I didn’t get skunked–let’s get that out of the way but I didn’t exactly light the river up either.
I fished the Middle Fork Willamette near Oakridge this past Saturday evening. At about 7:00 there were fair amounts of caddis coming off and the fish were eating those sparingly. The real hatch happened around dark. Thick with PED’s, the fish wanted no part of my offerings. I didn’t observe any Green Drakes and only a few Golden Stones. Strangely, despite the heat the water was painfully cold– colder than it has been recently.
I’ll get ‘em next time.
