Upper Metolius River, OR

The last leg of my trip was to my stomping grounds and the upper Metolius River where I was joined by three of my good friends, Dalton, Sean, and Chris. Chris had never fly fished before in his life and yet he is another person to have caught his first trout on a fly rod on his first day fishing the Metolius. We fished all over the river but one of the more fun times on this trip was parking up at Blue Hole and wading the whole river all the way to camp at Smiling River. Everyone caught fish from in all shapes and sizes. There isn't many things bad I can say about this river.

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Summary:
Location: Metolius River, Camp Sherman, OR, located about 100 miles (2 hrs) east of Salem, and 20 min from Sisters, OR
Time: 9am - 7pm
Rod: 5 wt w/ floating line, 5 wt w/ sinking tip
Tackle: 8 black stone nymph, 18 rainbow warrior, 18 zebra midge, 18 copper john hybrid, 10 Clark Stone, 10 Rogue Stone, 8 black and brown Pat's Stone, 16 lighting bug, 18 rainbow warrior, etc.
Fish: 20+
Species: White Fish, Rainbow, Red-Band Rainbow
Biggest Fish: 14"
Smallest Fish: 4"
Rating: 9.5/10 (Didn't find a brown or a bull)

Dalton's Fish

One of my fish

Sean's fish on a golden stone

Chris Lee's fish on a small midge