fish were willing more often then not. Here are a couple of shots from the trip:
