Thanks to the nice snowpack this year, trout fishing is still quite good well into August. On Sunday, August 10th, two veteran McKenzie hands, Neal Goldsmith and Don Parker, made the drive over from Bend for their annual trip on the upper river. Although the biggest fish got away (as usual!), Don and Neal still had steady action on dries and nymphs throughout the day. Here are some photos from the day:
On Tuesday, August 10th, I was joined for a half-day of trouting on the lower McKenzie by Bob Hannigan of Corvallis. We encountered exactly one other boat through a morning of good action on dries and nymphs.
Scott also reports a good half day, on Monday, the 11th on the upper river where they got into a bunch of trout and even hooked and lost a chrome bright summer steelhead. Gumby's boat has been hot this year for steelhead!
