Westward we go...soon.

[Devan S.]

The cheeseburgers are much better than my normal meals for these kinds or trips.

[Quillback]

Looks like you guys are having a great time!  

[Devan S.]

The hike out was rough. We had water but by midday it was hot. The area is burn scar and offers very little shade. Once we got cooled off, we formulated a new plan. If we hadn't caught bulls we would have gone up river but all the access involves good hikes again in the heat. Just didn't seem nearly as fun.

Therefore we decided to head to Idaho and chase native redbands in the Boise National Forest. 

Again pretty small creek and really pocket water style fishing. Lots of dipping and cussing bushes.

Once we both caught fish we raced back across towards Sisters, Or in search of more fishing and less hiking and driving.

[Devan S.]

Our second to last day finished up here.

Rumor has it that anyone can catch fish here. We did so I believe it. Nothing of size, small redbands. The water is much murkier than we are use too. The trout were rising but they wouldn't hit larger caddis flies. We had to downsize significantly and realistical we don't have a lot of small flies. We also caught fish on midges under a bobber.

This area is really a nice place and if I was going to travel back to Oregon I'd use sisters as a home base and stay within a couple hours of there.

Lots of access and camping right on the river here. My makeshift wading boots had a blowout here. Thankfully near the end of our time fishing.

For @Ham Google says crooked river is full of mountain whitefish. Google also says they are easy and some would say a nuisance fish. We found the exact opposite. We stayed longer here in hopes of finding some. We had planned on stopping into the fly shop to get a better idea of the how, where, and what but they were closed so onto our next stop.

[Devan S.]

[Devan S.]

Final day-Big water, Bulls, and booze

My original plan was the Metolius river for bulls but the more I read the more I grew wary. Reports of fishless days, fickle fish, and lots of people made us search out other locations. However I was still interested in trying and as time and luck would work out we had a chance.

We chose to fish the lower section so we rigged up jerkbaits and took off on the river side trail.

Right away we noted big, fast, deep water. Really glad we didn't need this and made it much more enjoyable. Right away I had a nice follow and first deep slow pool had a nice bull hunkered down he wasn't interest in anything we had to offer him.

[Devan S.]

[Devan S.]

[Devan S.]

[Devan S.]

The best part is we still found bulls.

and even a nice redband.