John Day River June 28 - July 1

Allen,

Didn't I mention bringing my old Fenwick fly rod?   I was planning on bring just poppers and wolley buggers.  My tying skills are minimal, but what I've seen of the Norm Woods Special I think I can handle putting a few of those together. 

Brian

Yeah, you mentioned it.  I was just going to borrow yours!    My floating tip on my 5 wt. is shot so I'd have to buy new line, or use intermediate sink (at least I think that's what's on it right now).

-Allen

I haven't used my 6wt in so long that I'm pretty sure I'll need to buy a new line as well.  It sounds like a lot of fun, I just worry what I'll look like trying to relearn how to cast my fly in one of Jason's photos.

Anyway, I thought standing up and taking a few casts with the flyrod would be a great way to test out the stability of the new Old Town Predators.

Brian

Three of us did a fish/hunt float from 30 mile- cottonwood with canoe& pontoon craft in Oct.'11.  Caught smallies almost every cast, several nice steelhead &  buck.  Beautiful scenery and low (300cfs) clear water.  The big smallies hang near the banks in the morning are spooky & harder to catch. Attached are pics from that & a previous float.  Going again this fall

If your casting poppers all day, I'd recommend using a #6 if you have one.  Those poppers can be a pain to cast with anything lighter if the wind comes up.  Having said that.  I love catching them on my TFO #4.

I bought a cabela's "stowaway" #6 a few years ago.  It comes with a  hard case and breaks down into 5 pieces.  It would be perfect for this type of trip.

No flyrod for me.  Just pulled it out an the reel is shot too.  The frame is bent.  I must have stepped on it.  I can't get it bent back straight enough that something isn't rubbing.   Will just stick to the ultralight for the fun.

-Allen

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Nice pics

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gah! Sounds like an awesome trip. I'm already booked for a couple upper-Sandy trips with the Coosas.

For those of us not fly fishing, what gear would you bring for this trip?  Yes, we've talked about it amongst ourselves and have a pretty good idea, but I wanted to see what others said.

And how much of each would you bring?  I mean, without jinxing us, we could potentially catch 200+ fish on this trip.  That's a lot of plastic to go through.

-Allen

1/4 oz jig heads and  a copule bags of pastics (i'd use 3-4", white and black/green)

Or just regular spinners.  Cast across and let them swing to your side.  swinging the flies is also a great way for the SM bass.

1/4 oz jig heads and  a copule bags of pastics (i'd use 3-4", white and black/green)

Or just regular spinners.  Cast across and let them swing to your side.  swinging the flies is also a great way for the SM bass.

We were thinking 1/8 oz as the water is extremely low and slow right now.  And we have lots of plastics across the spectrum of colors.      But how many really is a lot, when you plan on catching a lot of fish.  On average, how many fish do you think a given plastic catches before it is lost or destroyed?

-Allen

1/4 oz jig heads and  a copule bags of pastics (i'd use 3-4", white and black/green)

Or just regular spinners.  Cast across and let them swing to your side.  swinging the flies is also a great way for the SM bass.

We were thinking 1/8 oz as the water is extremely low and slow right now.  And we have lots of plastics across the spectrum of colors.      But how many really is a lot, when you plan on catching a lot of fish.  On average, how many fish do you think a given plastic catches before it is lost or destroyed?

-Allen

1/8 and 3/16 oz  heads and an assortment of natural colored tubes. make sure to bring a few small lipless  crank baits too.  As long as they don't get snagged up they'll last you all trip

Crank baits work but with low water can get hung up a lot.  Don't forget topwater plugs.  You can get poppers for your spinning gear.  I always like the surface explosion and seeing the fish come up from the bottom to attack the lure.

Any of these hard baits catch your fancy?

These range from 1.5" mini-cranks on the right to 4" stickbaits on the left.

-Allen