As if I hadn’t had enough. It was November and I had heard
that the Middle Fork of the Willamette was a good section to fish. Well I just
had to check it out despite the temperature being in the 40’s and it was
raining. I’m always up for an adventure though.
Like most my other chronicles, it started early. I packed up
and headed west on Hwy. 58 towards Oakridge. I got to a coffee shop and
indulged in my legal drug of choice, caffeine. Basically, I just drove down the
highway until I saw a spot that I thought looked good. I fished one section
without any success so I moved on. Like the Mckenzie, the Willamette is a
beautiful river. At least this section of it was.
I pulled off, grabbed my gear and jumped over the guardrail.
I found a spot that looked promising. Although, it was not easy getting down to
the river. It could have been a lot easier if I hadn’t been so careful. It was
quite steep, and I probably could have been at the bottom in a couple seconds.
Once I traversed down and got to the river I was able to cross onto a shallow
gravel bar and fish a decent hole. I tied on my go to possie bugger, and it didn’t
fail me. Sure enough there were some nice trout holding in there. I caught a
few, one decent one that I decided to take a picture of. Clever me.
Not much else to this story here. Just a cool river and some
fish. Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to see Sasquatch. So you won’t be seeing
me on the Discovery channel anytime soon. Bummer.
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