Used to fish there before Crooked River Ranch f--it all up. In those days you’d take a single egg hook, grab a salmon fly off a nearby bush, on your sleeve, your hat, everywhere, toss it out, reel in a pound and a half red-side, release him, do it again….
I'm using a TFO reel, spooled with Rasta colored 20lb backing paired with yellow Rio euro nymphing line. I hope that helps and remember to Like and Subscribe. Get on the river somewhere!!
I'm glad you enjoyed it. The fob is a camera shutter control for my go pro. Make sure and check out my newest video on the Deschutes. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PPT5zNnUeuA.html
Hey Jed, Thank you for your comment. Unfortunately, I retained this hatchery steelhead because it took a hook under the tongue and punctured the gill. In this circumstance I felt it was appropriate to get a photo with the fish. I normally keep the fish in the water as you suggest. Get on the river somewhere!
Yeah, that is a good spot 😀. Love the boat. Nice and compact. YOU NEED a bigger net my friend. Love to see the steelhead back in the system - seems it may be a decent year.
You are a Deschutes Jedi if you can tell where I'm at in the video. It's a spot that rarely gets touched by the fly guys if ever. The little raft is a game changer it has opened up a ton of water for me. It was a small miracle that I even had a net with me and yes I do need a bigger one.
(Somewhat 😀) SCATHING review my friend!! 😩That rod is great for the D. I have caught multiple Steelhead on that little gem. 😀 Jimmy Legs for the win - I am confident that one day you will come around to the dark side 😉. And yes, I am a great fisherman.
@@droppin-floats For me the rod is great fun - that is what I like about it. Small floats, small gear and good fun even with average trout - which is most of what one catches on a daily. I never used it with a Center-Pin though ... that may be the difference. I always had a tight-ish line from rod tip to float so I rarely missed fish. I also used 30lb braid - made the connection much nicer and casting better (I alsu used nice mono, but the braid was better) My drifts were also quite short ... between 20-60/75ft ... upstream a bit, reel in to keep the connection between rod tip and float, then slowly reel through the drift and once the float was looking like it was coming tight, flip the bale and let it run for another 20-30 ft. and then reel up.
@@droppin-floats Could be ... I tried both and enjoyed the braid much more than mono. But the spin reel may also be the ticket. It works just as well as a center pin (imho) for drifts. Maybe not as smooth, but smooth won't distract a trout. Your looking for quick coverage of an area - grid everything out in a 50-75ft. rectangle in front of you and hit all the rows (river direction).
Thanks for the fire updates Mark. Hate to see it happening, but thankful to get updates from you. Let’s hope this one gets under control and no lives, structures, homes, livestocks etc are lost. Got lucky with the long bend fire and best thoughts to all involved and close to this one.
Dropping floats I support you because you are not to far and I like watching you learn. Great job on the videos you rock. This is killing me though. Small creeks like that size 18 p Adam's or smaller, no dropper ever on small creek like that. And cast right into the fast stuff and let the fly do it's thing. Those fish are so small and will eat really any size 18 to 24. I promise you will have a lot funner. Grab a 2 wt and you in bizz. O ya might as well fish 7 x just to make it that more intense. Good stuff brother I'll continue to watch I have not missed a video yet.
Thanks partner ! I'm so glad that the fire didn't make it to that area . That's about the average size of them years ago from that area. But it's a beautiful area.!! We actually used to catch a little bit larger ones in the irrigation ditches.
Beautiful fish! It was over 50 years ago. But we used to fish up by Bonnie crossing and in the local Irrigation ditches. When we weren't hunting Squirrels ! Thank you for all the coverage of the fire!
The creek at bonnie crossing has been on my mind. I have never fished it, but I imagine there are some nice little fish in there. I will have to give it a shot.
I'm glad you liked it. I tried to get some closer shots. However, I was also trying to be respectful of the effort that was being made and not get in the way.
Yo what’s up man you helped me the other day we came in when my oil cap came off my car😂 We ended up finding it on the road near beaver tail got so lucky
Nice fishing trip! Glad you got to see that herd of sheep! I've seen a bunch down stream from Sherar's. I was just in Maupin Saturday to go to the book talk about the railroad in the library with my parents. Still need to stop by your store some day!
I enjoy seeing the different wildlife along the river. Yes, swing by some time and I get you pointed in the right direction on hooking some fish on the Deschutes.
I'm glad you liked it. I checked out your channel and I'll have to pick your brain about doing under water video. I have been thinking about getting some underwater footage on the Deschutes River.
@@droppin-floats thanks for stopping by my channel hehe, yeah for real you should try to get some underwater footage, its really exciting to see whats lurking down there while fishing
@@droppin-floats I went a little crazy with my fishing van (carries my kayak). fishing stickers etc. I am not a van life person and the van is not a work mans van full of tools. ODFW has ignored me for past 2 1/2 years. Maybe more fishing stickers on the truck?.... signage info about your store in Maupin, RU-vid channel info. Frustrating I know, but you can't complaint your way to success with government. Good luck!
How do you put those floats on the line? I have never used one of those. I agree if you are going to be a trash the river bank stay in Portland or where ever you are from and trash your on house!
Hey John, check out my Tackle talk with Mark video. At the 1:50 mark I show you how to rig up my float setup. It's two sections of silicone tubing threaded on the line.
could I kindly ask that you remove your gloves before handling fish, especially native fish that are protected like Bull trout? There has been many studies that show the harm of handling fish with gloves and how it removes the protective slime the fish produce, especially wool gloves. Nitrile gloves are a good alternative to wear over your wool gloves if you rather not remove them. Here is a helpful video that shows the impact of wearing gloves --> ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a8VETvLLa0o.html&ab_channel=SeanDolan
Great vid! Your statement was correct, Candle Creek Campground is down river from Lower Bridge. That is the furthest North you can go on the west side of the Metolius without getting onto Warms Springs Reservation. The gate you drove to by Lower Bridge Campground is as far north as you can get on the east side without walking in. Candle Creek is on the west side of the Metolius and down river. The river travels north. You can walk from that gate to Candle Creek and carefully cross at Candle Creek and fish back up the other side as well. If you are ever around there again and want to fly fish, I'd be happy to show you around. I live in Sisters. I help instruct a class on fly rod building in our Sisters Go Fish Club starting in March if interested as well. Everything I fish the Metolius with are carbon rods I've built in the club.
Got a question for you. Actually looking for a suggestion, I have fished for steelhead in Alaska but not here in Oregon. Now that I live here I need a suggestion on what rod, reel etc that I should buy. Fly rod, spinner etc. Can you help a retired 72 year old man out!
The most versatile all around steelhead rod would be a 8ft 6in spinning or bait casting. Performance of the two is equal it comes down to your reel style preference. I would shoot for a 8-12lb or 6-15lb medium action in either style. What style of steelheading are you looking to do?
I caught all my steelhead in alaska with fly rods. I just bught a 10 wt fly rod that I am going to try out. Only used spinner/bait casters for salmon and on the ocean. I think your style sounds great. Looks like you don't have to be an Orvis fly casting champion to fish.@@droppin-floats
Nice fishing! I've been binge watching some of your videos today! I wish I could spend more time on the Deschutes, but my knees are so bad it's hard to get to the good holes.
