My Hunting & Fishing Reports

Dad is in town so we had to go out fishing again today. We were bound and determined to catch some fish today. I got up at 5:00 a.m. and drove down to Springfield to meet up with my dad and my brother. From there we drove to Foster Reservoir, near Sweet Home, Oregon. We launched the drift boat on the very nice Sunnyside Boat Ramp. The lake was very low. It took a little while to find some fish on the fish finder, but find them we did!

*Weather - Overcast. Started raining at about 2:00 p.m. Temperature - around 45-50 degrees.

*Fish - Kept 14 rainbow trout between 8 and 11 inches (between three fishermen).

*Flies - Wooly bugger. Caught two fish on this fly, but didn't fish it much. Didn't use any other flies.

*Other tackle - We caught one fish on PowerBait. The rest of the fish were caught on fly rods with nine foot tapered leaders, size 12 Baitholder hooks and Balls of Fire Salmon Eggs, covering the hook with three eggs. We were roll casting out as far as we could off the bank and letting it slowly sink down without moving it. The trick is to watch for the line to start taking off in any direction and just lift the rod tip to set the hook. This is a very enjoyable way to fish as nearly every bite results in a hooked and landed fish and the hook set is beautiful with the fly rods.

*Water temperature - 44 - 51 degrees (depending on the location).

It was nice to limit out for the first time this year. What made it even better was to be able to fish with my dad and my brother.

Tight Lines! - nimrod243