Thom wrote this of their day,"The Lower Metolius is an amazing place. It is a designated wilderness area and an eight mile hike to the upper Bull Trout holes. The area is choke-full of wildlife...elk, mule deer, cougars, bobcats, and FISH! Yesterday there were no bull trout for us. However we did have the best rainbow fishing I have ever had on the Metolius. Because of the effort you have to put in to get to these fish, they are fairly untouched. These are wild, native redsides that fight like miniature steelhead and they are gorgeous!"
For more on the Metolius River and his growing obsession with H-I fiberglass fly rods, check out Thom Smith's blog Glassy Waters. He's got me thinking about bull trout and redsides!
4 comments:
Nice!! Very cool!
Nice fish and nice shirt. Although, I'm not sure I would wear that color on the stream. It looks like the fish don't mind so much though
If they can see the color of your shirt they have already seen your silhouette. Fish seem to have to learn to fear us. Thank the lord for Wilderness Areas. :)
That looks live one beautiful river! I would sure like to see some more. The shirt isn't too shabby either.
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